The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History) (60 page)

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

American Order of Battle at Midway

(carriers in bold face)

Commander in Chief, Pacific (CincPac), ADM Chester Nimitz, USN

Commander, Carrier Strike Force, RADM Frank Jack Fletcher, USN

Task Force 17 (1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers)

Commander, Task Force 17, RADM Frank Jack Fletcher, USN

USS
Yorktown
(CV-5), CAPT Elliott Buckmaster, USN

Commander,
Yorktown
Air Group, LCDR Oscar Pederson, USN

Commander, VF-3, LCDR John S. Thach, USN (from
Saratoga)

Commander, VS-5, LT Wallace C. Short, Jr., USN (formerly VB-5)

Commander, VB-3, LCDR Maxwell F. Leslie, USN (from
Saratoga)

Commander, VT-3, LCDR Lance E. Massey, USN (from
Saratoga)

Commander Task Group 17.2 (Cruiser Force), RADM William W. Smith, USN

USS
Astoria
(CA-34), CAPT Francis W. Scanland, USN

USS
Portland
(CA-33), CAPT Laurance T. Du Bose, USN

Commander Task Group 17.4 (Destroyer Screen), CAPT Gilbert C. Hoover, USN

Destroyer Squadron Two

USS
Morris
(DD-417), CDR H. B. Jarrett, USN

USS
Russell
(DD-414), LCDR Glenn R. Hartwig, USN

USS
Hammann
(DD-412), CDR Arnold E. True, USN

USS
Anderson
(DD-411), LCDR John K. B. Ginder, USN

USS
Hughes
(DD-410), LCDR Donald J. Ramsey, USN

Task Force 16 (2 carriers, 5 cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 8 destroyers)

Commander, Task Force 16, RADM Raymond Spruance, USN

Chief of Staff, CAPT Miles R. Browning, USN

USS
Enterprise
(CV-6), CAPT George D. Murray, USN

Commander,
Enterprise
Air Group, LCDR Clarence Wade McClusky, USN

Commander, VF-6, LT James S. Gray, USN

Commander, VS-6, LT Wilmer E. Gallaher, USN

Commander, VB-6, LT Richard H. Best, USN

Commander, VT-6, LCDR Eugene E. Lindsey, USN

USS
Hornet
(CV-8), CAPT Marc A. Mitscher, USN

Commander,
Hornet
Air Group, CDR Stanhope C. Ring, USN

Commander, VF-8, LCDR Samuel G. Mitchell, USN

Commander, VS-8, LCDR Walter F. Rodee, USN

Commander, VB-8, LCDR Robert R. Johnson, USN

Commander, VT-8, LCDR John C. Waldron, USN

Commander, Task Group 16.2 (Cruiser Group), RADM Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN

USS
Minneapolis
(CA-36), CAPT Frank J. Lowry, USN

USS
New Orleans
(CA-32) CAPT Howard J. Good, USN

USS
Vincennes
(CA-44), CAPT Frederick L. Riefkohl, USN

USS
Northampton
(CA-26), CAPT William D. Chandler, USN

USS
Pensacola
(CA-24), CAPT Frank L. Lowe, USN

USS
Atlanta
(CL-51), CAPT Samuel P. Jenkins, USN

Commander Task Group 16.4 (Destroyer Screen), CAPT Alexander R. Early, USN

Destroyer Squadron One, CAPT Early

USS
Phelps
(DD-360), LCDR Edward L. Beck, USN

USS
Aylwin
(DD-355), LCDR George R. Phelan, USN

USS
Monaghan
(DD-354), LCDR William P. Burford, USN

USS
Worden
(DD-352), LCDR William G. Pogue, USN

Destroyer Squadron Six, CAPT Edward P. Sauer, USN

USS
Balch
(DD-363), LCDR Harold L. Tiemroth, USN

USS
Conyngham
(DD-371), LCDR Henry C. Daniel, USN

USS
Benham
(DD-397), LCDR Joseph M. Worthington, USN

USS
Ellet
(DD-398), LCDR Francis H. Gardner, USN

USS
Maury
(DD-401), LCDR Gelzer L. Sims, USN

Fueling Group

USS
Cimarron
(AO-22), CDR Russell M. Ihrig, USN

USS
Platte
(AO-24), CAPT Ralph H. Henkle, USN

USS
Dewey
(DD-349), LCDR Charles F. Chillingworth, USN

USS
Monssen
(DD-436), CDR Roland N. Smoot, USN

Midway Relief Fueling Unit

USS
Guadaloupe
(AO-32), CDR Harry R. Thurber, USN

USS
Blue
(DD-387), CDR Harold N. Williams, USN

USS
Ralph Talbot
(DD-390), CDR Ralph Earle, Jr., USN

Submarine Force

Commander, Submarine Force (ComSubPac), RADM Robert H. English, USN
Task Force 7

USS
Cachalot
(SS-170), LCDR George A. Lewis, USN

USS
Flying Fish
(SS-229), LCDR Glynn R. Donaho, USN

USS
Tambor
(SS-198), LCDR John W. Murphy, Jr., USN

USS
Trout
(SS-202), LCDR Frank W. Fenno, USN

USS
Grayling
(SS-209), LCDR Eliot Olsen, USN

USS
Nautilus
(SS-168) LCDR William H. Brockman, Jr., USN

USS
Grouper
(SS-214), LCDR Clarence E. Duke, USN

USS
Dolphin
(SS-169) LCDR Royal L. Rutter, USN

USS
Gato
(SS-212), LCDR William G. Myers, USN

USS
Cuttlefish
(SS-171), LCDR Martin P. Hottel, USN

USS
Gudgeon
(SS-211), LCDR Hyland B. Lyon, USN

USS
Grenadier
(SS-210), LCDR Willis A. Lent, USN

Task Force 7.2

USS
Narwhal
(SS-167), LCDR Charles W. Wilkins, USN

USS
Plunger
(SS-179), LCDR David C. White, USN

USS
Trigger
(SS-237), LCDR Jack H. Lewis, USN

Task Force 7.3

USS
Tarpon
(SS-175), LCDR Lewis Wallace, USN

USS
Pike
(SS-173), LCDR William A. New, USN

USS
Finback
(SS-230), LCDR Jesse L. Hull, USN

USS
Growler
(SS-215), LCDR Howard W. Gilmore, USN

Midway-Based Aircraft

Commander, Midway Naval Air Station, CAPT Cyril T. Simard, USN
  Air Commander for Battle of Midway, CDR Logan C. Ramsey, USN

Commander Patrol Wing Two, RADM Patrick N. Bellinger
  VP-23, VP-24, VP-44, VP-53, and a detachment of VT-8
     (31 PBY Catalinas, and 6 TBF Avengers)

Commander, Marine Aircraft Group 22, LCOL Ira L. Kimes, USMC
  Commander, VMF-221, MAJ Floyd B. Parks, USMC
     (21 F2A-3 Buffaloes, 7 F4F-3 Wildcats)
  Commander, VMSB-241, MAJ Lofton R. Henderson, USMC
     (19 SBD Devastators, 21 SB2U Vindicators)

7th Army Air Corps, Bomber Command, MGEN Willis P. Hale, USA
  431st Bomber Squadron, LCOL Walter C. Sweeny, Jr., USA
     (19 B-17 Flying Fortresses)
  69th Bomber Squadron, CAPT James F. Collins, USA
     (4 B-26 Marauders)

APPENDIX D

Japanese Order of Battle at Midway

(carriers in bold face)

Commander, Japanese Combined Fleet (CinC), ADM Yamamoto Isoroku, IJN

Main Body (3 heavy battleships, 1 small carrier, 1 light cruiser, 9 destroyers)

Commander, Main Body, ADM Yamamoto, IJN
Chief of Staff, RADM Ugaki Matome, IJN

Battleship Division One

BB
Yamato
(flagship), CAPT Takayanagi Gihachi, IJN

BB
Nagato
, CAPT Yano Hideo, IJN

BB
Mutsu
, CAPT Yamazumi Tejiro, IJN

Carrier Group Accompanying Main Body

Light Carrier
Hōshō,
CAPT Kaoru Umetani, IJN

Commander,
Hōshō
Air Group, LT Irikiin Yoshiaki, IJN

DD
Yukaze
, LCDR Kajimoto Shizuka

Commander, Destroyer Squadron 3, RADM Hashimoto Shintarō, IJN

CL
Sendai
, CAPT Morishita Nobue, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 11, CAPT Shōji Kichirō, IJN

DD
Fubuki
, CDR Yamashtia Shizuo, IJN

DD
Shirayuki
, CDR Sugahara Rokorō, IJN

DD
Murakumo
, CDR Higaashi Hideo, IJN

DD
Hatsuyuki
, LCDR Kamiura Junnari, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 19, CAPT Oe Ranji, IJN

DD
Isonami
, CDR Sugama Ryōkichi, IJN

DD
Uranami
, CDR Hagio Tsutomu, IJN

DD
Shikinami
, CDR Kawahashi Akifumi, IJN

DD
Ayanami
, CDR Sakuma Eiji, IJN

Fueling Unit, CAPT Nishioka Shigeyasu, IJN

AO
Naruto
, CAPT Nishioka

The Main Body also included a “Special Force” of two tenders carrying midget submarines, plus a supply ship.

First Carrier Strike Force (The Kido Butai) (4 carriers, 2 battleships, 2 cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 12 destroyers)

Commander, First Carrier Strike Force, VADM Nagumo Chūichi, IJN
Chief of Staff, RADM Kusaka Ryūnosuke, IJN
Senior Air Officer, CDR Fuchida Mitsuo, IJN

Commander, Carrier Division 1, VADM Nagumo

CV
Akagi
(flagship), CAPT Aoki Taijirō, IJN

Commander,
Akagi
Air Group, CDR Fuchida

Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Itaya Shigeru, IJN

Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Chihaya Takehiro, IJN

Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LCDR Murata Shigeharu, IJN

Plus 6 fighters intended for Midway garrison

CV
Kaga,
CAPT Jisaku Okada, IJN

Commander,
Kaga
Air Group, LCDR Kusumi Tadashi, IJN

Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Satō Masao, IJN

Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Ogawa Shō-ichi, IJN

Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LT Kazuraki Masuhiko, IJN

Plus 9 fighters and 2 bombers intended for Midway garrison

Commander, Carrier Division 2, RADM Yamaguchi Tamon, IJN
Air Officer, LCDR Egusa Takashige, IJN

CV
Hiryū
(flagship), CAPT Kaku Tomoeo, IJN

Commander,
Hiryu
Air Group, LT Tomanga Joichi, IJN

Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Mori Shigeru, IJN

Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Kobayashi Michio, IJN

Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LT Kikuchi Rokurō, IJN

Plus 3 fighters intended for Midway garrison

CV
Sōryū
, CAPT Yanagimoto Ryusaku, IJN

Commander,
Soryu
Air Group, LCDR Egusa, IJN

Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Suganami Masaji, IJN

Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Ikeda Masatake, IJN

Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LT Abe Heijiro, IJN

Plus one reconnaissance plane and 3 fighters intended for Midway garrison

Commander, Cruiser Division 8, RADM Abe Haroaki, IJN

CA
Tone
(flagship), CAPT Okada Tametsugu, IJN

CA
Chikuma
, CAPT Komura Keizō, IJN

Battleship Division 3

BB
Haruna
, CAPT Koma Tamotsu, IJN

BB
Kirishima
, CAPT Iwabughi, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Squadron 10, RADM Kimura Susumu, IJN

CL
Nagara
(flagship), CAPT Naoi Toshio, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 4, CAPT Ariga Kosaku, IJN

DD
Nowaki
, CDR Yoshida Masayoshi, IJN

DD
Arashi
, CDR Watanabe Yasumasa, IJN

DD
Hagikaze
, CDR Iwagami Juichi, IJN

DD
Maikaze
, CDR Nakasugi Seiji, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 10, CAPT Abe Toshio, IJN

DD
Kazagumo
, CDR Yoshida Masayoshi, IJN

DD
Yugomo
, CDR Semba Shigeo, IJN

DD
Makigumo
, CDR Fujita Isamu, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 17, CAPT Kitamura Masayuki, IJN

DD
Urakaze
, CDR Shiraishi Nagayoshi, IJN

DD
Isokaze
, CDR Toshima Shunichi, IJN

DD
Tanikaze
, CDR Katsumi Motoi, IJN

DD
Jamakaze
, CDR Orita Tsuneo, IJN

Plus 5 small oilers escorted by DD
Akigumo
, CDR Soma Shohei

Close Support Group (4 cruisers, 2 destroyers)

Commander, Close Support Group, VADM Kurita Takeo, IJN
Commander, Cruiser Division 7, VADM Kurita

CA
Kumano
(flagship), CAPT Tanaka Kikumatsu, IJN

CA
Suzuya
, CAPT Kimura Masatomi, IJN

CA
Mikuma
, CAPT Sakiyama Shakao, IJN

CA
Mogami
, CAPT Soji Akira, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 8, CDR Ogawa Nobuki, IJN

DD
Asashio
, CDR Yoshii Gorō, IJN

DD
Arashio
, CDR Kuboki Hideo, IJN

Plus an oiler, the
Nichiel Maru

Midway Invasion Force (1 small carrier, 2 battleships, 4 cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 8 destroyers)

Commander, Midway Invasion Force, VADM Kondō Nobutake, IJN
Chief of Staff, RADM Shiraishi Kazutaka, IJN

Commander, Battle Division 3, Section 1, RADM Mikawa Gunichi, IJN

BB
Kongo
(flagship), CAPT Koyanagi Tomiji, IJN

BB
Hiei
, CAPT Nishida Masao, IJN

Cruiser Division 4, Section 1

CA Atago
(invasion force flagship), CAPT Ijuin Matsuji, IJN

CA
Chokai
, CAPT Hayakawa Mikio, IJN

Commander, Cruiser Division 5, VADM Takagi Takeo, IJN

CA Myoko
(flagship), CAPT Miyoshi Teruhiki, IJN

CA Haguro
, CAPT Mori Tomoichi, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Squadron 4, RADM Nishimura Shōji, IJN

CL
Yura
(flagship), CAPT Sato Shirō, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 3, CAPT Tachibana Masao, IJN

DD
Murasame
, CDR Suenaga Naoji, IJN

DD
Samidare
, CDR Matsubara Takisaburo, IJN

DD
Harusame
, CDR Kamiyama, IJN

DD
Yudachi
, CDR Kikkawa Kiyoshi, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 9, CAPT Satō Yasuo, IJN

DD
Asagumo
, CDR Iwahashi Tōru, IJN

DD
Minegumo
, CDR Suzuki Yasuatsu, IJN

DD
Natsugumo
, CDR Tsukamoto Moritarō, IJN

Commander, Escort Carrier Group, CAPT Obayahi Sueo, IJN

Light Carrier
Zuihō,
CAPT Obayashi

Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Hidaka Moriyasu, IJN

Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LT Matsuo Kaji, IJN

DD
Mikazuki
, LCDR Maeda Saneho, IJN

The Midway Invasion force was accompanied by 4 oilers and a supply ship.

Transport Group (1 light cruiser, 10 destroyers, 13 transports)

Commander, Transport Group, RADM Tanaka Raizō, IJN
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 2, RADM Tanaka

CL
Jintsu
(flagship), CAPT Kozai Torazō, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 15, CAPT Satō Torajirō, IJN

DD
Kuroshio
, CDR Ugaki Tamaki, IJN

DD
Oyashio
, CDR Arima Tokikichi, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 16, CAPT Shibuya Shirō, IJN

DD
Yukikaze
, CDR Tobita Kenjirō, IJN

DD
Amatsukaze
, CDR Hara Tameichi, IJN

DD
Tokitsukaze
, CDR Nakahara Giichirō, IJN

DD
Hatsukaze
, CDR Takahashi Kameshirō, IJN

 Commander, Destroyer Division 18, CAPT Mikyasaka Yoshito, IJN

DD
Shiranuhi
, CDR Akasawa Jisuo, IJN

DD
Kasumi
, CDR Tomura Kiyoshi, IJN

DD
Kagero
, CDR Yokoi Minoru, IJN

DD
Arare
, CDR Ogata Tomoe, IJN

Commander, Landing Force, COL Ichiki Kiyonao, IJA
  (5,000 soldiers carried in 13 transport and supply ships)

Submarine Force (15 submarines)

Commander, Submarine Force, VADM Komatsu Teruhishi, IJN
Chief of Staff, RADM Mito Hisashi, IJN
Commander, Submarine Squadron 3, RADM Kono Chirnaki, IJN

Submarine Division 11

I-174, LCDR Kusaka Toshi, IJN

I-175, LCDR Uno Kameo, IJN

Submarine Division 12

I-168, LCDR Tanabe Yahachi, IJN

I-169, LCDR Watanabe Katsuji, IJN

I-171, LCDR Kawasaki Rokuro, IJN

Submarine Division 13 (CAPT Miyazaki Takeharu)

I-121, LCDR Fujimori Yasuo, IJN

I-122, LCDR Norita adatoshi, IJN

I-123, LCDR Ueno Toshitake, IJN

Commander, Submarine Squadron 5, RADM Tadashige Daigo, IJN

Submarine Division 19 (CAPT Ono Ryōjirō)

I-156, LCDR Ohashi Katsuo

I-157, LCDR Nakajima Sakae, IJN

I-158, LCDR Kitamura Soshichi, IJN

I-159, LCDR Yoshimatsu Tamori, IJN

Submarine Division 30 (CAPT Teraoka Masao)

I-162, LCDR Kinashi Takakuzu, IJN

I-165, LCDR Harada Hakue, IJN

I-166, LCDR Tanaka Makio, IJN

The Aleutians Force (5th Fleet) (1 carrier, 1 light carrier, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers)

Commander, Aleutians Force, VADM Hosogaya Moshirō, IJN
Chief of Staff, CAPT Nakazawa Tasuku, IJN

CANachi
(flagship), CAPT Kiyota Takahiko, IJN

DD
Inazuma
, CDR Takeuchi Hajime, IJN

DD
Irazuchi
, LCDR Kudo Shunsaku, IJN

Commander, 2nd Carrier Striking Force, RADM Kakuta Kakuji, IJN

Light Carrier
Ryūjō
(flagship), CAPT Kato Tadao, IJN

Commander,
Ryūjō
Air Group, LT Kobayashi Minoru, IJN

Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Kobayashi

Commander, Torpedo Planes (Kanko Buntai), LT Yamagami Masayuki, IJN

CV
Jun’yō,
CAPT Ishii Shizue, IJN

Commander
Jun’yō
Air Group, LT Shiga Yoshio, IJN

Commander, Fighter Planes (Kansen Buntai), LT Shiga

Commander, Bombing Force (Kanbaku Buntai), LT Abe Zenji, IJN

Cruiser Division 4, Section 2

CA Maya, CAPT Nabeshima Shunsaku, IJN

CA
Takeo
, CAPT Asakura Bunji, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 7, CAPT Konishi Kaname, IJN

DD
Akebono
, LCDR Nakagawa Minoru, IJN

DD
Ushio
, CDR Uesugi Yoshitake, IJN

DD
Sazanami
, LCDR Uwai Hiroshi, IJN

Attu Invasion Force (1 light cruiser, 4 destroyers, plus transports)

Commander, Attu Invasion Force, RADM Ōmori Sentarō

CL Abukuma
(flagship), CAPT Murayama Seiroku, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 21, CAPT Shimizu Toshio, IJN

DD
Wakaba
, LCDR Kuroki Masakichi, IJN

DD
Nenohi
, LCDR Terauchi Saburō, IJN

DD
Hatsuharu
, CDR Makino Hiroshi, IJN

DD
Hatsushimo
, LCDR Migihama Satoru, IJN

Army North Seas Detachment (1,200 soldiers), MAJ Hozumi Matsuoshi, IJA Plus 3 oilers, 3 supply ships, and 2 minelayers

Kiska Invasion Force (2 light cruisers, 3 destroyers, 4 support vessels, 3 minesweepers)

Commander, Kiska Invasion Force, CAPT Ono Takeji, IJN
Cruiser Division 21

CL
Kiso
, CAPT Ono

CL
Tama
, CAPT Kawabata Masaharu, IJN

Commander, Destroyer Division 6, CAPT Yamada Yusuke, IJN

DD
Hibiki
, LCDR Ishii Hagumu, IJN

DD
Atatsuki
, CDR Takasuka Osamu, IJN

DD
Hokaze
, LCDR Tanaka Tomō, IJN

Plus 4 support vessels and 3 minesweepers

Submarines Assigned to Aleutians Group (6 submarines)

Commander, Submarine Squadron 1, RADM Yamazaki Shigenaki, IJN
  I-9 (flagboat), CDR Fujii Akiyoshi, IJN

Submarine Division 2, CAPT Imazato Hiroshi, IJN

I-15, CDR Ishikawa Nobuo, IJN

I-17, CDR Nishino Kozo, IJN

I-19, CDR Narahara Seigo, IJN

Submarine Division 4, CAPT Nagai Mitsuru

I-25, CDR Togami Meiji, IJN

I-26, CDR Yokota Minoru, IJN

Aleutians Guard Force (4 battleships, 2 light cruisers, 12 destroyers)

Commander, Guard Force, VADM Takasu Shirō, IJN
Chief of Staff, RADM Kobayashi Kengō, IJN

Battleship Division 1

BB
Hyuga
(flagship), CAPT Matsuda Chiaki, IJN