Midway order of battle

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This is the order of battle for the World War II Battle of Midway.

1 Japanese Combined Fleet
2 United States
- 2.1 Carrier Strike Force
- 2.2 Midway Garrison
3 Aircraft
- 3.1 American Forces
- 3.2 Japanese Forces

[edit] Japanese Combined Fleet

The Japanese forces actually consisted of two different fleets detailed to two separate operations, namely Operation AL (for the Aleutians) and Operation MI (for Midway).

[edit] First Fleet

First Fleet Main Force
- Battleship Division (BatDiv) 1
  - Yamato (Flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleets)
  - Mutsu
  - Nagato
- Carrier Group:
  - CV Hōshō (8 B4Y1 'Jean'])
  - DD Yukaze
- Special Force
  - CVS Chiyoda
  - CVS Nisshin
- Screening Force
  - CL Sendai
  - Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 3 - Rear Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto in Sendai
    - Destroyer Division (DesDiv) 11 (Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Murakamo)
    - DesDiv 19 (Isonami, Uranami, Shikinami, Ayanami)
- Supply Group: 2 Oilers
First Carrier Striking Force (First Air Fleet) - Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
- Carrier Division (CarDiv I): Vice Admiral Nagumo in Akagi
  - Akagi - Captain Taijiro Aoki
    - Air Unit: Commander Mitsuo Fuchida (19 A6M2 Type 21, 18 D3A1, 18 B5N2)
  - Kaga - Captain Jisaku Okada.
    - Air Unit: Lt Commander Tadashi Kusumi (18 A6M2 Type 21, 18 D3A1, 27 B5N2s)
- Carrier Division 2 (Cardiv 2): Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi in Hiryū.
  - Hiryū - Captain Tomeo Kaku
    - Air Unit: Lt Joichi Tomonaga (18 A6M2 Type 21, 18 D3A1, 18 B5N2)
  - Sōryū - Captain Ryusaku Yanagimoto
    - Air Unit: Lt Commander Takashige Egusa (18 A6M2 Type 21, 18 D3AI, 18 B5N2, 2 D4Y1)
- Support Group Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe in Tone
  - Cruiser Division (CruDiv) 8: Rear Admiral Abe
    - CA Tone
    - CA Chikuma
- BatDiv 3, 2nd Section
  - Haruna
  - Kirishima
- Screening Force
  - CL Nagara
  - DesRon 10 - Rear Admiral Kimura in Nagara
    - DesDiv 4 (Nowaki, Arashi, Hagikaze, Maikaze)
    - DesDiv 10 (Kazagumo, Yugumo, Makigumo)
    - DesDiv 17 (Umakaze, Isokaze, Tanikaze, Hamakaze)
- Supply Group 1
  - DD Akigumo
  - 5 Oilers

[edit] Second Fleet (Midway Invasion Force)

Second Fleet Main Body - Vice Admiral Kondo
- BatDiv 3 (less 2nd Section):
  - Kongō
  - Hiei
- CruDiv 4 (less 2nd Section):
  - CA Atago
  - CA Chōkai
- CruDiv 5
  - CA Myōkō
  - CA Haguro
- Screening Force
  - CL Yura
- DesRon 4 - Rear Admiral Nishimura in CL Yura
  - - DesDiv 2 (DDs Murusame, Samidare, Harusame, Yudachi)
    - DesDiv 9 (DDs Asagumo, Minegumo, Natsugumo)
- Carrier Group - Captain Sueo Obayashi
  - CVL Zuihō - Captain Obayashi.
    - Air Component: 12 A6M2 Zero Type 21, 12 B5N2
  - DD Mikozuki
- Supply Group: 4 Oilers, 1 Repair ship.
Midway Occupation Force - Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka
- 12 transport vessels, 3 Patrol Boats, 1 Oiler
- Escort Force - Rear Admiral Tanaka in CL Jintsu
  - CL Jintsu
  - DesDiv 15 (Kuroshio, Oyashio)
  - DesDiv 16 (Yukikaze, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze, Hatsukaze)
  - DesDiv 18 (Shiranuhi, Kasumi, Arare, Kagero)
- Seaplane Tender Group: Rear Admiral Ruitaro Fujita in Chitose
  - Seaplane Tender Div 2
    - CVS Chitose (16 A6M2 -N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters 4 scout aeroplanes)
    - AV Kamikawa Maru (8 A6M-2N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters 4 scout aeroplanes)
  - DD Hayashio
  - 1 Patrol boat
Midway Support Force - Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita in Kumano
- CruDiv 7 - Vice Admiral Kurita.
  - CA Kumano
  - CA Suzuya
  - CA Mogami
  - CA Mikuma
- DesDiv 8 (Asashio, Arashio)
- 1 Oiler
Minesweeper Group - Captain Sadatomo Miyamoto
- 4 Minesweepers
- 3 Subchasers
- 1 Supply ship
- 2 Cargo ships
Advance (Submarine) Force (Sixth Fleet) - Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu in Katori at Kwajalein
- Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 3 - Rear Admiral Chimaki Kona in Rio de Janeiro (flagship at Kwajalein)
  - Submarine Division (SubDiv) 19 - Captain Ryojiro Ono
    - I-156
    - I-157
    - I-158
    - I-159
  - SUBDIV 13 - Captain Takeharu Miyazaki
    - I-121
    - I-122
    - I-123
  - SUBDIV 30 - Captain Maseo Teraoka
    - I-162
    - I-165
    - I-166

[edit] Shore-based Air Force

Eleventh Air Fleet - Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara (at Tinian)
- Midway Expeditionary Force - Captain Morita
  - 36 'Zero' fighters
  - 10 'Betty' bombers at Wake Island
  - 6 flying boats at Jaluit
- 24th Air Flotilla - Rear Admiral Maeda
- Chitose Air Group at Kwajalein
  - 36 'Zero' fighters
  - 36 B5N2s
- 1st Air Group at Aur and Wotje
  - 36 'Zero' fighters
  - 36 B5N2s
- 14th Air Group
- 36 H6K Flying boats at Jaluit and Wotje

[edit] Northern Area Force

Fifth Fleet Main Body - Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya in Nachi
- CA Nachi
- DD Inazuma - Commander Hajime Takeuchi
- DD Ikazuchi
- Supply Group - 2 Oilers, 3 Cargo Ships
Second Carrier Striking Force - Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta
- CarDiv 4 - Rear Admiral Kakuta
  - CVL Ryūjō - Captain Tadeo Kato
    - Air Unit - Lt. Masayuki Yamagami (16 A6M2, 21 B5N2)
  - CV Junyō - Captain Shizue Isii
    - Air Unit - Lt. Yoshio Shiga (24 A6M2, 21 D3A1)
- CruDiv 4, 2d Section - Captain Shunsaku Nabeshima in Maya
  - CA Takao
  - CA Maya
- DesDiv 7 (Akebono, Ushio, Sazanami)
- 1 Oiler
Aleutian Support Force - Vice Admiral Shiro Takasu in Hyūga
- Battleship Group
  - Fusō
  - Hyūga
  - Ise
  - Yamashiro
- Screening Force
  - CruDiv 9
    - CL Kitakami
    - CL Oi
  - DesDiv 20 (Asagiri, Yugiri, Shirakumo, Amagiri)
    - DesDiv 24 (Umikaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze, Suzukaze)
    - DesDiv 27 (Ariake, Yugure, Shigure, Shiratsuyu)
- Supply Group: 2 Oilers
Attu Invasion Force - Rear Admiral Sentaro Omori in Abukuma
- CL Abukuma
- DesDiv 21 (Wakaba, Nenohi, Hatsuharu, Hatsushimo)
- 1 Minelayer
- 1 Transport
Kiska Invasion Force - Captain Takeji Ono in Kiso
- CruDiv 21
  - CL Kiso
  - CL Tama
- 1 Auxiliary Cruiser
- Screening Force
  - DesDiv 6 (Hibiki, Akatsuki, Hakaze)
  - Minesweeper Div 13 (3 minesweepers)
- Transports
  - Hokusan Maru
  - Kumagawa Maru
- Submarine Detachment
  - I-9
  - I-15
  - I-17
  - I-19
  - I-25
  - I-26

[edit] United States

The US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas are under the overall command of Admiral Chester Nimitz.

[edit] Carrier Strike Force

Task Force 17 - Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher in Yorktown

Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group)
- USS Yorktown - Captain Elliott Buckmaster
  - Air group 3 (Including elements of Air Group 5) (25 F4F-4, 37 SBD-3, 13 TBD-1) - Lt. Commander Oscar Pederson
Task Group 17.2 (Cruiser Group) - Rear Admiral William W. Smith in Astoria
- USS Astoria
- USS Portland
Task Group 17.4 (Destroyer Screen) - Captain Gilbert Hoover (COMDESRON 2)

Task Force 16 - commander: Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance in Enterprise

Task Group 16.5 (Carrier Group)
- USS Enterprise - Captain George D. Murray
  - Air Group 6 (27 F4F-4, 38 SBD-2/3, 14 TBD-1) - Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky
- USS Hornet - Captain Marc A. Mitscher
  - Air Group 8 (27 F4F-4, 38 SBD-1/2/3, 15 TBD-1) - Lt. Commander Stanhope C. Ring
Task Group 16.2 (Cruiser Group) - Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid (COMCRUDIV 6)
Task Group 16.4 (Destroyer Screen) - Captain Alexander R. Early (COMDESRON 1)
Oilers Group

Submarines Operational command under Rear Admiral Robert H. English (Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet) at Pearl Harbor.

[edit] Midway Garrison

Air Group
- Marine Aircraft Group 22 - Colonel Ira Kimes, USMC
  - VMF-221 Major Floyd B. Parks, USMC (KIA)
  - VMSB-241 Major Lofton R. Henderson, USMC, KIA
- Navy Air Units - Captain Cyril Simmard
  - Detachments of Patrol Wings 1 and 2 (PBY-5 and PBY-5A Catalinas)
  - VT-8 TBF Avenger detachment (from USS Hornet)
- Detachment of 7th Army Air Force - Maj. Gen. Willis Hale
  - B-26 Marauders Capt. James Collins, USA
  - B-17 Flying Fortress Lt. Col. Walter C. Sweeney, USA
Local Defenses - Colonel Harold Shannon, Fleet Marine Force commander
- "C" and "D" Companies, 2nd Raider Battalion, USMC
- 6th Defense Battalion (Reinforced) USMC Colonel Shannon
- 1st Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron
  - 8 PT boats (2 at Kure)
- 4 small patrol craft, 2 tenders, and 1 DD (at French Frigate Shoals), 1 Oiler, 1 minesweeper in the area