Order of battle of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Imperial Japanese Navy

Naval General Staff—Admiral Osami Nagano

Combined Fleet

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

First Air Fleet

Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

1st Carrier Division

Vice Admiral Nagumo

Akagi (flag)—Captain Kiichi Hasegawa

Air Officer—Commander Masuda Shogo

VTB Leader—Commander Mitsuo Fuchida

1st Squadron (5x B5N2 "Kate")—Commander Fuchida

2nd Squadron (5xB5N)-Lieutenant Iwasaki Goro

3rd Squadron (5xB5N)-Lieutenant Furukawa Izumi

VT Leader—Lieutenant Commander Shigeharu Murata

1st Squadron (3xB5N)-Lieutenant Commander Murata

2nd Squadron (3xB5N)

3rd Squadron (3xB5N)-Lieutenant Negishi Asao

4th Squadron (3xB5N)

VB Leader—Lieutenant Takehiko Chihaya

21st Squadron (3xD3A1 "Val")—Lieutenant Chihaya

22nd Squadron (3xD3A) (1 aircraft lost)

23rd Squadron (3xD3A) (1 aircraft lost)

25th Squadron (3xD3A)-Lieutenant Zenji Abe

26th Squadron (3xD3A) (2 aircraft lost)

27th Squadron (3xD3A)

VF Leader—Lieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya

1st FCU Wave 1 (9xA6M2 "Zero")—Lieutenant Commander Itaya (one aircraft lost)

1st FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant Saburo Shindo

CAP (9xA6M)

Kaga—Captain Okada Jisaku

Air Officer—Commander Sata Naohito

VTB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Kakuichi Hashiguchi

1st Sqdn (5xB5N)—Lieutenant Commander Hashiguchi

2nd Squadron (5xB5N)-Lieutenant Hideo Maki

3rd Squadron (5xB5N)-Lieutenant Yoshitaka Mikami

VT Leader—Lieutenant Kazuyoshi Kitajima

1st Squadron (3xB5N)—Lieutenant Kitajima (one aircraft lost)

2nd Squadron (3xB5N) (one aircraft lost)

3rd Squadron (3xB5N)-Lieutenant Mimori Suzuki (Killed in Action) (two aircraft lost)

4th Squadron (3xB5N) (one aircraft lost)

VB Leader—Lieutenant Saburo Makino (Killed in Action)

21st Squadron (3 D3A)—Lieutenant Makino (one aircraft lost)

22nd Squadron (3 D3A)

23rd Squadron (3 D3A) (one aircraft lost)

24th Squadron (3 D3A)-Lieutenant Shoichi Ogawa (two aircraft lost)

25th Squadron (3 D3A)

26th Squadron (3 D3A)

27th Squadron (3 D3A)-Lieutenant Shoichi Ibuki (one aircraft lost)

28th Squadron (3 D3A) (one aircraft lost)

29th Squadron (3 D3A)

VF Leader—Lieutenant Yoshio Shiga

2nd FCU Wave 1 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant Shiga

2nd FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant Yaushi Nikaido (two aircraft lost)

CAP (9xA6M)

2nd Carrier Division

Rear Admiral Yamaguchi Tamon

Sōryū—Captain Yanagimoto Ryusaku

Air Officer—Commander Kusumoto Ikuto

VTB Leader—Lieutenant Heijiro Abe

1st Squadron (5xB5N)—Lieutenant Abe

2nd Squadron (5xB5N)-Lieutenant Sadao Yamamoto

VT Leader—Lieutenant Tsuyoshi Nagai

1st Squadron (2xB5N)—Lieutenant Nagai

2nd Squadron (2xB5N)

3rd Squadron (2xB5N)-Lieutenant Tatsumi Nakajima

4th Squadron (2xB5N)

VB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Egusa Takeshige

21st Squadron (3xD3A)—Lieutenant Commander Egusa (one aircraft lost)

22nd Squadron (3xD3A)

23rd Squadron (3xD3A)

24th Squadron (3xD3A)-Lieutenant Masatake Ikeda

25th Squadron (3xD3A)

26th Squadron (3xD3A) (one aircraft lost)

VF-Leader—Lieutenant Masaji Suganami

3rd FCU Wave 1 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant Suganami

3rd FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant Fusata Iida (Killed in Action) (three aircraft lost)

CAP (9xA6M)

Hiryū—Captain Kaku Tomeo

Air Officer—Commander Amagai Takahisa

VTB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Tadashi Kosumi

1st Squadron (5xB5N)—Lieutenant Commander Kosumi

2nd Squadron (5xB5N2 "Kate")-Lieutenant Toshio Hashimoto

VT Leader—Lieutenant Heita Matsumura

1st Squadron (2xB5N)—Lieutenant Matsumura

2nd Squadron (2xB5N)

3rd Squadron (2xB5N)-Lieutenant Hiroharu Sumino

4th Squadron (2xB5N)

VB Leader—Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi (not present)

21st Squadron (2xD3A)—Lieutenant Kobayashi

22nd Squadron (3xD3A) (one aircraft lost)

23rd Squadron (3xD3A)

24th Squadron (3xD3A)-Lieutenant Shun Nakagawa

25th Squadron (3xD3A)

26th Squadron (3xD3A) (one aircraft lost)

VF Leader—Lieutenant Kiyokuma Okajima

4th FCU Wave 1 (6xA6M)—Lieutenant Okajima

4th FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant Sumio Nono (one aircraft lost)

CAP (9xA6M)

5th Carrier Division

Rear Admiral Hara Chuichi

Shōkaku (Shōkaku-class)—Captain Jojima Takatsugu

Air Officer—Commander Wada Tetsujiro

VTB Leader—Lieutenant Tatsuo Ichihara

1st Squadron (9xB5N)—Lieutenant Ichihara

2nd Squadron (9xB5N)-Lieutenant Tsutomu Hagiwara

3rd Squadron (9xB5N)-Lieutenant Yoshiaki Ikuin

VB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Takahashi Kakuichi

1st Squadron (9xD3A)—Lieutenant Commander Takahashi

2nd Squadron (9xD3A)-Lieutenant Masao Yamaguchi (one aircraft lost)

3rd Squadron (9xD3A)-Lieutenant Hisayoshi Fujita

VF Leader—Lieutenant Tadashi Kaneko

5th FCU Wave 1 (6xA6M)—Lieutenant Kaneko

CAP (9xA6M)

Zuikaku (Shōkaku-class)—Captain Yokokawa Ichibei

Air Officer—Commander Shimoda Hisao

VTB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Shigekazu Shimazaki

1st Squadron (9xB5N)—Lieutenant Commander Shimazaki

2nd Squadron (9xB5N)-Lieutenant Takemi Iwami

3rd Squadron (9xB5N)-Lieutenant Yoshiaki Tsubota

VB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Sakamoto Akira

1st Squadron (9xD3A)—Lieutenant Commander Sakamoto

2nd Squadron (9xD3A)-Lieutenant Tamotsu Ema

3rd Squadron (9xD3A)-Lieutenant C. Hayashi

VF Leader—Lieutenant Masao Sato

6th FCU Wave 1 (6xA6M)—Lieutenant Sato

CAP (9xA6M)

DD Akigumo (Kagero-class)

3rd Battleship Division

Vice Admiral Mikawa Gunichi

Hiei

Kirishima

8th Cruiser Division

Rear Admiral Abe Hiroaki

Tone

Chikuma

1st Destroyer Squadron

Rear Admiral Omori Sentaro

CL Abukuma (Nagara-class)

17th Destroyer Division

Urakaze (Kagero-class)

Isokaze (Kagero-class)

Tanikaze (Kagero-class)

Hamakaze (Kagero-class)

18th Destroyer Division

(Detached from DesRon 2)

Kagero (Kagero-class)

Shiranuhi (Kagero-class)

Arare (Asashio-class)

Kasumi (Asashio-class)

7th Destroyer Division (Midway Attack Unit)

Captain Ohishi Kaname

Sazanami (Fubuki-class)

Ushio (Fubuki-class)

2nd Submarine Division

Captain Imaizumi Kijiro

I-19 (I-15-class {Type B1})

I-21 (I-15-class/Type B1)

I-23 (I-15-class/Type B1)

1st Supply Train

AO (fleet oiler) Kyokuto Maru (impressed merchantman)

AO Kenyo Maru (impressed merchantman)

AO Kokuyo Maru (impressed merchantman)

AO Shinkoku Maru (impressed merchantman)

AO Akebono Maru (impressed merchantman)

2nd Supply Train

AO Tōhō Maru (impressed merchantman)

AO Toei Maru (impressed merchantman)

AO Nippon Maru (impressed merchantman)

6th Fleet

Vice Admiral Shimizu Mitsumi

1st Submarine Squadron

Rear Admiral Sato Tsutomu

I-9 (I-9-class {Type A1})

I-15 (I-15 class/Type B1)

I-17 (I-15 class/Type B1)

I-25 (I-15 class/Type B1)

2nd Submarine Squadron

Rear Admiral Yamazaki Shigeaki

I-7 (I-7 class/Type J3)

I-1 (I-1 class/Type J1)

I-2 (I-1 class/Type J1)

I-3 (I-1 class/Type J1)

I-4 (I-1 class/Type J1)

I-5 (I-5 class/Type J1M)

I-6 (I-6 class/Type J2)

3rd Submarine Squadron

Rear Admiral Miwa Shigeyoshi

I-8 (I-7 class/Type J3)

I-68 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)

I-69 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)

I-70 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)

I-71 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)

I-72 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)

I-73 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)

I-74 (I-74 class/Type KD6B)

I-75 (I-74 class/Type KD6B)

Special Attack Unit

Captain Sasaki Hankyu ("mother" submarines commander)

Lieutenant Naoji Iwasa (midget submarines commander)

I-22 (flag) (I-16-class {Type C1})

I-22A (A type midget submarine)

I-16 (I-16-class {Type C1}) Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Hanabusa

I-16A (A type)—Ensign Sakamaki Kazuo (USA's first POW)

I-18 (I-16-class {Type C1})

I-18A (A type)

I-20 (I-16-class {Type C1})

I-20A (A type)

I-24 (I-16-class {Type C1})

I-24A (A type)

Submarine Reconnaissance Unit

Commander Kashihara Yasuchika

I-10 (I-9 class/Type A1)

I-26 (I-26 class/Type B1) Cmdr Minoru Yokota

Afloat, United States Navy

Chief of Naval Operations

Admiral Harold R. "Betty" Stark

Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet / Pacific Fleet

Admiral Husband E. "Kim" Kimmel

Battle Force (Task Force 1)

Vice Admiral William S. Pye

Battleships, Battle Force

RADM Walter S. Anderson

Battleship Division 1

RADM Isaac Campbell Kidd (Killed in action)

Arizona (BB-39) (Pennsylvania class) — Captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh (Killed in action)

Nevada (BB-36) (Nevada class) — Captain Francis W. Scanland

Oklahoma (BB-37) (Nevada class) — Captain Howard D. "Ping" Bode

Battleship Division 2

RADM William Satterlee Pye

Pennsylvania (BB-38) (Pennsylvania class) — Captain Charles M. "Savvy" Cooke, Jr.

Tennessee (BB-43) (Tennessee class) — Captain Charles Edwin Reordan

California (BB-44) (Tennessee class) — Captain Joel W. Bunkley

Battleship Division 4

RADM Walter S. Anderson

Maryland (BB-46) (Colorado class) — Captain D. C. Godwin

West Virginia (BB-48) (Colorado class) — Captain Mervyn Bennion (Killed in action)

Colorado (BB-45) (Colorado class) — Puget Sound Navy Yard undergoing overhaul.

Cruisers, Battle Force

Rear Admiral Herbert Fairfax Leary

Cruiser Division 6 (Partial)

New Orleans (CA-32) (New Orleans class)

San Francisco (CA-38) (New Orleans class)

Cruiser Division 9

Rear Admiral H. Fairfax Leary

Phoenix (CL-46) (Brooklyn class)

Honolulu (CL-48) (Brooklyn class)

St. Louis (CL-49) (St. Louis class) — Captain George A. Rood

Helena (CL-50) (St. Louis class)

Destroyers, Battle Force

Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel

Destroyer Flotilla 1

Raleigh (CL-7) (Omaha class)

Destroyer Squadron 1

Phelps (DD-360) (Porter class)

Destroyer Division One

Dewey (DD-349) (Farragut class)

Hull (DD-350) (Farragut class)

Macdonough (DD-351) (Farragut class)

Worden (DD-352) (Farragut class)

Destroyer Division Two

Farragut (DD-348) (Farragut class)

Dale (DD-353) (Farragut class)

Monaghan (DD-354) (Farragut class)

Aylwin (DD-355) (Farragut class)

Destroyer Squadron 3

Selfridge (DD-357) (Porter class)

Destroyer Division Five

Reid (DD-369) (Mahan class)

Conyngham (DD-371) (Mahan class)

Cassin (DD-372) (Mahan class)

Downes (DD-375) (Mahan class)

Destroyer Division Six

Cummings (DD-365) (Mahan class)

Case (DD-370) (Mahan class)

Shaw (DD-373) (Mahan class)

Tucker (DD-374) (Mahan class)

Destroyer Flotilla 2

Detroit (CL-8) (Omaha class)

Bagley (DD-386)

Blue (DD-387)

Helm (DD-388)

Mugford (DD-389)

Ralph Talbot (DD-390)

Henley (DD-391)

Patterson (DD-392)

Jarvis (DD-393)

Other Destroyers

Allen (DD-66)

Schley (DD-103)

Chew (DD-106)

Ward (DD-139) (patrolling Channel entrance to Pearl Harbor)

Submarines

Narwhal (SS-167)

Dolphin (SS-169)

Cachalot (SS-170)

Tautog (SS-199)

Minelayer

Oglala (CM-4)

Minesweepers

Turkey (AM-13)

Bobolink (AM-20)

Rail (AM-26)

Tern (AM-31)

Grebe (AM-43)

Vireo (AM-52)

Coastal Minesweepers

Cockatoo (AMc-8)

Crossbill (AMc-9)

Condor (AMc-14)

Reedbird (AMc-30)

Destroyer Minelayers

Gamble (DM-15)

Ramsay (DM-16)

Montgomery (DM-17)

Breese (DM-18)

Tracy (DM-19)

Preble (DM-20)

Sicard (DM-21)

Pruitt (DM-22)

Destroyer Minesweepers

Zane (DMS-14)

Wasmuth (DMS-15)

Trever (DMS-16)

Perry (DMS-17)

Patrol Gunboat

Sacramento (PG-19)

Destroyer Tenders

Dobbin (AD-3)

Whitney (AD-4)

Seaplane Tenders

Curtiss (AV-4)

Tangier (AV-8)

Small Seaplane Tenders

Avocet (AVP-4)

Swan (AVP-7)

Seaplane Tenders (Converted Destroyer)

Hulbert (AVD-6)

Thornton (AVD-11)

Ammunition Ship

Pyro (AE-1)

Oilers

Ramapo (AO-12)

Neosho (AO-23)

Repair Ships

Medusa (AR-1)

Vestal (AR-4)

Rigel (AR-11)

Submarine Tender

Pelias (AS-14)

Submarine Rescue Ship

Widgeon (ASR-1)

Hospital Ship

Solace (AH-5)

Cargo Ship

Vega (AK-17) (at Honolulu)

Stores Issue Ships

Castor (AKS-1)

Antares (AKS-3) (entering Pearl Harbor)

Ocean Tugs

Ontario (AT-13)

Sunnadin (AT-28)

Keosanqua (AT-38) (entering Pearl Harbor)

Navajo (AT-64) (12 nautical miles or 22 kilometres outside Pearl Harbor entrance)

Miscellaneous Auxiliaries

Utah (AG-16) (Target ship)

Argonne (AG-31)

Sumner (AG-32)

Baltimore (CM-1) (out of commission)

Ashore, United States Army

Chief of Staff of the Army

General George Catlett Marshall, Jr.

Commanding General, Hawaiian Department

Lieutenant General Walter Campbell Short

Schofield Barracks

Commanding General, 24th Infantry Division

Brigadier General Durward Wilson

19th Infantry Regiment

21st Infantry Regiment

299th Infantry Regiment, Hawaiian Territorial Guard

Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division

Major General Maxwell Murray

27th Infantry Regiment

35th Infantry Regiment

298th Infantry Regiment, Hawaiian Territorial Guard

Hawaiian Coast Artillery Command

Major General Henry Bargin

Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade

15th Coast Artillery Regiment

55th Coast Artillery Regiment

16th Coast Artillery Regiment

41st Coast Artillery Regiment

53rd Coast Artillery Brigade

64th Coast Artillery Regiment

251st Coast Artillery Regiment, California Army National Guard

97th Coast Artillery Regiment

98th Coast Artillery Regiment

Commanding General, Hawaiian Air Force

Major General Frederick Martin

Commanding General, 14th Pursuit Wing

Brigadier General Howard Davidson

15th Pursuit Group

45th Pursuit Squadron

46th Pursuit Squadron

47th Pursuit Squadron

72d Pursuit Squadron

18th Air Base Command

18th Pursuit Group

6th Pursuit Squadron

19th Pursuit Squadron

44th Pursuit Squadron

73rd Pursuit Squadron

78th Pursuit Squadron

Commanding General, 18th Bombardment Wing

Brigadier General Jacob Rudolph

5th Bombardment Group

23rd Bombardment Squadron

31st Bombardment Squadron

72d Bombardment Squadron

4th Reconnaissance Squadron

17th Air Base Command

11th Bombardment Group

26th Bombardment Squadron

42d Bombardment Squadron

50th Reconnaissance Squadron

Ashore, United States Marine Corps

1st Defense Battalion

3rd Defense Battalion

4th Defense Battalion

2nd Engineer Battalion

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa

Marine Aircraft Group (MAG-21)

Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 232 (VMSB-232)

Marine Utility Squadron 252 (VMJ-252)

Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211)