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VADM Inoue ShigeyoshiNotes: Aboard Kashima, at Rabaul.
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VADM Takagi Takeo
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RADM Hara Chuichi
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ShokakuCommanding officer: CAPT Joshima Takaji
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ZuikakuCommanding officer: CAPT Yokokawa Ichibei
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LT CDR Takahashi Kakuichi
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1 D3A1Commanding officer: LT CDR Takahashi Kakuichi
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18 A6M2Commanding officer: LT Hoashi Takumi
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20 D3A1Commanding officer: LT Yamaguchi Masao
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19 B5N2Commanding officer: LT Ichihara Tatsuo
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3 A6M2Notes: Cargo for Tainan Air Group (at Rabaul.)
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RADM Kajioka Sadamichi
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Yubari
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Oite
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Asanagi
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Mitsuki
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Mochizuki
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Yayoi
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1 Patrol Boat
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1 Auxiliary Craft
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RADM Goto Arimoto
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RADM Goto Arimoto
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Aoba
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Kako
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Kinugasa
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Furutaka
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RADM Frank J. Fletcher
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RADM Aubrey W. Fitch
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LexingtonCommanding officer: CAPT Frederick Sherman
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YorktownCommanding officer: CAPT Elliott Buckmaster
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MorrisCommanding officer: CDR Harry B. Jarrett
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AndersonCommanding officer: LT CDR John K.B. Ginder
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HammannCommanding officer: CDR Arnold E. True
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RussellCommanding officer: LT CDR Glenn R. Hartwig
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CDR William B. Ault
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1 SBD-3Commanding officer: CDR William B. Ault
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VF-2Commanding officer: LT CDR Paul H. RamseyNotes: 21 F4F-3/-3A.
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VB-2Commanding officer: LT CDR William L. HamiltonNotes: 18 SBD-2/-3.
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VS-2Commanding officer: LT CDR Robert E. DixonNotes: 17 SBD-3.
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VT-2Commanding officer: LT CDR James H. Brett, Jr.Notes: 13 TBD-1.
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LT CDR Oscar Pederson
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VF-42Commanding officer: LT CDR Charles R. FentonNotes: 18 F4F-3.
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VB-5Commanding officer: LT Wallace C. ShortNotes: 18 SBD-3.
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VS-5Commanding officer: LT CDR William O. Burch, Jr.Notes: 17 SBD-3.
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VT-5Commanding officer: LT CDR Joe TaylorNotes: 13 TBD-1.
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RADM Thomas C. Kincaid
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MinneapolisCommanding officer: CAPT Frank J. Lowry
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New OrleansCommanding officer: CAPT Howard H. Good
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AstoriaCommanding officer: CAPT Francis W. Scanland
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ChesterCommanding officer: CAPT Thomas M. Shock
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PortlandCommanding officer: CAPT Benjamin Perleman
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PhelpsCommanding officer: LT CDR Edward L. Beck
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DeweyCommanding officer: LT CDR Charles Chillingworth, Jr.
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FarragutCommanding officer: CDR George P. Hunter
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AylwinCommanding officer: LT CDR George Phelan
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MonaghanCommanding officer: LT CDR William P. Burford
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RADM J.G. CraceNotes: Royal Navy.
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AustraliaCommanding officer: CAPT H.B. FarncombNotes: Royal Australian Navy.
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HobartCommanding officer: CAPT H.L. HowdenNotes: Royal Australian Navy.
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ChicagoCommanding officer: CDR Howard D. Bode
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PerkinsCommanding officer: LT CDR Walter C. Ford
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WalkeCommanding officer: LT CDR Thomas E. Fraser
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Captain John S. Phillips
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NeoshoCommanding officer: Captain Phillips
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TippecanoeCommanding officer: CDR Atherton Macondray
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SimsCommanding officer: LT CDR Willford M. Hyman
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WordenCommanding officer: LT CDR William G. Pogue
- Battle Report - Pacific War: Middle Phase by Captain Walter Karig, USNR; Rhinehart and Company, 1947
- Destined for Glory by Thomas Wildenberg; USNI Press, 1998
- The First Team - Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway by John Lundstrom; USNI Press, 1984
- The First South Pacific Campaign by John Lundstrom USNI Press, 1976
- Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Fleet by Paul S. Dull; USNI Press 1978
- United States Strategic Bombing Survey, "Campaigns of the Pacific War," Naval Analysis Division, GPO, 1946