Japanese Order of Battle
Combined Fleet
Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief

• MAIN BODY -- Admiral Yamamota
  • BatDiv -- Yamatoflagship, Nagato, Mutsu
  • Carrier Group -- Honsho(CLV) with 8 bombers; 1DD
  • Special Force -- Chiyoda, Nisshin (seaplane carriers serving as tender)
  • Screen (DesRon 3) --RADM Shintaro Hashimoto
    • Sendai (CL, flagship)
    • DesDiv 11 -- 4 DD
    • DesDiv 19 -- 4 DD
    • 1st Supply Unit -- 2 oilers

• GUARD (Aleutians Screening) FORCE -- VADM Shiro Takasu
  • BatDiv 2 -- Hyuga (flagship), Ise, Fuso, Yamashira
    • Screen -- RADM Fukuji Kishi
      • CruDiv 9 -- Kitakami (CL, flagship, Oi (CL)
      • DesDiv 20 -- 4DDs
      • DesDiv 24 -- 4DDs
      • DesDiv 27 -- 4DDs
      • 2nd Supply Unit -- 2 oilers

• FIRST CARRIER STRIKING FORCE (1st Air Fleet) -- VADM Chuichi Nagumo
  • Carrier Group -- VADM Nagumo
    • CarDiv 1
      • Akagi (CV, flagship) -- 21 Zero fighters, 21 dive bombers, 21 torpedo bombers
      • Kaga (CV) -- 21 Zero fighters, 21 dive bombers, 30 torpedo bombers

• CarDiv 2 -- RADM Tamon Yamaguchi
  • Hiryu (CV, flagship) -- 21 Zero fighters, 21 dive bombers, 21 torpedo bombers
  • Soryu (CV) -- 21 Zero fighters, 21 dive bombers, 21 torpedo bombers

• Support Group -- RADM Hiroaki Abe
  • CruDiv 8 -- Tone (CA, flagship), Chikuma (CA)
  • 2nd Section, BatDiv 3 -- Haruna, Kirishima

• Screen (DesRon 10) -- RADM Susumu Kimura
  • Nagara (CL), flagship
  • DesDiv 4 -- 4DD
  • DesDiv 10 -- 3DD
  • DesDiv 17 -- 4DD

• Supply Group -- 5 oilers, 1 DD

• MIDWAY INVASION FORCE (2nd Fleet) VADM Nobutake Kondo
  • Invasion Force Main Body
    • CruDiv 4 (less 2nd section)
      • Atago (CA, flagship), Chokakai (CA)

• CruDiv 5 -- Myoko (CA), Haguro (CA)
• BatDiv 3 (less 2nd section) -- Kongo, Hiei

• Screen (DesRon 4) RADM Shoji Nishimura
  • Yura (CL, flagship)
  • DesDiv 2 -- 4 DDs
  • DesDiv 9 -- 3 DDs

• Carrier Group
  • Zuiho (CVL) -- 12 Zero fighters, 12 torpedo bombers; 1 DD

• Supply Group -- 4 oilers, 1 repair ship

• Close Support Group -- VADM Takeo Kurita
  • CruDiv 7 -- Kumano (CA, flagship), Suzuya (CA), Mikuma (CA), Mogami (CA)
  • DesDiv 8 -- 2 DDs
  • 1 oiler

• Transport Group -- RADM Raizo Tanaka
  • 12 transports carrying troops
  • 3 patrol boats carrying troops
  • 1 oiler

• Escort -- RADM Tanaka
  • Jintsu (CL, flagship)
  • DesDiv 15 -- 2 DDs
  • DesDiv 16 -- 4 DDs
  • DesDiv 18 -- 4 DDs

• Seaplane Tender Group -- RADM Ritutaro Fujits
  • Seaplane Tender Div 11
    • Chitose (CVS) 16 fighter seaplanes, 4 scout seaplanes
    • Kamikawa Maru (AV) 8 fighter seaplanes, 4 scout seaplanes
    • 1 DD, 1 patrol boat carrying troops

• Minesweeper Group
  • 4 minesweepers
  • 3 submarine chasers
  • 1 supply ship
  • 2 cargo ships

• NORTHERN (Aleutians) FORCE (5th Fleet) VADM Moshiro Hosogaya
  • Northern Force Main Body
    • Nachi (CA, flagship)
    • Screen -- 2 DDs
    • Supply Group -- 2 oilers, 3 cargo ships

• Second Carrier Striking Force -- RADM Kakuji Kahuta
  • Carrier Group (CarDiv 4)
    • Ryujo (CVL, flagship) -- 21 Zero fighters, 21 dive bombers
    • Junyo (CV) -- 24 Zero fighters, 21 dive bombers
• Support Group (2nd section, CruDiv 4) -- Maya (CA), Takeo (CA)
• Screen (DesDiv 7) -- 3 DD, 1 oiler
• Attu Invasion Force -- RADM Sentaro Omori
  • Abukuma (CL, flagship)
  • DesDiv 21 - 4 DDs
  • 1 minelayer
  • 1 transport carrying troops
• Kiska Invasion Force -- Capt. Takeji Ono
  • CruDiv 21 Kiso (CL), Tama (CL), Asaka Maru (auxillary cruiser)
  • Screen (DesDiv 6) - 3 DDs
  • Minesweeper Div. 13 -- 3 minesweepers
  • 2 transports carrying troops
• Submarine Detatchment -- RADM Shigeaki Yamazaki
  • SubRon1 -- I-9 (flagship)
    • SubDiv 2 -- 3 submarines
    • SubDiv 4 -- 2 submarines

• ADVANCE (Submarine) FORCE (6th Fleet) VADM Teruhisa Komatsu
  • Katori (CL, flagship) at Kwejalein
  • SubRon 3 -- RADM Chimaki Kono
    • Rio de Janeiro Maru (submarine tender, flagship) at Kwejalein
    • SubDiv 19 -- 4 submarines
    • SubDiv 30 -- 3 submarines
    • SubDiv 13 -- 3 submarines

• SHORE-BASED AIR PATROL (11th Air Fleet) VADM Nishizo Tsukahara at Tinian
  • Midway Expeditionary Force -- Capt. Chisato Morita
    • 36 Zero fighters (aboard Nagumo's carriers)
    • 10 land-based bombers at Wake, 6 flying boats at Jaluit

• 24th Air Flotilla -- RADM Minoru Maeda at Kwajelein
  • Chitose Air Group -- 36 Zero fighters, 36 torpedo bombers at Kwajelein
  • 1st Air Group -- 36 Zero fighters, 36 torpedo bombers at Aur and Wotje
  • 14th Air Group -- 18 flying boats at Jaluit and Wotje