Midway order of battle

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

1 Japanese Combined Fleet
2 United States
- 2.1 Carrier Strike Force
- 2.2 Midway Garrison
3 Aircraft
- 3.1 American Forces
- 3.2 Japanese Forces

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

First Fleet Main Force
- Battleship Division (BatDiv) 1
  - Yamato (Flagship of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleets)
  - Mutsu
  - Nagato
- Carrier Group:
  - CV Hōshō (8 B4Y1 'Jean'])
  - DD Yukaze
- Special Force
  - CVS Chiyoda
  - CVS Nisshin
- Screening Force
  - CL Sendai
  - Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 3 - Rear Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto in Sendai
    - Destroyer Division (DesDiv) 11 (Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Murakamo)
    - DesDiv 19 (Isonami, Uranami, Shikinami, Ayanami)
- Supply Group: 2 Oilers
First Carrier Striking Force (First Air Fleet) - Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
- Carrier Division (CarDiv I): Vice Admiral Nagumo in Akagi
  - Akagi - Captain Taijiro Aoki
    - Air Unit: Commander Mitsuo Fuchida (19 A6M2 Type 21, 18 D3A1, 18 B5N2)
  - Kaga - Captain Jisaku Okada.
    - Air Unit: Lt Commander Tadashi Kusumi (18 A6M2 Type 21, 18 D3A1, 27 B5N2s)
- Carrier Division 2 (Cardiv 2): Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi in Hiryū.
  - Hiryū - Captain Tomeo Kaku
    - Air Unit: Lt Joichi Tomonaga (18 A6M2 Type 21, 18 D3A1, 18 B5N2)
  - Sōryū - Captain Ryusaku Yanagimoto
    - Air Unit: Lt Commander Takashige Egusa (18 A6M2 Type 21, 18 D3AI, 18 B5N2, 2 D4Y1)
- Support Group Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe in Tone
  - Cruiser Division (CruDiv) 8: Rear Admiral Abe
    - CA Tone
    - CA Chikuma
- BatDiv 3, 2nd Section
  - Haruna
  - Kirishima
- Screening Force
  - CL Nagara
  - DesRon 10 - Rear Admiral Kimura in Nagara
    - DesDiv 4 (Nowaki, Arashi, Hagikaze, Maikaze)
    - DesDiv 10 (Kazagumo, Yugumo, Makigumo)
    - DesDiv 17 (Umakaze, Isokaze, Tanikaze, Hamakaze)
- Supply Group 1
  - DD Akigumo
  - 5 Oilers

Second Fleet Main Body - Vice Admiral Kondo
- BatDiv 3 (less 2nd Section):
  - Kongō
  - Hiei
- CruDiv 4 (less 2nd Section):
  - CA Atago
  - CA Chōkai
- CruDiv 5
  - CA Myōkō
  - CA Haguro
- Screening Force
  - CL Yura
- DesRon 4 - Rear Admiral Nishimura in CL Yura
  - - DesDiv 2 (DDs Murusame, Samidare, Harusame, Yudachi)
    - DesDiv 9 (DDs Asagumo, Minegumo, Natsugumo)
- Carrier Group - Captain Sueo Obayashi
  - CVL Zuihō - Captain Obayashi.
    - Air Component: 12 A6M2 Zero Type 21, 12 B5N2
  - DD Mikozuki
- Supply Group: 4 Oilers, 1 Repair ship.
Midway Occupation Force - Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka
- 12 transport vessels, 3 Patrol Boats, 1 Oiler
- Escort Force - Rear Admiral Tanaka in CL Jintsu
  - CL Jintsu
  - DesDiv 15 (Kuroshio, Oyashio)
  - DesDiv 16 (Yukikaze, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze, Hatsukaze)
  - DesDiv 18 (Shiranuhi, Kasumi, Arare, Kagero)
- Seaplane Tender Group: Rear Admiral Ruitaro Fujita in Chitose
  - Seaplane Tender Div 2
    - CVS Chitose (16 A6M2 -N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters 4 scout aeroplanes)
    - AV Kamikawa Maru (8 A6M-2N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters 4 scout aeroplanes)
  - DD Hayashio
  - 1 Patrol boat
Midway Support Force - Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita in Kumano
- CruDiv 7 - Vice Admiral Kurita.
  - CA Kumano
  - CA Suzuya
  - CA Mogami
  - CA Mikuma
- DesDiv 8 (Asashio, Arashio)
- 1 Oiler
Minesweeper Group - Captain Sadatomo Miyamoto
- 4 Minesweepers
- 3 Subchasers
- 1 Supply ship
- 2 Cargo ships
Advance (Submarine) Force (Sixth Fleet) - Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu in Katori at Kwajalein
- Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 3 - Rear Admiral Chimaki Kona in Rio de Janeiro (flagship at Kwajalein)
  - Submarine Division (SubDiv) 19 - Captain Ryojiro Ono
    - I-156
    - I-157
    - I-158
    - I-159
  - SUBDIV 13 - Captain Takeharu Miyazaki
    - I-121
    - I-122
    - I-123
  - SUBDIV 30 - Captain Maseo Teraoka
    - I-162
    - I-165
    - I-166

Eleventh Air Fleet - Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara (at Tinian)
- Midway Expeditionary Force - Captain Morita
  - 36 'Zero' fighters
  - 10 'Betty' bombers at Wake Island
  - 6 flying boats at Jaluit
- 24th Air Flotilla - Rear Admiral Maeda
- Chitose Air Group at Kwajalein
  - 36 'Zero' fighters
  - 36 B5N2s
- 1st Air Group at Aur and Wotje
  - 36 'Zero' fighters
  - 36 B5N2s
- 14th Air Group
- 36 H6K Flying boats at Jaluit and Wotje

Fifth Fleet Main Body - Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya in Nachi
- CA Nachi
- DD Inazuma - Commander Hajime Takeuchi
- DD Ikazuchi
- Supply Group - 2 Oilers, 3 Cargo Ships
Second Carrier Striking Force - Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta
- CarDiv 4 - Rear Admiral Kakuta
  - CVL Ryūjō - Captain Tadeo Kato
    - Air Unit - Lt. Masayuki Yamagami (16 A6M2, 21 B5N2)
  - CV Junyō - Captain Shizue Isii
    - Air Unit - Lt. Yoshio Shiga (24 A6M2, 21 D3A1)
- CruDiv 4, 2d Section - Captain Shunsaku Nabeshima in Maya
  - CA Takao
  - CA Maya
- DesDiv 7 (Akebono, Ushio, Sazanami)
- 1 Oiler
Aleutian Support Force - Vice Admiral Shiro Takasu in Hyūga
- Battleship Group
  - Fusō
  - Hyūga
  - Ise
  - Yamashiro
- Screening Force
  - CruDiv 9
    - CL Kitikami
    - CL Oi
  - DesDiv 20 (Asagiri, Yugiri, Shirakumo, Amagiri)
    - DesDiv 24 (Umikaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze, Suzukaze)
    - DesDiv 27 (Ariake, Yugure, Shigure, Shiratsuyu)
- Supply Group: 2 Oilers
Attu Invasion Force - Rear Admiral Sentaro Omori in Abukuma
- CL Abukuma
- DesDiv 21 (Wakaba, Nenohi, Hatsuharu, Hatsushimo)
- 1 Minelayer
- 1 Transport
Kiska Invasion Force - Captain Takeji Ono in Kiso
- CruDiv 21
  - CL Kiso
  - CL Tama
- 1 Auxiliary Cruiser
- Screening Force
  - DesDiv 6 (Hibiki, Akatsuki, Hakaze)
  - Minesweeper Div 13 (3 minesweepers)
- Transports
  - Hokusan Maru
  - Kumagawa Maru
- Submarine Detachment
  - I-9
  - I-15
  - I-17
  - I-19
  - I-25
  - I-26

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

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

Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group)
- USS Yorktown - Captain Elliot Buckmaster
  - Air group 3 (Including elements of Air Group 5) (25 F4F-4, 37 SBD-3, 13 TBD-1) - Lt. Commander Oscar Pederson
Task Group 17.2 (Cruiser Group) - Rear Admiral William Smith in Astoria
- USS Astoria
- USS Portland
Task Group 17.4 (Destroyer Screen) - Captain Gilbert Hoover (COMDESRON 2)

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

Task Group 16.5 (Carrier Group)
- USS Enterprise - Captain George D. Murray
  - Air Group 6 (27 F4F-4, 38 SBD-2/3, 14 TBD-1) - Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky
- USS Hornet - Captain Marc A. Mitscher
  - Air Group 8 (27 F4F-4, 38 SBD-1/2/3, 15 TBD-1) - Lt. Commander Stanhope C. Ring
Task Group 16.2 (Cruiser Group) - Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid (COMCRUDIV 6)
Task Group 16.4 (Destroyer Screen) - Captain Alexander R. Early (COMDESRON 1)
Oilers Group

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

Air Group
- Marine Aircraft Group 22 - Colonel Ira Kimes, USMC
  - VMF-221 Major Floyd B. Parks, USMC (KIA)
  - VMSB-241 Major Lofton R. Henderson, USMC, KIA
- Navy Air Units - Captain Cyril Simmard
  - Detachments of Patrol Wings 1 and 2 (PBY-5 and PBY-5A Catalinas)
  - VT-8 TBF Avenger detachment (from USS Hornet)
- Detachment of 7th Army Air Force - Maj. Gen. Willis Hale
  - B-26 Marauders Capt. James Collins, USA
  - B-17 Flying Fortress Lt. Col. Walter C. Sweeney, USA
Local Defenses - Colonel Harold Shannon, Fleet Marine Force commander
- "C" and "D" Companies, 2nd Raider Battalion, USMC
- 6th Defense Battalion (Reinforced) USMC Colonel Shannon
- 1st Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron
  - 8 PT boats (2 at Kure)
- 4 small patrol craft, 2 tenders, and 1 DD (at French Frigate Shoals), 1 Oiler, 1 minesweeper in the area