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Rear Admiral Akiyama Terou †(killed)
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Niizuki (fleet flagship) (sunk)Commanding officer: Com. Kaneda KioshiNotes: Hit by 6" shellfire, few survivors.
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Suzukaze (minimally damaged)Commanding officer: Lt. Com. Yamashita MasaoNotes: Minor shell damage, 1st turret jammed, searchlights inoperative.
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Captain Orita
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Mochizuki (minimally damaged)Commanding officer: Lt. Com. Ikunaga KunioNotes: Minor shell damage to 1st turret and torpedo tubes.
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MikazukiCommanding officer: Lt. Yamazaki Nitaro
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Capt. Kanaoka KunizoPosition: Commander, Destroyer Division 22
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Nagatsuki (force flagship) (sunk)Commanding officer: Lt. Com. Furukawa TameoNotes: Hit by 6" shell, grounded near Bambari Harbor, demolished next day by American aircraft; 8 dead, 13 injured.
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SatsukiCommanding officer: Com. Koizumi Shiro
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Amigiri (minimally damaged)Commanding officer: Lt. Com. Hanami KouheiNotes: Suffered minor shell damage, communications lost, 10 dead.
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Hatsuyuki (minimally damaged)Commanding officer: Lt. Com. Sugihara YoshirouNotes: Minor shell damage (3 duds), had to shift to manual steering. 6 dead.
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Rear Admiral W. L. Ainsworth
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Honolulu (force flagship)Commanding officer: Capt. R.W. Hayler
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St. LouisCommanding officer: Capt. C. Campbell
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Helena (sunk)Commanding officer: Capt. C.P. CecilNotes: Hit by three Type 93 torpedoes from Suzukaze and Tanikaze, over 81% of crew rescued.
- The Two Ocean War by S.E. Morrison
- US. Destroyer Operations in WWII by T. Roscoe
- Nihon Kaigun website
- A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945) by Paul S. Dull
- A Naval History of World War II War At Sea by Nathan Miller
- Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 by J. Rohwer and G. Hummelchen