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VAdm Frank Jack Fletcher
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VAdm Fletcher
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Saratoga (fleet flagship)Commanding officer: Capt DeWitt C. Ramsey
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Air Group 3Commanding officer: Cdr Harry D. Felt
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VF-5Commanding officer: LCdr Leroy C. SimplerNotes: 27 x F4F-4
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VB-3Commanding officer: LCdr DeWitt C. ShumwayNotes: 17 (15 operational) x SBD-3
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VS-3Commanding officer: LCdr Louis J. KirnNotes: 15 x SBD-3
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VT-8Commanding officer: Lt Harold H. LarsenNotes: 13 x TBF-1
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1 x Dauntless
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1 x photo recon F4F-7
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RAdm Carleton H. Wright
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Minneapolis (flagship)Commanding officer: Capt Frank J. Lowry
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New OrleansCommanding officer: Capt Walter S. DeLaney
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Capt Samuel B. Brewer
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PhelpsCommanding officer: LCdr Edward L. Beck
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Cdr Francis X. McInerney
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FarragutCommanding officer: Cdr George P. Hunter
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WordenCommanding officer: LCdr William G. Pogue
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MacDonoughCommanding officer: LCdr Eric V. Dennet
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DaleCommanding officer: LCdr Anthony L. Rorschach
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RAdm Thomas C. Kinkaid
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Enterprise (force flagship)Commanding officer: Capt Arthur C. Davis
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Air Group 6Commanding officer: LCdr Maxwell F. Leslie
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VF-6Commanding officer: Lt Louis H. BauerNotes: 28 (27 operational) x F4F-4
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VB-6Commanding officer: Lt Ray DavisNotes: 17 x SBD-3
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VS-5Commanding officer: Lt Turner F. CaldwellNotes: 18 (16 operational) x SBD-3
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VT-3Commanding officer: LCdr Charles M. JettNotes: 15 (14 operational) x TBF-1
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1 x Avenger
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1 x F4F-7
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RAdm Mahlon S. Tisdale
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North CarolinaCommanding officer: Capt George H. Fort
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Portland (flagship)
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AtlantaCommanding officer: Capt Samuel P. Jenkins
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Capt Edward P. Sauer
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BalchCommanding officer: LCdr Harold H. Tiemroth
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MaurCommanding officer: LCdr Gelzer E. Sims
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EllettCommanding officer: LCdr Francis H. Gardner
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BenhamCommanding officer: LCdr Joseph M. Worthington
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Cdr Harold R. Holcomb
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GraysonCommanding officer: LCdr Frederick J. Bell
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MonssenCommanding officer: Cdr Roland N. Smoot
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RAdm Leigh Noyes
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Wasp (force flagship)Commanding officer: Capt Forrest P. Sherman
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Air Group 7Commanding officer: LCdr Wallace M. Beakley
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VF-71Commanding officer: LCdr Courtney M. ShandsNotes: 25 x F4F-4
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VS-71Commanding officer: LCdr John Eldridge, Jr.Notes: 13 x SBD-3
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VS-72Commanding officer: LCdr Ernest M. SnowdenNotes: 13 x SBD-3
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VT-7Commanding officer: Lt Harry A. RombergNotes: 9 x TBF-1
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1 x TBFNotes: From VT-8.
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1 x Dauntless
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1 x J2F
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RAdm Norman Scott
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San Francisco (flagship)Commanding officer: Capt Charles H. McMorris
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San JuanCommanding officer: Capt James E. Maher
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Salt LakeCommanding officer: City Capt Ernest G. Small
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Capt Robert G. Tobin
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FarenholtCommanding officer: LCdr Eugene T. Seaward
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Aaron WardCommanding officer: LCdr Orville F. Gregor
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BuchananCommanding officer: Cdr Ralph E. Wilson
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Capt William W. Warlick
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LangCommanding officer: LCdr John Wilfong
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StackCommanding officer: LCdr Alvord J. Greenacre
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SterettCommanding officer: Cdr Jesse G. Coward
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Capt Cornelius W. Flynn
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SelfridgeCommanding officer: Cdr Carroll D. Reynolds
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RAdm John S. McCain
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Marine Air Group 23Commanding officer: Col William J. WallaceNotes: At Guadalcanal.
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Commanding officer: Capt John L. SmithNotes: 13 x F4F-4.
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VMSB-232Commanding officer: Maj Richard C. MangrumNotes: 11 x SBD-3.
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VP-11 (elements)Notes: 16 x PBY-5A.
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VP-14 (elements)Notes: 2 x PBY-5A.
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VP-23 (elements)Notes: 12 x PBY-5A.
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VP-72 (elements)Notes: 3 x PBY-5.
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Adm Isoroku Yamamoto
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Yamato (fleet flagship)
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Taiyo
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Destroyer Division 7Commanding officer: Capt. Kaname Konishi
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AkebonoCommanding officer: LtCdr Minoru Nakagawa
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UshioCommanding officer: Cdr. Yoshitake Uesugi
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VAdm Nobutake Kondo
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VAdm Kondo
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AtagoCommanding officer: Capt. Matsuji Ijuin
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MayaCommanding officer: Capt. Shunsaku Nabeshima
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TakaoCommanding officer: Capt. Bunji Asakura
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RAdm Tomatsu Takama
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YuraCommanding officer: Capt. Shiro Sato
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Capt. Torajiro Sato
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KuroshioCommanding officer: Cdr. Tamaki Ugaki
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OyashioCommanding officer: Cdr. Tokikichi Arima
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HayashioCommanding officer: Cdr. Kiyoshi Kaneda
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ChitoseCommanding officer: Capt. Seigo Sasaki
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7 Jakes
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15 Petes
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JunyoCommanding officer: Capt. Shizue Ishii
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MutsuCommanding officer: Capt. Teijiro Yamazumi
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Destroyer Division 2Commanding officer: Capt. Masao Tachibana
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HarusameCommanding officer: Cdr. Masao Kamiyama
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SamidareCommanding officer: Cdr. Takisaburo Matsubara
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MurasameCommanding officer: Cdr. Naoji Suenaga
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VAdm Chuichi Nagumo
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VAdm Nagumo
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ShokakuCommanding officer: Capt. Masafumi ArimaCrew: LtCdr. Mamoru Seki (Position: Strike Group Commander)
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27 (26 operational) x A6M2Commanding officer: Lt. Hideki Shingo
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27 x D3A1Commanding officer: LtCdr Seki
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18 x B5N2Commanding officer: LtCdr. Shigeharu Murata
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ZuikakuCommanding officer: Capt. Tameteru NotomoCrew: Lt. Sadamu Takahashi (Position: Strike Group Commander)
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27 (25 operational) x A6M2Commanding officer: Lt. Ayao Shirane
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27 x D3A1Commanding officer: Lt Takahashi
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18 x B5N2Commanding officer: Lt. Jiichiro Imajuku
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Capt. Toshio Abe
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KazagumoCommanding officer: Cdr. Masayoshi Yoshida
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YugumoCommanding officer: Cdr. Shigeo Semba
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MakigumoCommanding officer: Cdr. Isamu Fujita
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AkigumoCommanding officer: Cdr. Shohei Soma
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RAdm Hiroaki Abe
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RAdm Abe
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HieiCommanding officer: Capt. Masao Nishida
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KirishimaCommanding officer: Capt. Sanji Iwabuchi
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RAdm. Shoji Nishimura
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KumanoCommanding officer: Capt. Kikumatsu Tanaka
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SuzuyaCommanding officer: Capt. Masatomi Kimura
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RAdm Chuichi Hara
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RyujoCommanding officer: Capt. Tadao KatoCrew: Lt. Kenjiro Notomi (Position: Strike Group Commander)
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24 (23 operational) x A6M2Commanding officer: Lt Notomi
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6 x B5N2Commanding officer: Lt. Binichi Murakami
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VAdm Gunichi Mikawa
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RAdm Raizo Tanaka
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JintsuCommanding officer: Capt. Torazo Kozai
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Capt. Yasuji Hirai
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SuzukazeCommanding officer: Cdr. Kazuo Shibayama
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KawakazeCommanding officer: Cdr. Kazuo Wakabayashi
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UmikazeCommanding officer: Cdr. Nagahide Sugitani
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Kinryu Maru
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Boston Maru
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Daifuku Maru
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Patrol Boat No.1
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Patrol Boat No.2
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Patrol Boat No.34
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Patrol Boat No.35
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VAdm. Teruhisa Komatsu
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RAdm. Shigeaki Yamazaki
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I-9 (flagship)Commanding officer: Cdr. Akiyoshi FujiiNotes: At Truk.
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RAdm. Setsuzo Yoshitomi
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Jingei (flagship)Notes: At Rabaul.
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VAdm Nishizo Tsukahara
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RAdm. Sadayoshi Yamada
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Tainan Air Group
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2nd Air Group
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4th Air Group
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Yokohama Air Group
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14th Air Group detached
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VAdm. Seizo Yamagata
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6th Air Group detached
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Misawa Air Group
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Kisarazu Air Group
Information drawn mainly from:
- Guadalcanal: The Carrier Battles by Eric Hammel, Crown Publishers, 1987
- Original research by Mark Horan