Japanese Forces

  • Rear-Admiral Matsuji Ijuin

Transport Force

  • Captain Kunizo Kanaoka
  • DD Fumitsuki (flagship)(flagship)
  • DD Matsukaze
  • DD Yunagi

Support Force

  • DD Akigumo (force flagship)(force flagship)
  • DD Isokaze
    Commanding officer: Captain Toshio Miyazaki
  • DD Kazegumo
  • DD Yugumo (sunk)(sunk)

Destroyer Division 27

  • Capt. Tamechi Hara
  • DD Shigure (flagship)(flagship)
    Commanding officer: Lt. Commander Kimio Yamaguchi
  • DD Samidare
    Commanding officer: Lt. Commander Yoshiro Sugihara

American Forces

  • Captain Frank R. Walker
  • DD Selfridge (force flagship)(force flagship)
  • DD Chevalier (sunk)(sunk)
  • DD O'Bannon

Southern Force

  • Commander Harold B. Larson
  • DD Ralph Talbot (flagship)(flagship)
  • DD Taylor
  • DD La Vallette

Sources

  • "The Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945)" by P. Dull
  • "Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945" by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
  • "Japanese Destroyer Captain" by T. Hara