Combined Fleet
Adm. Yamamoto Isoroku (Commander in Chief) in battleship Yamato
Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. Ugaki Matome
Advance (Submarine) Force
Vice Adm. Komatsu Teruhisa (Commander in Chief, Sixth Fleet)
Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. Mito Hisashi in light cruiser Katori at Kwajalein.
Submarine Squadron 3, Rear Adm. Kōno Chimaki (in submarine tender Rio de Janeiro Maru, at Kwajalein)
I-168, damaged by depth charges by screening destroyers following the boat’s attack on carrier Yorktown (CV-5) on 6 June 1942.
I-169
1-171
I-174
I-175
Deployed between latitude 20 degrees North, longitude 166 degrees 20 minutes West and latitude 23 degrees 30 minutes North, longitude 166 degrees 20 minutes West.
Submarine Squadron 5
I-156
I-157
I-158
I-159
I-162
I-165
I-166
Deployed between latitude 28 degrees 20 minutes North, longitude 162 degrees 20 minutes West, and latitude 26 degrees North, longitude 165 degrees West.
Submarine Division 13
I-121
I-122
I-123
Bringing gasoline and oil to Laysan Island and French Frigate Shoals.
First Carrier Striking Force
Vice Adm. Nagumo Chūichi Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. Kusaka Ryūnosuke
Carrier Division 1
Vice Adm. Nagumo Chūichiin carrier Akagi
Akagi, Capt. Aoki Taijirō
Severely damaged by bombs from SBDs from Enterprise (VB-6 and VS-6) NW of Midway (30°20'N, 179°17'W)on 4 June 1942, and scuttled by Japanese destroyers Nowake, Arashi, and Hagikaze, on 5 June 1942 (30°30'N, 179°08'W).
Akagi Air Unit, Comdr. Fuchida Mitsuo
18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 00 carrier fighters, [r2] Lt. Comdr. Itaya Shigeru
18 Aichi D3A1 Navy Type 99 carrier bombers , Lt. Comdr. Chihaya Takehiko
18 Nakajima B5N2 Navy Type 97 carrier attack aircraft, Lt. Comdr. Murata Shigeharu
6 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 00 carrier fighter (6th Air Group)
Kaga, Capt. Okada Jisaku (KIA)
Sunk by bombs from SBDs from Enterprise (VB-6 and VS-6) on 4 June 1942 (30°20'N, 179°17'W).
Kaga Air Unit, Lt. Comdr. Kusumi Tadashi (KIA)
18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 00 carrier fighter, Lt. Satō Masao
18 Aichi D3A1 Navy Type 99 carrier bomber, Lt. Ogawa Shōichi (KIA)
27 Nakajima B5N2 Navy Type 97 carrier attack aircraft, Lt. Kitajima Ichirō
9 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 00 carrier fighter (6th Air Group)
2 Aichi D3A1 Navy Type 99 carrier bomber (embarked as cargo for Soryu)
Carrier Division 2
Rear Adm. Yamaguchi Tamon (KIA)
Chief of Staff, Capt. Ito Seiroku
Hiryu, Capt. Kaku Tomeo (KIA)
Severely damaged by bombs from SBDs from Enterprise (VS-6) and Yorktown (VB-3) NW of Midway Island, 4 June 1942, and scuttled by Japanese destroyers Kazegumo and Yugumo on 5 June 1942 (31°38'N, 178°51'W).
Hiryu Air Unit, (aircraft numbers approximate) Lt. Comdr. Tomonaga Jōichi (KIA)
18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 00 carrier fighter, Lt. Mori Shigeru (KIA)
18 Aichi D3A1 Navy Type 99 carrier bomber, Lt. Kobayashi Michio (KIA)
18 Nakajima B5N2 Navy Type 97 carrier attack aircraft, Lt. Kikuchi Rokurō (KIA)
3 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 00 carrier fighters (6th Air Group)
Soryu, Capt. Yanagimoto Ryūsaku (KIA)
Sunk by bombs from SBDs from Yorktown (VB-3) NW of Midway Island (30°38'N, 179°13'W).
Soryu Air Unit, Lt. Comdr. Egusa Takashige
18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 0 carrier fighter, Lt. Suganami Masaharu
16 Aichi D3A1 Navy Type 99 carrier bomber, Lt. Ikeda Masahiro
18 Nakajima B5N2 Navy Type 97 carrier attack aircraft, Lt. Abe Heijirō
3 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 00 carrier fighters (6th Air Group)
2 Yokosuka D4Y1 Model 13 carrier bombers
Support Group
Cruiser Division 8
Rear Adm. Abe Hiroaki
Tone
3 Aichi E13A1 Navy Type 0 float reconnaissance seaplanes
2 Nakajima E8N2 Navy Type 95 float reconnaissance seaplanes
Chikuma
3 Aichi E13A1 Navy Type 0 float reconnaissance seaplanes
2 Nakajima E8N2 Navy Type 95 float reconnaissance seaplanes
Battleship Division 3, (Section 2)
Rear Adm. Takama Tamotsu, in Haruna
Haruna
3 Nakajima E8N2 Navy Type 95 float reconnaissance seaplanes
Kirishima
3 Nakajima E8N2 Navy Type 95 float reconnaissance seaplanes
Destroyer Squadron 10
Rear Adm. Kimura Susumu, Commander Destroyer Squadron 10 in light cruiser Nagara
Nagara
1 Aichi E11A1 night reconnaissance seaplane
Destroyer Division 10
Capt. Abe Toshio
Kazagumo
Yūgumo
Makigumo
Destroyer Division 17
Capt. Kitamura Masayuki
Isokaze
Urakaze
Hamakaze
Tanikaze
Destroyer Division 4
Capt. Ariga Kosaku
Arashi
Nowake
Hagikaze
Maikaze
Supply Group
Oilers
Capt. Ota Masanao
Kyokutō Maru
Shinkoku Maru
Tōhō Maru
Nippon Maru
Kokuyō Maru
Destroyer Akigumo – from Destroyer Division 10 (3 June 1942)
Midway Occupation Force
Vice Adm. Kondō Nobutake (Commander in Chief, Second Fleet)
Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. Shiraishi Kazutaka
Covering Group
Vice Adm. Kondō
Cruiser Division 4, Section 1
Atago
Chōkai
Cruiser Division 5
Vice Adm. Takagi Takeo
Myōkō
Haguro
Battleship Division 3, Section 1
Rear Adm. Mikawa Gunichi
Kongō
Hiei
Screen
Destroyer Squadron 4
Rear Adm. Nishimura Shoji, in light cruiser Yura
Destroyer Division 3
Capt. Oe Ranji
Murasame
Harusame
Yudachi
Samidare
Destroyer Division 9
Capt. Satō Yasuo
Asagumo
Minegumo
Natsugumo
Supply Group
Capt. Murao Jirō, in Sata
Oilers
ō Maru
Kenyō Maru
Sata
Tsurumi
Repair Ship
Akashi
Carrier Group
Capt. Obayashi Sueo (Commanding Officer, Zuiho)
Small Carrier
Zuiho
6 Mitsubishi A6M2 Navy Type 00 carrier fighter
6 Mitsubishi A5M4 Navy Type 95 carrier fighter
12 Nakajima B5N2 Navy Type 97 carrier attack aircraft
Destroyer
Mikazuki
Close Support Group
Rear Adm. Kurita Takeo, Commander Cruiser Division 7
Cruiser Division 7
Suzuya
Kumano
Mogami - damaged in collision with Mikuma while turning to avoid shadowing submarine Tambor (SS-198) while retiring from Midway, 5 June 1942; damaged by bombs from SBDs from the Hornet (CV-8) and Enterprise (CV-6), W of Midway Island, 6 June 1942.
Mikuma - damaged in collision with Mogami while turning to avoid shadowing submarine Tambor (SS-198) while retiring from Midway, 5 June 1942; sunk by bombs from SBDs from Hornet (CV-8) and Enterprise (CV-6), W of Midway Island, 6 June 1942 (30°00'N, 173°00'E).
Destroyer Division 8
Comdr. Ogawa Nobuki
Asashio - near-missed by bombs from SBDs from Hornet (CV-8) and Enterprise (CV-6), W of Midway Island, 6 June 1942.
Arashio - near-missed by bombs from SBDs from Hornet (CV-8) and Enterprise (CV-6), W of Midway Island, 6 June 1942
Oiler
Nichiei Maru
Transport Group
Approximately 5,000 troops embarked, Capt. Ota Minoru (Navy) (Kure and Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF)) and Col. Ichiki Kiyonao (Army)
Rear Adm. Tanaka Raizō, Commander Destroyer Squadron 2 in light cruiser Jintsu
Kiyozumi Maru
Keiyō Maru
Zenyō Maru
No.2 Goshu Maru
Tōa Maru
Kano Maru
Argentina Maru
Hokuriku Maru
Brazil Maru
Kirishima Maru
Azuma Maru
Nankai Maru
Two of the freighters carried construction equipment and weapons captured at Wake Island, 23 December 1941
High speed transports
Patrol Boat No. 1 Patrol Boat No. 2 Patrol Boat No. 34
Carrying assault detachments, SNLF
Oiler
Akebono Maru (damaged by torpedo from PBY Catalina (VP-24) on 4 June 1942)
Screen
Light cruiser Jintsū
Destroyer Squadron 2
Rear Adm. Tanaka Raizo
Kuroshio
Oyashio
Hatsukaze
Yukikaze
Amatsukaze
Tokitsukaze
Kasumi
Arare
Kagerō
Shiranuhi
Seaplane Tender Group
Seaplane Tender Division 11 - Rear Adm.Fujita Ryūtarō
Seaplane Carriers
Chitose
16 Mitsubishi F1M Navy Type 0 observation floatplanes
4 Aichi E13A1 Navy Type 0 reconnaissance seaplanes
Kamikawa Maru
8 Mitsubishi F1M Navy Type 0 observation floatplanes
4 Aichi E13A1 Navy Type 0 reconnaissance seaplanes
Carrying seaplane group to be set up at Kure Island.
Destroyer
Hayashio
High Speed Transport
Patrol Boat No. 35 (troops embarked)
Minesweeping Group
Capt. Miyamoto Sadatomo
Converted Minesweepers
No. 3 Tama Maru
No. 5 Tama Maru
No. 7 Shōnan Maru
No. 8 Shōnan Maru
Submarine Chasers
Submarine Chaser No. 16
Submarine Chaser No. 17
Submarine Chaser No. 18
Supply Ship
Soya
Cargo Ships
Meiyō Maru
Yamafuku Maru
Note - This Group, proceeding from Saipan and Wake, retired upon receiving word that the occupation of Midway had been abandoned.
Main Body (First Fleet)
Adm. Yamamoto
Battleship Division 1
Rear Adm. Takayanagi Gihachi
Yamato
Mutsu
Nagato
Small Carrier
Hōshō
8 Yokosuka B4Y1 Navy Type 96 carrier attack plane, Lt. Irikiin Yoshiaki
Destroyer
Yūkaze
Seaplane Carriers
Chiyōda
Nisshin - carrying 2 motor torpedo boats and 6 midget submarines.
Screen
Destroyer Squadron 3
Rear Adm. Hashimoto Shintaro in light cruiser Sendai
Destroyer Division 11
Fubuki
Shirayuki
Hatsuyuki
Murakumo
Destroyer Division 19
Isonami
Uranami
Shikinami
Ayanami
Destroyer Division 20
Amagiri
Asagiri
Yugiri
Shirakumo
Detachment from Main Body as Aleutian Screening (Support) Force
Vice Adm. Takasu Shiro Battleship Division 2
Ise
Hyūga
Fuso
Yamashiro
Cruiser Division (Light) 9
Rear Adm. Kishi Fukuhara
Kitakami
Ōi
Supply Unit
Oilers
Tōei Maru
Narutō
San Clemente Maru
Toa Maru
Note - Part of Destroyer Squadron 3 acted as Screen to this Force.
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