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Admiral Yamamoto IsorokuPosition: Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet
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Vice Admiral Hosogaya BoshiroPosition: Commander-in-Chief, Fifth Fleet
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CA Nachi (force flagship) (damaged)Notes: Myoko Class. Damaged by five shell hits, 14 killed, 27 wounded.
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CA MayaNotes: Improved Takao Class. Temporarily detached from Cruiser Division 4.
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CL TamaNotes: Kuma Class.
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Rear Admiral Mori Tomoichi
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Asaka Maru
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Sakito Maru
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DD UsugumoCommanding officer: LCDR Ikeda ShunsakuNotes: Fubuki Class.
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Sanko MaruNotes: IJA chartered "slow transport" attached directly to Fifth Fleet. Limited to 10 knots. Carrying food, ammo, building materials.
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Admiral Chester W. NimitzPosition: Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas
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Rear Admiral Thomas C. KinkaidPosition: Commander, Task Force 16
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Rear Admiral Charles H. "Soc(rates)" McMorrisPosition: Commander, Task Group 16.6
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Rear Admiral McMorris
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Salt Lake City (CA-25) (damaged)Commanding officer: Captain Bertram J. RodgersCrew: CDR Worthington S. Bitler (Position: Executive Officer)Notes: Pensacola Class. Equipped with SG radar. Temporarily detached from Cruiser Division 5 Damaged by four shells and near misses.
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Richmond (CL-9) (force flagship)Commanding officer: Captain Theodore WaldschmidtNotes: Omaha Class. Equipped with SG radar.
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Captain Ralph Riggs
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Bailey (DD-492) (flagship) (damaged)Commanding officer: LCDR John AtkesonNotes: Benson Class. Struck by two shells.
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Coghlan (DD-606)Commanding officer: CDR Benjamin TompkinsNotes: Benson Class.
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Dale (DD-353)Commanding officer: CDR Anthony RorschachCrew: LCDR Ken Robinson (Position: Executive Officer)Notes: Farragut Class. Equipped with SG radar.
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Monaghan (DD-354)Commanding officer: LCDR Peter HornCrew: LCDR Hart Kait (Position: Executive Officer)Notes: Farragut Class. Equipped with SG radar.
- The Battle of the Komandorski Islands by John A. Lorelli, N.I.P., 1984
- Japanese Cruisers of World War II by Eric LaCroix and Linton Wells II, N.I.P., 1997
- Cruisers of the U.S. Navy, 1922-1962 by Stefan Terzibaschitsch, N.I.P., 1984
- Japanese Warships of World War II by A.J. Watts, Ian Allan LTD, 1966
- Nihon Kaigun website
- Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1941-45 by Paul S. Dull, N.I.P., 1978