Japanese Forces

2nd Fleet, for Operation TEN-GO
  • Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito
  • Rear Admiral Nobuei Morishita
    Position: Chief of Staff
  • BB Yamato (fleet flagship)(fleet flagship) (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Rear Admiral Kosaku Ariga
    Notes: 2,498 killed.

Destroyer Squadron 2

721 men were lost in the four destroyers sunk.

  • Rear Admiral Keizo Komura
  • CL Yahagi (force flagship)(force flagship) (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Captain Tameichi Hara
    Notes: 446 killed.

Destroyer Division 7

  • Captain Kiichi Shintani
  • DD Isokaze (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Commander Saneo Maeda
  • DD Hamakaze (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Commander Isami Mukoi
  • DD Yukikaze
    Commanding officer: Commander Masamichi Terauchi

Destroyer Division 21

  • Captain Hisao Kotaki
  • DD Asashimo (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Commander Yoshiro Sugihara
  • DD Kasumi (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Commander Hiroo Yamana
  • DD Hatsushimo
    Commanding officer: Commander Masazo Sato

Destroyer Division 41

  • Captain Masayoshi Yoshida
  • DD Fuyutsuki
    Commanding officer: Commander Hidechika Sakuma
  • DD Suzutsuki
    Commanding officer: Commander Shigetaka Amano

American Forces

Task Force 58
  • Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher

Task Force 58.1

  • Rear Admiral Clark

Aircraft Carriers

  • Hornet (CV-12)
  • Bennington (CV-20)
  • Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
  • San Jacinto (CVL-30)

Battleships

  • Massachusetts (BB-59)
  • Indiana (BB-58)

Light Cruisers

  • Vincennes (CL-64)
  • Miami (CL-89)
  • Vicksburg (CL-86)
  • San Juan (CL-54)

Destroyer Squadron 61

  • De Haven (DD-727)
  • Mansfield (DD-728)
  • Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729)
  • Collett (DD-730)
  • Maddox (DD-731)
  • Blue (DD-744)
  • Brush (DD-745)
  • Taussig (DD-746)
  • Samuel N. Moore (DD-747)
Destroyer Division 106
  • Wedderburn (DD-684)
  • Twinning (DD-540)
  • Stockham (DD-688)

Destroyer Squadron 25

  • John Rodgers (DD-574)
  • Harrison (DD-573)
  • McKee (DD-575)
  • Sigsbee (DD-502)
  • Kinggold (DD-500)
  • Schroeder (DD-501)
  • Dashiell (DD-659)

Task Force 58.3

  • Rear Admiral Sherman

Aircraft Carriers

  • Essex (CV-9)
  • Bunker Hill (CV-17)
  • Hancock (CV-19)
  • Bataan (CVL-29)

Battleships

  • New Jersey (BB-62)
  • South Dakota (BB-57)
    Notes: Embarked Vice Admiral Willis Lee.

Light Cruisers

  • Pasadena (CL-65)
  • Springfield (CL-66)
  • Astoria (CL-90)
  • Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)

Destroyer Squadron 62

  • Ault (DD-698)
  • English (DD-696)
  • Charles S. Sperry (DD-697)
  • Waldron (DD-699)
  • Haynsworth (DD-700)
  • Wallace L. Lind (DD-703)
  • John W. Weeks (DD-701)
  • Hank (DD-702)
  • Borie (DD-704)

Destroyer Squadron 48

  • Erben (DD-631)
  • Walker (DD-517)
  • Hale (DD-642)
  • Stembel (DD-644)
  • Black (DD-666)
  • Bullard (DD-660)
  • Kidd (DD-661)

Other Destroyers

  • Chauncey (DD-667)

Task Force 58.4

  • Rear Admiral Radford

Aircraft Carriers

  • Yorktown (CV-10)
  • Intrepid (CV-11)
  • Enterprise (CV-6)

Battleships

  • Wisconsin (BB-64)
  • Missouri (BB-63)

Cruisers

  • Alaska (CB-1)
  • Guam (CB-2)
  • San Diego (CL-53)

Destroyer Squadron 54

  • Remey (DD-688)
  • Norman Scott (DD-690)
  • Mertz (DD-691)
  • Monssen (DD-798)
  • McGowan (DD-678)
  • McNair (DD-679)
  • Melvin (DD-680)

Destroyer Squadron 47

  • McCord (DD-534)
  • Trathen (DD-530)
  • Hazelwood (DD-531)
  • Heerman (DD-532)
  • Haggard (DD-555)
  • Franks (DD-554)
  • Hailey (DD-556)
Destroyer Division 105
  • Cushing (DD-797)
  • Colahan (DD-658)
  • Uhlmann (DD-687)
  • Benham (DD-796)

Notes

Task Force 58.4 was providing air cover at Okinawa when the Yamato force was sighted. The task force tried to close at high speed, but the action was over before it came within range.

Destroyer assignments are as of March 14th, 1945 (per "Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945") and may have differed some by 7 April 1945.

TF 58.1 and TF 58.3 attacked the Yamato force with 386 aircraft of which 10 failed to return.

Sources

  • "Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945" by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
  • "Japanese Destroyer Captain" by T. Hara
  • "U.S. Warships of World War II" by P. Silverstone