Midway order of battle

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

Overview

Ships involved in the Midway operation[1]

Imperial Japanese Navy Ship Type United States Navy
Akagi | Hiryū | Kaga | Sōryū CV Enterprise | Hornet | Yorktown
Zuihō CVL None
Hōshō CVE None
Kamikawa Maru | Chiyoda | Nisshin CVS None
Fusō[2] | Haruna | Hiei | Hyūga[2] | Ise[2] | Kirishima | Kongō | Mutsu | Nagato | Yamashiro[2] | Yamato BB None
Atago | Chikuma | Chōkai | Haguro | Kumano | Mikuma | Mogami | Myōkō | Suzuya | Tone CA Astoria | Minneapolis | New Orleans | Northampton | Pensacola | Portland | Vincennes
Jintsu | Kitakami[2] | Nagara | Ōi[2] | Sendai | Yura CL Atlanta
Akigumo | Amagiri[2] | Amatsukaze | Arare | Arashi | Arashio | Asagiri[2] | Asashio | Asagumo | Ayanami | Fubuki | Hagikaze | Hamakaze | Harusame | Hatsukaze | Hatsuyuki | Hayashio | Isokaze | Isonami | Kagerō | Kasumi | Kazagumo | Kuroshio | Maikaze | Makigumo | Minegumo | Mikazuki | Murakumo |

Murasame | Natsugumo | Nowaki | Oyashio | Samidare | Shikinami | Shiranui | Shirakumo[2] | Shirayuki | Tanikaze | Tokitsukaze | Urakaze | Uranami | Yūdachi | Yūgiri[2] | Yūgumo | Yūkaze | Yukikaze

 DD Aylwin | Anderson | Balch | Benham | Blue | Clark | Conyngham | Dewey | Ellet | Gwin| Hammann | Hughes | Maury | Monaghan | Monssen | Morris | Phelps | Russell | Ralph Talbot | Worden
I-121 | I-122 | I-123 | I-156 | I-157 | I-158 | I-159 | I-162 | I-164 | I-165 | I-166 | I-168 | I-169 | I-171 | I-174 | I-175 | Submarine Cachalot | Cuttlefish | Dolphin | Finback | Flying Fish | Gato | Grayling | Grenadier | Grouper | Growler | Gudgeon | Narwhal | Nautilus | Pike | Plunger | Tambor | Tarpon | Trigger | Trout
Akebono | Genyo | Kenyo | Kukoyu | Kyokuto | Naruto | Nichiei | Nippon | San Clemente[2] | Sata | Shnikoku | Toa[2] | Toei | Tohu | Tsurumi AO Cimarron | Guadalupe | Platte
No. 2 | No. 34 | No. 35 PT PT-20 | PT-21 | PT-22 | PT-24 | PT-25 | PT-26 | PT-27 | PT-28 | PT-29 | PT-30
Meiyo | Yamafuku AE None
Tama Maru No. 5 | Showa Maru No. 7 | Showa Maru No. 8 AMS None
No. 17 | No. 18 SC None
Akashi AR None
97 x Aichi D3A "Val" | 101 x Nakajima B5N "Kate" | 105 x Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" A/C 88 x Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" | 129 x Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" | 44 x Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" | 32 x PBY-5/A "Catalina" | 6 x Grumman TBF "Avenger" | 4 x Martin B-26 "Marauder" | 19 x Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress"

Japan

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

First Fleet

Second Fleet (Midway Invasion Force)

Shore-based Air Force

Northern Area Force

United States

The US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas are under the overall command of Admiral Chester Nimitz.[4]

Carrier Strike Force

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

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

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

Midway Garrison

The military forces at the immediate point of tactical contact (i.e. not including support formations) are described below.

Aircraft

American Forces

Naval Air Station (NAS) Midway operated:[6]

United States Navy

United States Army Air Forces

United States Marine Corps

Yorktown: 77 aircraft

Enterprise: 78 aircraft

Hornet: 77 aircraft

Japanese Forces

The Japanese carriers of the Striking Force operated:

Akagi: 60 aircraft

Kaga: 74 aircraft

Hiryū: 57 aircraft

Sōryū: 57 aircraft[7]

(Note: These figures include 21 operational Zero fighters of the 6th Air Group being ferried to Midway by the carriers.)

  • Japanese Battleships and Cruisers: 16 recon floatplanes, most of them short-ranged (5 Aichi E13A, 10 Nakajima E8N, 1 Aichi E11A)

Footnotes

References

  1. ↑ http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/aftermidway.aspx
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Part of the Aleutian's Support Force: These ships detached from the Main Body before the Midway action commenced
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