Japanese Forces

Combined Fleet
  • Adm. Yamamoto Isoroku
    Position: Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet

Main Body

  • Adm. Yamamoto
  • RA Ugaki Matome
    Position: Chief of Staff

Battleship Division 1

  • BB Yamato (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Takayanagi Gihachi
  • BB Nagato
    Commanding officer: Capt. Yano Hideo
  • BB Mutsu
    Commanding officer: Capt. Yamazumi Teijiro

Carrier Group

  • CVL Hosho
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kaoru Umetani
    Crew: Lt. Irikiin Yoshiaki (Position: Air group commander)
    • Kanko Buntai
      Commanding officer: Lt. Irikiin
      Notes: 8 x Type 96 B4Y1 carrier attack planes.
  • DD Yukaze
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kajimoto Shizuka

Special Force

Carrying midget submarines
  • AV Chiyoda
    Commanding officer: Capt. Harada Kaku
  • AV Nisshin
    Commanding officer: Capt. Komazawa Katsumi

Destroyer Squadron 3

  • RA Hashimoto Shintaro
  • CL Sendai (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Morishita Nobue
Destroyer Division 11
  • Capt. Shoji Kichiro
  • DD Fubuki
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yamashtia Shizuo
  • DD Shirayuki
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Sugahara Taro
  • DD Murakumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Higaashi Hideo
  • DD Hatsuyuki
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kamiura Junnari
Destroyer Division 19
  • Capt. Oe Ranji
  • DD Isonami
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Sugama Ryokichi
  • DD Uranami
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hagio Tsutomu
  • DD Shikinami
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kawahashi Akifumi
  • DD Ayanami
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Sakuma Eiji

1st Supply Unit

  • Capt. Nishioka Shigeyasu
  • AO Naruto
    Commanding officer: Capt. Nishioka
  • AO MT Toei Maru
    Notes: 10,023 BRT.

Guard Force

Aleutians Screen
  • VA Takasu Shiro
    Position: Commander-in-Chief
  • RA Kobayashi Kengo
    Position: Chief of Staff

Battleship Division 1

  • BB Hyuga (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Matsuda Chiaki
  • BB Ise
    Commanding officer: Capt. Takeda Isamu
  • BB Fuso
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kinoshita Mitsuo
  • BB Yamashiro
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kogure Gunji

Screen

  • RA Kishi Fukuji
Cruiser Division 9
  • RA Fukuji
  • CL Kitakami (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Norimitsu Saiji
  • CL Oi
    Commanding officer: Capt. Narita Shigeru
Destroyer Division 20
  • Capt. Yamada Yuji
  • DD Asagiri
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Maekawa Nisaburo
  • DD Yugiri
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Motokura Masayoshi
  • DD Shirakumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hitomi Toyoji
  • DD Amagiri
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ashida Buichi
Destroyer Division 24
  • Capt. Hirai Yasuji
  • DD Umikaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Sugitani Nagahide
  • DD Yamakaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hamanaka Shuichi
  • DD Kawakaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Wakabayashi Kazuo
  • DD Suzukaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Shibayama Kazuo
Destroyer Division 27
  • Capt. Yoshimura Matake
  • DD Ariake
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yoshida Shoichi
  • DD Yugure
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kamo Kiyoshi
  • DD Shigure
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Seo Noboru
  • DD Shiratsuyu
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Hashimoto Kimmatsu

2nd Supply Unit

  • Capt. Eguchi Matsuo
  • AO MT San Clemente Maru
    Commanding officer: Capt. Eguchi
    Notes: 7,335 BRT.
  • AO MT Toa Maru
    Notes: 10,052 BRT.

1st Carrier Striking Force

"Kido Butai"
  • VA Nagumo Chuichi
    Position: Commander-in-Chief
  • RA Kusaka Ryunosuke
    Position: Chief of Staff
  • Cdr. Fuchida Mitsuo
    Position: Air Officer
    Notes: Air observer.

Carrier Division 1

  • VA Nagumo
  • Lt.Cdr. Kusumi Tadashi †(killed)
    Position: Air Officer
    Notes: Pilot.
  • CV Akagi (flagship)(flagship) (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Aoki Taijiro †(killed)
  • CV Kaga (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Jisaku Okada †(killed)
Akagi Air Unit
  • Cdr. Fuchida Mitsuo
    Notes: Air observer.
  • Unit commander
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Fuchida Mitsuo (Notes: Air observer.)
    Notes: 1 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack plane.
  • Kansen Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Itaya Shigeru (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 18 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
  • Kanbaku Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Chihaya Takehiro (Notes: Air observer.)
    Notes: 18 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.
  • Kanko Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Murata Shigeharu (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 17 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack planes.
  • 6th Kokutai
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kaneko Tadashi (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 6 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
Kaga Air Unit
  • Lt.Cdr. Kusumi Tadashi †(killed)
    Notes: Pilot.
  • Unit commander
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kusumi Tadashi †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 1 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack plane.
  • Kansen Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Sato Masao (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 18 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
  • Kanbaku Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Ogawa Sho-ichi †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 18 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.
  • Kanko Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Kazuraki Masuhiko †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 26 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack planes.
  • 6th Kokutai
    Notes: 9 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
  • Soryu Kanbaku Buntai (spares)
    Notes: 2 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.

Carrier Division 2

  • RA Yamaguchi Tamon †(killed)
  • Lt.Cdr. Egusa Takashige
    Position: Air Officer
    Notes: Pilot.
  • CV Hiryu (flagship)(flagship) (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kaku Tomeo †(killed)
  • CV Soryu (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Yanagimoto Ryusaku †(killed)
Hiryu Air Unit
  • Lt. Tomanga Jo-ichi †(killed)
    Notes: Pilot.
  • Unit commander
    Commanding officer: Lt. Tomanga Jo-ichi †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 1 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack plane.
  • Kansen Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Mori Shigeru †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 18 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
  • Kanbaku Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Kobayashi Michio †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 18 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.
  • Kanko Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Kikuchi Rokuro †(killed) (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 17 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack planes .
  • 6th Kokutai
    Notes: 3 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
Soryu Air Unit
  • Lt.Cdr. Egusa
    Notes: Pilot.
  • Unit commander
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Egusa (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 1 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bomber.
  • Kansen Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Suganami Masaji (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 18 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
  • Kanbaku Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Ikeda Masatake (Notes: Pilot.)
    Notes: 15 x Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers.
  • Reconnaissance aircraft
    Notes: 1 x Type 02 D4Y1-C reconnaissance plane; 1 other lost.
  • Kanko Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Abe Heijiro (Notes: Air observer.)
    Notes: 18 x Type 97 B5N2 carrier attack planes.
  • 6th Kokutai
    Notes: 3 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.

Support Group

  • RA Abe Hiroaki
Cruiser Division 8
  • RA Abe
  • CA Tone (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Okada Tametsugu
  • CA Chikuma
    Commanding officer: Capt. Komura Keizo
Battle Division 3, Section 2
  • BC Haruna
    Commanding officer: Capt. Koma Tamotsu
  • BC Kirishima
    Commanding officer: Capt. Iwabughi Sanji
Destroyer Squadron 10
  • RA Kimura Susumu
  • CL Nagara (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Naoi Toshio
Destroyer Division 4
  • Capt. Ariga Kosaku
  • DD Nowaki
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yoshida Masayoshi
  • DD Arashi
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Watanabe Yasimasa
  • DD Hagikaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Iwagami Juichi
  • DD Maikaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Nakasugi Seiji
Destroyer Division 10
  • Capt. Abe Toshio
  • DD Kazagumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yoshida Masayoshi
  • DD Yugumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Semba Shigeo
  • DD Makigumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Fujita Isamu
Destroyer Division 17
  • Capt. Kitamura Masayuki
  • DD Urakaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Shiraishi Nagayoshi
  • DD Isokaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Toshima Shunichi
  • DD Tanikaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Katsumi Motoi
  • DD Hamakaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Orita Tsuneo

Supply Group

  • Capt. Oto Masanao
  • AO MT Kyokuto Maru
    Commanding officer: Capt. Oto
    Notes: 10,052 BRT.
  • AO MT Kokuyo Maru
    Notes: 10,027 BRT.
  • AO MT Nippon Maru
    Notes: 9,974 BRT.
  • AO Shinkoku Maru
    Notes: 10,020 BRT.
  • AO MT Toho Maru
    Notes: 9,987 BRT.
  • DD Akigumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Soma Shohei

Midway Invasion Force

  • VA Kondo Nobutake
    Position: Commander-in-Chief
  • RA Shiraishi Kazutaka
    Position: Chief of Staff

Cruiser Division 4, Section 1

  • CA Atago (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ijuin Matsuji
  • CA Chokai
    Commanding officer: Capt. Hayakawa Mikio

Cruiser Division 5

  • VA Takagi Takeo
  • CA Myoko (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Miyoshi Teruhiko
  • CA Haguro
    Commanding officer: Capt. Mori Tomoichi

Battle Division 3, Section 1

  • RA Mikawa Gunichi
  • BC Kongo (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Koyanagi Tomiji
  • BC Hiei
    Commanding officer: Capt. Nishida Masao

Destroyer Squadron 4

  • RA Nishimura Shoji
  • CL Yura (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Sato Shiro
Destroyer Division 3
  • Capt. Tachibana Masao
  • DD Murasame
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Suenaga Naoji
  • DD Samidare
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Matsubara Takisaburo
  • DD Harusame
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kamiyama Masao
  • DD Yudachi
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kikkawa Kiyoshi
Destroyer Division 9
  • Capt. Sato Yasuo
  • DD Asagumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Iwahashi Toru
  • DD Minegumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Suzuki Yasuatsu
  • DD Natsugumo
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Tsukamoto Moritaro

Carrier Group

  • Capt. Obayashi Sueo
  • CVL Zuiho
    Commanding officer: Capt. Obayashi
    • Kansen Buntai
      Commanding officer: Lt. Hidaka Moriyasu
      Notes: 12 x Type 96 A5M4 carrier fighters.
    • Kanko Buntai
      Commanding officer: Lt. Matsuo Kaji
      Notes: 12 x Type 97 B5N1 carrier attack planes.
  • DD Mikazuki
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Maeda Saneho

Supply Group

  • Capt. Murao Jiro
  • AO Sata
    Commanding officer: Capt. Murao
    Notes: 14,050 BRT.
  • AO Tsurumi
    Commanding officer: Capt. Fugita Toshizo
    Notes: 14,050 BRT.
  • AO MT Genyo Maru
    Notes: 10,019 BRT.
  • AO Kenyo Maru
    Notes: 10,024 BRT.
  • RS Akashi
    Commanding officer: Capt. Fukuzawa Tsunekiechi Akami (?)

Close Support Group

  • VA Takeo Kurita

Cruiser Division 7

  • VA Kurita
  • CA Kumano (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Tanaka Kikumatsu
    Crew: Lt. Ito Motoe (Position: Air Officer) (Notes: Eta Jima 59 class1; Kasumigaura 25 class (O-floatplane)2.)
  • CA Suzuya
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kimura Masatomi
  • CA Mikuma (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Sakiyama †(killed) (Notes: Died of wounds 6 Dec. 1942 on Suzuya.)
    Crew: Lt. Imai Rintaro †(killed) (Position: Air Officer) (Notes: Eta Jima 61 class; Kasumigaura 27 class (P-floatplane).)
  • CA Mogami
    Commanding officer: Capt. Sone Akira
    Crew: Lt. Takagi Seijiro (Position: Air Officer) (Notes: Eta Jima 64 class; Kasumigaura 31 class (O-floatplane).)

Destroyer Division 8

  • Cdr. Ogawa Nobuki
  • DD Asashio
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yoshii Goro
  • DD Arashio
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kuboki Hideo
  • AO Nichiei Maru
    Notes: 10,020 BRT.

Transport Group

  • RA Tanaka Raizo
Landing Force
Ground units
  • 2nd Combined SNLF
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ota Minoru, IJN
    Notes: Sand Island.
  • "Ichiki" Detachment
    Commanding officer: Col. Ichiki Kiyonao, IJA
    Notes: Eastern Island.
Ships
  • AP MS Kiyosumi Maru
    Notes: 8,614 BRT.
  • AP MS Keiyo Maru
    Notes: 6,442 BRT.
  • AP MS Zenyo Maru
    Notes: 6,442 BRT.
  • AP Goshu Maru #2
  • AP MS Toa Maru
    Notes: 6,732 BRT.
  • AP MS Kano Maru
    Notes: 8,572 BRT.
  • AP MS Argentina Maru
    Notes: 12,755 BRT.
  • AP Hokuriku Maru
  • AP Brazil Maru
  • AP Kirisima Maru
  • AP MS Azuma Maru
    Notes: 6,646 BRT.
  • AP MS Nankai Maru
    Notes: 8,416 BRT.
  • APD #1
  • APD #2
  • APD #34
  • AO MT Akebono Maru
    Notes: 10,182 BRT.
Destroyer Squadron 2
  • RA Tanaka
  • CL Jintsu (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kozai Torazo
Destroyer Division 15
  • Capt. Sato Shiro
  • DD Kuroshio
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ugaki Tamaki
  • DD Oyashio
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Arima Tokikichi
Destroyer Division 16
  • Capt. Shibuya Shiro
  • DD Yukikaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Tobita Kenjiro
  • DD Amatsukaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hara Tameichi
  • DD Tokitsukaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Nakahara Giichiro
  • DD Hatsukaze
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Takahashi Kameshiro
Destroyer Division 18
  • Capt. Mikyasaka Yoshito
  • DD Shiranuhi
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Akasawa Jisuo
  • DD Kasumi
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Tomura Kiyoshi
  • DD Kagero
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yokoi Minoru
  • DD Arare
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ogata Tomoe
Seaplane Tender Group
  • RA Fujita Riutaro
    Notes: Kure Occupation Force
Seaplane Tender Division 11
  • CVS Chitose
    Commanding officer: Capt. Furukawa Tamotsu
    • Air Unit
      Notes: 7 x Type 00 F1M2, 16 x Type 95 E8N2.
  • AV MS Kamikawa Maru [6,853 BRT]
    Commanding officer: Capt. Shinoda Tarohachi
    • Air Unit
      Notes: 4 x Type 00 F1M2, 4 x Type 00 E13A1, 4x Type 95 E8N2.
Other
  • DD Hayashio
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kaneda Kiyoshi
    Notes: Carrying troops.
  • APD #35
    Notes: Carrying troops.
Minesweeper Group
  • Capt. Sadatomo Miyamoto
  • AMS Tama Maru #3
  • AMS Tama Maru #5
  • AMS Shonan Maru #7
  • AMS Shonan Maru #8
  • SC Ch #16
  • SC Ch #17
  • SC Ch #18
  • AE Soya
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Kubota Toshi
    Notes: Ammunition ship.
  • AK Meiu Maru
  • AK Yamafuku Maru

Advance (Submarine) Force (6th Fleet)

  • VA Komatsu Teruhishi
  • RA Mito Hisashi
    Position: Chief of Staff
  • CL Katori (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Owada Noboru
    Notes: At Kwajalein.

Submarine Squadron 3

  • RA Kono Chimaki
  • MS Yasukuni Maru (flagship)(flagship)
    Notes: 11,193 BRT. At Kwajalein.
Submarine Division xx
KD6 type. "Ko" line.
  • I-169
  • I-171
  • I-174
  • I-175
Submarine Division 13
KRS type. Operation “K”, then “Ko” line.
  • Capt. Miyazaki Takeharu
  • I-121
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Fujimori Yasuo
  • I-122
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Norita Sadotoshi
  • I-123
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Ueno Toshitake

Submarine Squadron 5

  • RA Tadashige Daigo
  • MS Rio de Janeiro Maru (flagship)(flagship)
    Notes: 8,225 BRT. At Kwajalein.
Submarine Division 19
KD type. "A" line.
  • Capt. Ono Ryojiro
  • I-156
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Ohashi Katsuo
  • I-157
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Nakajima Sakae
  • I-158
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kitamura Sishichi
  • I-159
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Yoshimatsu Tamori
Submarine Division 30
KD type. "A" line.
  • Capt. Teroka Masao
  • I-162
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kinashi Takaichi
  • I-165
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Harada Takae
  • I-166
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Tanaka Makio
  • I-168
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Tanabe Yahachi
    Notes: Midway reconnaissance.

Shore-Based Air Force, 11th Air Fleet

Headquarters at Tinian.
  • VA Tsukahara Nishizo
  • RA Sakamaki Munetaka
    Position: Chief of Staff

Midway Expeditionary Force, 6th Kokutai

  • Capt. Morita Chisato
  • 6th Kokutai, Kansen Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kokufuda Mitsugu
    Notes: Transported by aircraft carrier.
    • Akagi
      Commanding officer: 6 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
    • Kaga
      Commanding officer: 9 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
    • Hiryu
      Commanding officer: 3 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
    • Soryu
      Commanding officer: 3 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
    • Junyo
      Commanding officer: 12 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters.
  • 22nd Chutai, Mihoro Kokutai
    Notes: Based at Marcus. 12 x Type 01 G4M1 Rikko.
  • 24th Chutai, 14th Air Group
    Commanding officer: Capt. Nakajima Daizo
    Notes: Based at Jaluit. 6 x Type 97 K6K4 Flying Boat.

24th Air Flotilla

Headquarters at Kwajalein.
  • RA Minoru Maeda
  • 21st Chutai, Toko Kokutai
    Notes: 2 x Type 02 H8K1 Flying Boat.
  • Chitose Kokutai
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ohashi Fujiro
    Notes: At Kwajalein. 36 x Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters; 43 x Type 97 G3M2 Rikko.
  • 1st Kokutai
    Commanding officer: Capt. Inouye Samaji
    Notes: At Aur and Wotje. 43 x Type 97 G3M2 Rikko.

Aleutians Force

  • VA Hosogaya Moshiro
    Position: Commander-in-Chief
  • Capt. Nakazawa Tasuku
    Position: Chief of Staff
  • CA Nachi (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kiyota Takahiko
  • DD Inazuma
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Takeuchi Hajime
  • DD Irazuchi
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kudo Shunsaku

Supply group

  • AO Fujisan Maru
  • AO Nissan Maru
  • AK
  • AK
  • AK

2nd Carrier Striking Force

  • RA Kakuta Kakuji
Carrier Division 4
  • RA Kakuta
  • CVL Ryujo (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kato Tadao
  • CV Junyo
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ishii Shizue
Ryujo Air Unit
  • Lt. Kobayashi Minoru
  • Kansen Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Kobayashi
    Notes: Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters (12 operational; 4 spares; maximum 9 used at one time during the operation.)
  • Kanko Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Yamagami Masayuki
    Notes: Type 97 B5N1 carrier attack planes (18 operational; 2 spares; maximum 18 used at one time during the operation.)

The number of operational and spare aircraft above are unverified and indicate theoretical totals; is is unclear - but certainly doubtful - that any of the spare aircraft were actually issued.

Junyo Air Unit
  • Lt. Shiga Yoshio
  • Kansen Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Shiga
    Notes: Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters (6 operational; 2 spares; maximum 6 used at one time during the operation.)
  • Kanbaku Buntai
    Commanding officer: Lt. Abe Zenji
    Notes: Type 99 D3A1 carrier bombers (15 operational; 4 spare; maximum 15 used at one time during the operation.)
  • 6th Kokutai
    Notes: Type 00 A6M2 carrier fighters (12 operational; 0 spares; maximum 7 used at one time during the operation.)

The number of operational and spare aircraft above were not Junyo's intended strength but the latest known total based on actual to-date issued aircraft and known available aircrew; Junyo may have carried the 6th Ku aircraft because her air group needed heavy augmentation as there were simply no more available aircrew and no more new aircraft.

Cruiser Division 4, Section 2
  • CA Maya
    Commanding officer: Capt. Nabeshima Shunsaku
  • CA Takao
    Commanding officer: Capt. Asakura Bunji
Destroyer Division 7
  • Capt. Konishi Kaname
  • DD Akebono
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Nakagawa Minoru
  • DD Ushio
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Uesugi Yoshitake
  • DD Sazanami
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Uwai Hiroshi
  • AO MT Teiyo Maru
    Notes: 9,850 BRT.

Attu Invasion Force

  • RA Omori Sentaro
  • CL Abukuma (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Murayama Seiroku
Destroyer Division 21
  • Capt. Shimizu Toshio
  • DD Wakaba Lt.Cdr. Kuroki Masakichi
  • DD Nenohi Lt.Cdr. Terauchi Saburo
  • DD Hatsuharu Cdr. Makino Hiroshi
  • DD Hatsushimo Lt.Cdr. Migihama Satoru
Other Ships
  • ML Magane Maru
  • AP MS Kinugasa Maru
    Notes: 8,407 BRT.
    • Army North Seas Detachment
      Commanding officer: Maj. Hozumi Matsutoshi
      Notes: 1,200 men.

Kiska Invasion Force

  • Capt. Ono Takeji
Cruiser Division 21
  • CL Kiso
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ono
  • CL Tama
    Commanding officer: Capt. Kawabata Masaharu
Destroyer Division 6
  • Capt. Yamada Yusuke
  • DD Hibiki
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Ishii Hagumu
  • DD Akatsuki
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Takasuka Osamu
  • DD Hokaze
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Tanaka Tomoo
Seaplane carrier
  • AV MS Kimikawa Maru
    Notes: 6,863 BRT.
    • Air Unit
      Notes: 8 x Type 00 E13A1.
Transports
  • AMC MS Asaka Maru
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ban Jiro
    Notes: 7,399 BRT.
  • AP Hakusan Maru
    Notes: 10,380 BRT.
    • 3rd SNLF
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Mukai Hifumi
      Notes: 550 men.
  • AP Kumagawa Maru
    Notes: 7,508 BRT. Carrying 700 laborers & construction equipment.
Minesweeper Division 13
  • Capt. Mitsuka Toshio
  • AMS Hakuho Maru
  • AMS Kaiho Maru
  • AMS Shinkotsu Maru

Submarine Squadron 1

Submarine Detachment
  • RA Yamazaki Shigeaki
  • I-9 (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Fujii Akiyoshi
    Notes: A-1 type.
Submarine Division 2
B-1 type
  • Capt. Imazato Hiroshi
  • I-15
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ishikawa Nobuo
  • I-17
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Nishino Kozo
  • I-19
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Narahara Seigo
Submarine Division 4
B-1 type
  • Capt. Nagai Mitsuru
  • I-25
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Togami Meiji
  • I-26
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Yokota Minoru

American Forces

United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas
  • Adm. Chester William Nimitz
    Position: Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet
    Notes: USNA05.

Midway

Carrier Striking Force

  • RA Frank Jack Fletcher
    Position: Commander, Cruisers, Pacific Fleet
    Notes: USNA063 [64]4.
Task Force 17
  • RA Fletcher
Task Group 17.5 Carrier Group
  • Capt. Elliott Buckmaster
    Notes: USNA12
  • USS Yorktown (CV-5) (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Buckmaster
    Crew: Lt.Cdr. Oscar Pederson (Position: Air Group Commander) (Notes: USNA26.)
    • VS-5
      Commanding officer: Lt. Wallace Clark Short, Jr. (Notes: USNA32.)
      Notes: 19 (17 operational) x SBD-3.
    • VF-3
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John Smith Thach (Notes: USNA27.)
      Notes: 27 (25 operational) x F4F-4.
    • VB-3
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Maxwell Franklin Leslie (Notes: USNA26.)
      Notes: 18 (17 operational) x SBD-3.
    • VT-3
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Lance Edward Massey †(killed) (Notes: USNA30.)
      Notes: 15 (12 operational) x TBD-1.
Task Group 17.2 Cruiser Group
  • RA William Ward Smith
    Position: ComCruTF-17
    Notes: USNA09 [95]
  • USS Astoria (CA-34) (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Francis Worth Scanland (Notes: USN09 [216].)
  • USS Portland (CA-33)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Laurance T. DuBose
Task Group 17.4 Destroyer Screen
  • Capt. Gilbert C. Hoover
    Position: ComDesRon 2
Destroyer Squadron 2
  • Capt. Hoover
  • USS Morris (DD-417)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. H. B. Jarrett
  • USS Russell (DD-414)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Glenn R. Hartwig
  • USS Hammann (DD-412) (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Arnold Ellsworth True
  • USS Anderson (DD-411)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John K. B. Ginder
  • USS Hughes (DD-410)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Donald J. Ramsey
Destroyer Division 22
  • Capt. Cdr. Harold R. Holcomb
  • USS Morris (DD-417)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. H. B. Jarrett
    Notes: En route TF-16, joined TF-17 5/6/42.
Task Force 16
  • RA Raymond Ames Spruance
    Notes: USNA07 [74].
  • Capt. Miles Rutherford Browning
    Position: Chief of Staff
    Notes: USNA17.
Task Group 16.5 Carrier Group
  • Capt. George Dominic Murray
    Notes: USNA11 [297]
  • USS Enterprise (CV-6)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Murray
    Crew: Lt.Cdr. Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr. (Position: Air Group Commander) (Notes: USNA26 [2585].)
    • Air Group Commander
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. McClusky, Jr.
      Notes: 1 (1 operational) x SBD-3.
    • VF-6
      Commanding officer: Lt. James Seton Gray, Jr. (Notes: USNA36.)
      Notes: 27 (27 operational) x F4F-4.
    • VS-6
      Commanding officer: Lt. Wilmer Earl Gallaher (Notes: USNA31.)
      Notes: 18 (18 operational) x SBD-3.
    • VB-6
      Commanding officer: Lt. Richard Halsey Best (Notes: USNA32.)
      Notes: 18 (18 operational) x SBD-2, -3.
    • VT-6
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Eugene Elbert Lindsey †(killed) (Notes: USNA27.)
      Notes: 14 (14 operational) x TBD-1.
  • USS Hornet (CV-8)
    Commanding officer: RA Marc Andrew Mitscher (Notes: USNA10 [110].)
    Crew: Capt. Charles Perry Mason (Position: passenger) (Notes: USNA12.), Cdr. Stanhope Cotton Ring (Position: Air Group Commander) (Notes: USNA23.)
    • Air Group Commander
      Commanding officer: Cdr. Ring
      Notes: 1 (1 operational) x SBD-3.
    • VF-8
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Samuel Gavid Mitchell (Notes: USNA27.)
      Notes: 27 (27 operational) x F4F-4.
    • VS-8
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Walter Fred Rodee (Notes: USNA26.)
      Notes: 16 (15 operational) x SBD-3.
    • VB-8
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Robert Ruffin Johnson (Notes: USNA26.)
      Notes: 18 (18 operational) x SBD-3.
    • VT-8
      Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John Charles Waldron †(killed) (Notes: USNA24.)
      Notes: 15 (15 operational) x TBD-1.
Task Group 16.2 Cruiser Group
  • RA Thomas Cassin Kinkaid
    Position: ComCruDiv 6
    Notes: USNA08 [93]
  • USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Frank Jacob Lowry (Notes: USNA11 [284].)
    Notes: Escorting Hornet.
  • USS New Orleans (CA-32)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Howard H. Good
    Notes: Escorting Hornet.
  • USS Vincennes (CA-44)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Frederick L. Riefkohl
    Notes: Escorting Enterprise; joined TF-17.
  • USS Northampton (CA-26)
    Commanding officer: Capt. William Dwight Chandler (Notes: USNA11 [278])
    Notes: Escorting Enterprise.
  • USS Pensacola (CA-24)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Frank L. Lowe
    Notes: Escorting Enterprise; joined TF-17.
  • USS Atlanta (CL-51)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Samuel P. Jenkins
    Notes: Escorting Hornet.
Task Group 16.4 Destroyer Screen
  • Capt. Alexander Rieman Early
    Position: ComDesRon 1
    Notes: USNA14 [422].
Destroyer Squadron 1
  • Capt. Early
  • USS Phelps (DD-360) (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Edward Louis Beck (Notes: [2404])
    Notes: Escorting Enterprise.
  • USS Aylwin (DD-355)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. George R. Phelan
    Notes: Escorting Enterprise.
  • USS Monaghan (DD-354)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William Page Burford (Notes: USNA23 [1741])
    Notes: Escorting Enterprise.
  • USS Worden (DD-352)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William G. Pogue
    Notes: Escorting Hornet.
Destroyer Squadron 6
  • Capt. Edward P. Sauer
  • USS Balch (DD-363) (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Harold L. Tiemroth
    Notes: Escorting Enterprise; joined TF-17.
  • USS Conyngham (DD-371)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Henry C. Daniel
    Notes: Escorting Hornet.
  • USS Benham (DD-397)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Joseph Muse Worthington (Notes: USNA24 [1926])
    Notes: Escorting Enterprise; joined TF-17.
  • USS Ellet (DD-398)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Francis Hartt Gardner (Notes: USNA24 [1945])
    Notes: Escorting Hornet.
  • USS Maury (DD-401)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Gelzer L. Sims
    Notes: Escorting Hornet.
Fueling Group
  • USS Cimarron (AO-22)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Russell M. Ihrig
  • USS Platte (AO-24)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Ralph H. Henkle
  • USS Dewey (DD-349)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Charles. Frederick Chillingworth, Jr. (Notes: USNA25 [2474].)
  • USS Monssen (DD-436)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Roland N. Smoot

Midway Relief Fueling Unit

  • Cdr. Harry R. Thurber
  • USS Guadaloupe (AO-32)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Thurber
  • USS Blue (DD-387)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Harold Nordmark Williams (Notes: USNA23 [1655])
  • USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ralph Earle, Jr. (Notes: USNA22 [1605])

Submarine Force

  • RA Robert Henry English
    Position: ComSubPac
    Notes: USNA07 [117]. At Pearl Harbor.
Task Force 7
Task Group 7.1 Midway Patrol Group
  • USS Cachalot (SS-170)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. George Alexander Lewis (Notes: USNA27)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 47 days (recalled), Empire.
  • USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Glynn Robert Donaho (Notes: USNA27)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 51 days (recalled), E.Ch.Sea.
  • USS Tambor (SS-198)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John Williams Murphy Jr. (Notes: USNA25 [2306])
    Notes: War Patrol 1, ?15 days.
  • USS Trout (SS-202)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Frank Wesley Fenno (Notes: USNA25)
    Notes: War Patrol 4, 26 days.
  • USS Grayling (SS-209)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Eliot Olsen (Notes: USNA27)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, ?15 days.
  • USS Nautilus (SS-168)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William Herman Brockman, Jr. (Notes: USNA27)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 48 days, Empire.
  • USS Grouper (SS-214)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Clarence Emmett Duke (Notes: USNA27)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 56 days (recalled), E.Ch.Sea.
  • USS Dolphin (SS-169)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Royal Lawrence Rutter (Notes: USNA30)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 68 days (recalled), Empire.
  • USS Gato (SS-212)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William Girard Myers (Notes: USNA26)
    Notes: April, War Patrol 1, 51 days, from Marshalls.
  • USS Cuttlefish (SS-171)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Martin Perry Hottel (Notes: USNA27)
    Notes: April, War Patrol 2, 56 days, from Marianas.
  • USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Hyland Benton Lyon (Notes: USNA31)
    Notes: War Patrol 3, 20 days.
  • USS Grenadier (SS-210)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Willis Ashford Lent (Notes: USNA25)
    Notes: April, War Patrol 2, 59 days, from E.Ch.Sea.
Task Group 7.2 "Roving Short-Stops"
  • USS Narwhal (SS-167)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Charles Warren Wilkins (Notes: USNA24)
    Notes: War Patrol 2, 15 days.
  • USS Plunger (SS-179)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. David Charles White (Notes: USNA27)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 36 days, E.Ch.Sea.
  • USS Trigger (SS-237)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Jack Hayden Lewis (Notes: USNA27)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 51 days, to Aleutians.
Task Group 7.3 North of Oahu Patrol
  • USS Tarpon (SS-175)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Lewis Wallace (Notes: USNA25 [2311])
    Notes: War Patrol 4, 9 days.
  • USS Pike (SS-173)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William Adolph New (Notes: USNA25 [2406])
    Notes: War Patrol 5, 11 days.
  • USS Finback (SS-230)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Jesse Lyle Hull (Notes: USNA26)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 48 days, to Aleutians.
  • USS Growler (SS-215)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Howard Walter Gilmore (Notes: USNA26)
    Notes: War Patrol 1, 27 days, to Aleutians.
Diverted
  • USS Porpoise (SS-172)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John Roland McKnight, Jr. (Notes: USNA30 [3619])
    Notes: April, War Patrol 3, en route from Australia.

Midway Naval Air Station

  • Capt. Logan Carlisle Ramsey
    Notes: USNA18
Sand Island Seaplane Base
  • Cdr. Francis Massie Hughes
    Position: Northern Sectors
    Notes: USNA23
  • VP-23
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Hughes
    Crew: Lt. James Robinson Ogden (Position: Executive officer) (Notes: USNA33)
    Notes: 14 (13 operational) (11 search)5 x PBY-5
Eastern Island Airfield
Consolidated Patrol Wing 2
  • Lt.Cdr. Robert Cecil Brixner
    Position: Southern Sectors
    Notes: USNA27
  • VP-44
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Brixner
    Crew: Lt. Donald George Gumz (Position: Executive officer) (Notes: USNA36)
    Notes: 8 (7 operational) (7 search) x PBY-5A.
  • VP-24
    Notes: 6 (6 operational) (3 strike, 2 search) x PBY-5A .
  • VP-51
    Notes: 3 (3 operational) (1 strike, 2 search) x PBY-5A.
United State Naval Aircraft
Marine Aircraft Group 22
  • Lt.Col. Ira L. Kimes
    Notes: USMCA236.
  • VMF-221
    • 21 (20 operational) x F2A-3
      Commanding officer: Maj. Floyd Bruce Parks †(killed) (Notes: USMCA34.)
    • 7 (6 operational) x F4F-3
      Commanding officer: Capt. John Frank Carey
  • VMSB-241
    • 19 (18 operational) x SBD-2
      Commanding officer: Maj. Lofton Russell Henderson †(killed) (Notes: USMCA26.)
    • 21 (14 operational) x SB2U-3
      Commanding officer: Maj. Benjamin White Norris †(killed) (Notes: USMCR. Executive officer.)
      Notes: Only 12 crews.
Other
  • VT-8 Detachment
    Commanding officer: Lt. Langdon Kellogg Fieberling †(killed)
    Notes: 6 x TBF-1.
7th Army Air Force, Bomber Command
  • MG Willis P. Hale
  • 7th Air Force Bomber Command HQ
    Notes: 1 (1 operational) x B-17E.
  • 349th BS(H)
    Notes: 1 (1 operational) (photo recon a/c) x B-17D.
  • 42nd BS(H)/11th BG(H)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Col. Brooke E. Allen
    Notes: 5 (4 operational) x B-17E.
  • 431st BS(H)/11th BG(H)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Col. Walter C. Sweeny, Jr.
    Notes: 7 (6 operational) x B-17E.
  • 31st BS(H)/5th BG(H)
    Notes: 2 (2 operational) x B-17E.
  • 72nd BS(H)/5th BG(H)
    Notes: 1 (1 operational) x B-17E.
  • Detachment, 18th RS(M)/22nd BG(M)
    Commanding officer: 1st Lt. James P. Muri
    Notes: 2 (2 operational) x B-26.
  • Detachment, 69th BS(M)/38th BG(M)
    Commanding officer: Capt. James F. Collins, Jr.
    Notes: 2 (2 operational) x B-26B.
Other
  • Naval Air Station Utility
    Notes: 1 (1 operational) x J2F-2.

Midway Local Defenses

  • Capt. Cyril Thomas Simard
    Notes: United States Navy.

Midway Atoll

Ground Echelon
United States Marine Corps
  • Col. Harold Douglas Shannon
  • 6th Marine Defense Battalion, FMF
    Commanding officer: Col. Shannon
  • 3rd Marine Defense Battalion, FMF
    Notes: AA elements present.
  • 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, FMF
    Notes: Elements present.
  • 2nd Marine Raider Battalion
    • C Company
      Commanding officer: Capt. Harold "K" Throneson (Notes: [31469].)
    • D Company
Motor Torpedo Squadron 1
ELCO 77' boats
  • Lt. Clinton McKellar, Jr.
  • USS PT-20
  • USS PT-21
  • USS PT-22
  • USS PT-24
  • USS PT-25
  • USS PT-26
  • USS PT-27
  • USS PT-28
  • USS PT-29
    Notes: At Kure Atoll.
  • USS PT-30
    Notes: At Kure Atoll.

French Frigate Shoals

  • USS Ballard (AVD-10)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Ward C. Gilbert
  • USS Thornton (AV-12)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Wendell F. Kline
  • USS Clark (DD-361)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Myron T. Richardson

Pearl and Hermes Reef

  • USS Kaloli (AOG-13)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. G. H. Chapman, Jr. (Notes: USNR.)
  • USS Vireo (ATO-144)
    Commanding officer: Lt. James C. Legg
  • USS Crystal (PY-25)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. O. B. Drotning

Lisianski

  • USS YP-284

Gardner's Pinnacles

  • USS YP-345

Necker Island

  • USS YP-350

Laysan

  • USS YP-290

Aleutians

Task Force 8

  • RA Robert Alfred Theobald
    Notes: USNA07.
Task Group 8.6 Main Body
  • RA Theobald
Cruisers
  • USS Indianapolis (CA-35) (force flagship)(force flagship)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Edward W. Hanson
  • USS Louisville (CA-28)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Elliot B. Nixon
  • USS Nashville (CL-43)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Francis S. Craven
  • USS Honolulu (CL-48)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Harold Dodd
  • USS St. Louis (CL-49)
    Commanding officer: Capt. George A. Rood
Destroyer Division 11
  • Cdr. Frederick Moosbrugger
  • USS McCall (DD-400)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. William S. Veeder
  • USS Gridley (DD-380) (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Fred R. Stickney
  • USS Humphreys (DD-236)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John K. Wells
  • USS Gilmer (DD-233)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Herman O. Parrish
Task Group 8.4 Destroyer Striking Group
  • Cdr. Wyatt Craig
    Position: ComDesDiv 6
  • USS Case (DD-370) (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Robert W. Bedilion
  • USS Reid (DD-369)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Harold F. Pullen
  • USS Sands (DD-243)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John T. Bowers, Jr.
  • USS King (DD-242)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Kenneth M. Gentry
  • USS Kane (DD-235)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. John J. Greytak
  • USS Brooks (DD-232)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Charles T. Singleton, Jr.
  • USS Dent (DD-116)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Paul H. Tobelman
  • USS Waters (DD-115)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Henry J. Armstrong
  • USS Talbot (DD-114)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Edward A. McFall
Task Group 8.2 Surface Search Group
  • Capt. Ralph C. Parker
    Notes: USNR. At Kodiak Naval Air Station.
  • Dutch Harbor Naval Air Station
    Commanding officer: Cdr. William N. Updegraff
  • Kodiak Naval Air Station
    Commanding officer: Cdr. John Perry
  • Sitka Naval Air Station
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Jackson R. Tate
  • USS Charleston (PG-51)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Gordon B. Sherwood
  • USS Oriole (AM-7)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Mellish M. Lindsay, Jr.
Coast Guard Cutters
  • USCGC Haida (WPG-45))
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Norman H. Leslie
    Notes: 240' class, 1,506 tons.
  • USCGC Onondaga (WPG-79))
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Stewart P. Mehlman
    Notes: 165' class, 1,005 tons.
  • USCGC Cyane (WPC-105))
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Leslie B. Tollaksen
    Notes: Argo class (165') class.
  • USCGC Aurora (WPC-103))
    Commanding officer: Lt.(jg) Frank M. McCage
    Notes: Argo class (165') class.
  • USCGC Bonham
    Commanding officer: Lt.(jg) William C. Gill
    Notes: Active class (125'), 232 tons.
"Yippee Flotilla"
  • Cdr. Charles E. Anderson
    Notes: USNR.
  • 15 x YP boats

Task Group 8.9 Tanker Group

  • Capt. Houston L. Maples
  • USS Sabine (AO-25)
    Commanding officer: Capt. Maples
  • USS Brazos (AO-4)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Thomas J. Kelly
  • SS Comet
    Commanding officer: Irvin E. Larkin (Notes: master)

Task Group 8.5 Submarine Group

  • Cdr. Burton G. Lakes
  • USS S-18 (SS-122)
    Commanding officer: Lt. James H. Newsome (Notes: USNA30)
    Notes: May, War Patrol 4, 51 days.
  • USS S-23 (SS-128)
    Commanding officer: Lt. John Reeves Pierce (Notes: USNA23)
    Notes: May, War Patrol 2, 43 days.
  • USS S-27 (SS-132) (sunk)(sunk)
    Commanding officer: Lt. Herbert Lollis Jukes (Notes: USNA32)
    Notes: May, War Patrol 1, grounded & wrecked.
  • USS S-28 (SS-133)
    Commanding officer: Lt. John Daniel Crowley (Notes: USN31)
    Notes: May, War Patrol 1, 40 days.
  • USS S-34 (SS-139)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Thomas Lincoln Wogan (Notes: USNA31)
    Notes: May, War Patrol 2, 29 days.
  • USS S-35 (SS-140)
    Commanding officer: Lt. James E. Stevens (Notes: USNA30)
    Notes: May, War Patrol 2, 35 days.

Task Group 8.1 Air Search Group

  • Capt. Leslie Edward Gehres
    Position: ComPatWing 4
    Notes: USN.
  • VP-41
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Paul Foley
    Notes: 10 (ASV) x PBY-5A.
  • VP-42
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. James S. Russell
    Notes: 10 (ASV) x PBY-5A.
Tenders
  • USS Casco (AVP-12)
    Commanding officer: Cdr. Theda S. Combs
    Notes: Cold Bay, 4 x PBY-5As.
  • USS Gillis (AVD-12)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Norman F. Garton
    Notes: Dutch Harbor, 12 PBY-5As.
  • USS Williamson (AVD-2)
    Commanding officer: Lt.Cdr. Frederick N. Kivette
    Notes: Sand Point, 4 x PBY-5As.
Kodiak Naval Air Station
  • Detachment, 36th BS(H)/28th CG
    • AL613
      Notes: LB-30, ASV.
    • AL622 (sunk)(sunk)
      Notes: LB-30, ASV.
    • 1-9084 (sunk)(sunk)
      Notes: B-17E, ASV.
Cape Field, Fort Glen, Otter Point, Umnak
  • Detachment 36th BS(H)/28th CG
    Commanding officer: Capt. Russell Cone
    • 38-216 "Old Seventy"
      Notes: B-17B, ASV.

Task Group 8.3 Air Striking Group

United States Army Air Force
  • BG William O. Butler
    Position: Composite Group, 11th Air Force
Thornborough Field, Fort Randall, Cold Bay, Unimak
  • Detachment 11th FS
    Notes: 12 x P-40E.
  • Detachment 12th FS
    Notes: 9 x P-40E.
  • Detachment 73rd BS(M)/28th CG
    Notes: 6 x B-26A.
Cape Field, Fort Glen, Otter Point, Umnak
  • 11th FS
    Commanding officer: Maj. John S. Chenault
    Notes: Primary base. 12 x P-40E.
  • Detachment 77th BS(M)/28th CG
    Commanding officer: Capt. Owen Meals
    Notes: 6 x B-26A.
Kodiak Naval Air Station
  • 12th FS
    Notes: Primary base. 17 x P-40E.
  • Detachment 18th FS
    Notes: 5 x P-36A.
  • Detachment 42nd FS/54th FG
    Notes: 3 x P-39D.
  • Detachment 36th BS(H)/28th CG
    Notes: 3 x B-18A.
Elmendorf Field, Fort Richardson, Anchorage
Provisional Interceptor Command
  • Lt.Col. Norman D. Sillin
  • 18th FS
    Notes: 3 x P-36A, 2 x P-40E.
  • 54th FS/55th FG
    Notes: 24 x P-38E.
  • 54th FG
    Commanding officer: Col. Phineas K. Morrill
    Notes: 5 x P-39D.
    • 42nd FS
      Commanding officer: Maj. Wilbur G. Miller
    • 56th FS
      Commanding officer: Capt. William P. Litton
    • 57th FS
      Commanding officer: Capt. Ward W. Harker
  • 28th CG
    Commanding officer: Lt.Col. William Olmstead Eareckson (Notes: USMA24.)
    • 73rd BS(M)
      Commanding officer: Capt. Jack Donohew
      Notes: 5 x B-26A.
    • 77th BS(M)
      Commanding officer: Maj. Robert O. Cork
      Notes: 6 x B-26A.
    • 36th BS (H)
      Notes: 9 x B-18A, 7 (ASV) x B-17E (arrived 3/6/42).

Notes

  • ^Eta Jima refers to the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy.
  • ^Kasumigaura refers to the Imperial Japanese Navy's flight school.
  • ^The USNA item for American naval officers is their graduating class from the United States Naval Academy.
  • ^The number in square brackets for American officers is their seniority rating, or "Flag Number", on the 1 July 1942 list.
  • ^Some PBYs were dedicated to either the search or attack roles.
  • ^The USMCA item for American marine officers is their graduating class from the United States Naval Academy.

British ASV equipment had been installed in several Aleutian aircraft; some Midway-based PBYs had it as well, though details are lacking.