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Rear Admiral Shunji IzakiPosition: Commander, Destroyer Squadron 2
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DD YugureCommanding officer: Commander Kiyoshi Kamo
Carrying 1200 troops.
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DD SatsukiCommanding officer: Lt. Commander Shiro Koizumi
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DD MinazukiCommanding officer: Lt. Commander Tsuyoshi Fukuyama
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Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth
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Honolulu (CL-48)
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St. Louis (CL-49)
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CL LeanderCommanding officer: Capt. S. W. RoskillNotes: Royal New Zealand Navy
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Captain McInerney
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Nicholas (DD-449)
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O'Bannon (DD-450)
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Taylor (DD-468)
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Jenkins (DD-447)
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Radford (DD-446)
- Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
- A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945) by P. Dull
- U.S. Warships of World War II by P. Silverstone
- "Long Lancers" by Allyn D. Nevitt, at the Nihon Kaigun website