Midway order of battle

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

Overview

Ships involved in the Midway operation^[1]

Imperial Japanese Navy	Ship Type	United States Navy
Hiryū \| Kaga \| Sōryū	CV	Hornet \| Yorktown
Hōshō	CVL	None
Kamikawa Maru \| Chiyoda \| Nisshin	CVS	None
Haruna \| Hiei \| Hyūga^[2] \| Ise^[2] \| Kirishima \| Kongō \| Mutsu \| Nagato \| Yamashiro^[2] \| Yamato	BB	None
Chikuma \| Chōkai \| Haguro \| Kumano \| Mikuma \| Mogami \| Myōkō \| Suzuya \| Tone	CA	Minneapolis \| New Orleans \| Northampton \| Pensacola \| Portland \| Vincennes
Kitakami^[2] \| Nagara \| Ōi^[2] \| Sendai \| Yura	CL	Atlanta
Amagiri^[2] \| Amatsukaze \| Arare \| Arashi \| Arashio \| Asagiri^[2] \| Asashio \| Asagumo \| Ayanami \| Fubuki \| Hagikaze \| Hamakaze \| Harusame \| Hatsukaze \| Hatsuyuki \| Hayashio \| Isokaze \| Isonami \| Kagerō \| Kasumi \| Kazagumo \| Kuroshio \| Maikaze \| Makigumo \| Minegumo \| Mikazuki \| Murakumo \| Murasame \| Natsugumo \| Nowaki \| Oyashio \| Samidare \| Shikinami \| Shiranui \| Shirakumo^[2] \| Shirayuki \| Tanikaze \| Tokitsukaze \| Urakaze \| Uranami \| Yūdachi \| Yūgiri^[2] \| Yūgumo \| Yūkaze \| Yukikaze	DD	Anderson \| Balch \| Benham \| Blue \| Clark \| Conyngham \| Dewey \| Ellet \| Gwin\| Hammann \| Hughes \| Maury \| Monaghan \| Monssen \| Morris \| Phelps \| Russell \| Ralph Talbot \| Worden
I-122 \| I-123 \| I-156 \| I-157 \| I-158 \| I-159 \| I-162 \| I-164 \| I-165 \| I-166 \| I-168 \| I-169 \| I-171 \| I-174 \| I-175 \|	Submarine	Cuttlefish \| Dolphin \| Finback \| Flying Fish \| Gato \| Grayling \| Grenadier \| Grouper \| Growler \| Gudgeon \| Narwhal \| Nautilus \| Pike \| Plunger \| Tambor \| Tarpon \| Trigger \| Trout
Genyo \| Kenyo \| Kukoyu \| Kyokuto \| Naruto \| Nichiei \| Nippon \| San Clemente^[2] \| Sata \| Shnikoku \| Toa^[2] \| Toei \| Tohu \| Tsurumi	AO	Guadalupe \| Platte
No. 2 \| No. 34 \| No. 35	PT	PT-21 \| PT-22 \| PT-24 \| PT-25 \| PT-26 \| PT-27 \| PT-28 \| PT-29 \| PT-30
Meiyo \| Yamafuku	AE	None
Tama Maru No. 5 \| Showa Maru No. 7 \| Showa Maru No. 8	AMS	None
No. 17 \| No. 18	SC	None
Akashi	AR	None
97 x Aichi D3A "Val" \| 101 x Nakajima B5N "Kate" \| 105 x Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"	A/C	88 x Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" \| 129 x Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" \| 44 x Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" \| 32 x PBY-5/A "Catalina" \| 6 x Grumman TBF "Avenger" \| 4 x Martin B-26 "Marauder" \| 19 x Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress"

Japan

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

First Fleet

First Fleet Main Force
- 1st Battleship Division - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet in Yamato
  - Yamato - Rear Admiral Gihachi Takayanagi
  - Mutsu - Rear Admiral Gunji Kogure
  - Nagato - Captain Hideo Yano
- Carrier Group:
  - CVE Hōshō - Captain Kaoru Umetani (8 B4Y1 'Jean' - Lt. Yoshiaki Irikiin)
  - DD Yūkaze - Lt. Commander Shizuka Kajimoto
- Special Force
  - CVS Chiyoda - Captain Kaku Harada
  - CVS Nisshin - Captain Katsumi Komazawa
- Screening Force
  - 3rd Destroyer Squadron - Rear Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto in Sendai
    - CL Sendai - Captain Nobue Morishita
    - 11th Destroyer Division - Captain Kichiro Shoji (Fubuki - Lt. Commander Shizuo Yamashita, Shirayuki - Lt. Commander Rokoro Sugawara, Hatsuyuki - Lt. Commander Junnari Kamiura, Murakumo - Lt. Commander Hideo Higashi)
    - 19th Destroyer Division - Captain Ranji Oe (Isonami - Commander Ryokichi Sugama, Uranami - Lt. Commander Tsutomu Hagio, Shikinami - Lt. Commander Akifumi Kawahashi, Ayanami - Commander Eiji Sakuma)
- 1st Supply Group: Captain Shigeyasu Nishioka in Naruto
  - AO Naruto - Captain Nishioka
  - Toei Maru
First Carrier Striking Force (First Air Fleet) - Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
- 1st Carrier Division: Vice Admiral Nagumo in Akagi
  - Akagi - Captain Taijiro Aoki
    - Air Unit: Commander Mitsuo Fuchida (19 A6M2 Type 21 - Lt. Commander Shigeru Itaya, 18 D3A1 - Lt. Commander Takehiko Chihaya, 18 B5N2 - Lt. Commander Shigeharu Murata)
  - Kaga - Captain Jisaku Okada†.
    - Air Unit: Lt Commander Tadashi Kusumi† (18 A6M2 Type 21 - Lt. Masao Sato, 18 D3A1 - Lt. Shoichi Ogawa, 27 B5N2 - Lt. Ichiro Kitajima)
- 2nd Carrier Division: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi† in Hiryū.
  - Hiryū - Captain Tomeo Kaku†
    - Air Unit: Lt Joichi Tomonaga† (18 A6M2 Type 21 - Lt. Shigeru Mori†, 18 D3A1 - Lt. Michio Kobayashi†, 18 B5N2 - Lt. Kikuchi Rokuro†)
  - Sōryū - Captain Ryusaku Yanagimoto†
    - Air Unit: Lt Commander Takashige Egusa (18 A6M2 Type 21 - Lt. Masaharu Suganami, 18 D3A1 - Lt. Masahiro Ikeda, 18 B5N2 - Lt. Heijiro Abe, 2 D4Y1)
- Support Group
  - 8th Cruiser Division: Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe in Tone
    - CA Tone - Captain Tametsugu Okada (3 E13A1 Type 0, 2 E8N2 Type 95)
    - CA Chikuma - Captain Keizo Komura (3 E13A1 Type 0, 2 E8N2 Type 95)
- 3rd Battleship Division, 2nd Section: RADM Tamotsu Takama in Haruna
  - Haruna - RADM Takama (3 E8N2 Type 95)
  - Kirishima - Captain Sanji Iwabuchi (3 E8N2 Type 95)
- Screening Force
  - 10th Destroyer Squadron - Rear Admiral Susumu Kimura in Nagara
    - CL Nagara - Captain Toshio Naoi
    - 4th Destroyer Division - Captain Kōsaku Aruga (Nowaki - Commander Magataro Koga, Arashi - Commander Yusumasa Watanabe, Hagikaze - Commander Juichi Iwagami, Maikaze - Commander Seiji Nakasugi)
    - 10th Destroyer Division- Captain Toshio Abe (Kazagumo - Commander Masayoshi Yoshida, Yūgumo - Commander Shigeo Semba, Makigumo - Commander Isamu Fujita)
    - 17th Destroyer Division - Captain Masayuki Kitamura (Urakaze - Commander Nagayoshi Shiraishi, Isokaze - Commander Shunichi Toyoshima, Tanikaze - Commander Motoi Katsumi, Hamakaze - Commander Tsuneo Orita)
- Supply Group 1 - Captain Masanao Ota in Kyokuto Maru
  - DD Akigumo - Commander Shohei Soma
  - AO Kyokuto Maru - Captain Ota
  - AO Shinkoku Maru - Captain Tokugyo Ito
  - AO Tōhō Maru - Captain Kazutaka Niimi
  - AO Nippon Maru - Captain Hironosuke Ueda
  - AO Kokuyo Maru - Captain Toraji Hidai

Second Fleet (Midway Invasion Force)

Second Fleet Main Body - Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō^[3] in Atago
- 3rd Battleship Division (less 2nd Section): Rear Admiral Gunichi Mikawa
  - Kongō - Captain Tomiji Koyanagi
  - Hiei - Captain Masao Nishida
- 4th Cruiser Division (less 2nd Section): Vice Admiral Kondo
  - CA Atago - Captain Baron Matsuji Ijuin
  - CA Chōkai - Captain Mikio Hayakawa
- 5th Cruiser Division: Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
  - CA Myōkō - Captain Teruhiko Miyoshi
  - CA Haguro - Captain Tomokazu Mori
- Screening Force
  - 4th Destroyer Squadron - Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura in CL Yura
    - CL Yura - Captain Shiro Sato
    - 3rd Destroyer Division - Captain Ranji Oe (DDs Murasame - Lt. Commander Naoji Suenaga, Samidare - Commander Takisaburo Matsubara, Harusame - Lt. Commander Masao Kamiyama, Yūdachi - Commander Kiyoshi Kamiyama)
    - 9th Destroyer Division - Captain Yasuo Sato (DDs Asagumo - Commander Toru Iwahashi, Minegumo - Lt. Commander Yasuatsu Suzuki, Natsugumo - Lt. Commander Moritaro Tsukamoto)
- Carrier Group - Captain Sueo Obayashi
  - CVL Zuihō - Captain Obayashi.
    - Air Component: 12 A6M2 Zero Type 21 - Lt. Moriyasu Hidaka, 12 B5N2 - Lt. Kaji Matsuo
  - DD Mikazuki - Lt. Commander Saneho Maeda
- Supply Group: - Captain Jiro Murao in Sata
  - AO Sata - Captain Murao
  - AO Tsurumi - Captain Toshizo Fujita
  - AO Genyo Maru - Captain Shigetaro Ogawa
  - AO Kenyo Maru - Captain Yoshio Kanemasu
  - AR Akashi - Captain Tsunekichi Fukuzawa
Midway Occupation Force - Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka
- Transports and Patrol Boats carrying about 5000 troops under Captain Minoru Ota IJN and Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki IJA
  - Kiyosumi Maru - Captain Seiichiro Kito
  - Keiyo Maru - Captain Masamichi Ikeuchi
  - Zenyo Maru
  - Goshu Maru - Captain Hiyoshi Furuya
  - Toa Maru
  - Kano Maru - Captain Tomosaburo Miura
  - Argentina Maru - Commander Takeshi Watanabe
  - Hokuroku Maru - Captain Hiotaro Tsukagoshi
  - Brazil Maru - Captain Kyujiro Jintsu
  - Kirishima Maru - Captain Hiroshi Okubo
  - Azuma Maru - Captain Nobuyoshi Morikawa
  - Nankai Maru - Captain Akira Maki
  - Patrol Boat #1
  - Patrol Boat #2
  - Patrol Boat #34
  - AO Akebono Maru - Captain Miki Otsuka (damaged by torpedo night of June 3–4)
- Escort Force - Rear Admiral Tanaka in CL Jintsu
  - CL Jintsu - Captain Torazo Kozai
  - 15th Destroyer Division - Captain Torajiro Sato (Kuroshio - Commander Tamaki Ugaki, Oyashio - Commander Tokiyoshi Arima)
  - 16th Destroyer Division - Captain Shiro Shibuya (Yukikaze - Commander Kenjiro Tobita, Amatsukaze - Commander Tameichi Hara, Tokitsukaze - Commander Giichiro Nakahara, Hatsukaze - Commander Kameshiro Takahashi)
  - 18th Destroyer Division - Captain Yoshito Miyasaka (Shiranui - Commander Shizuo Akazawa, Kasumi - Commander Kiyoshi Tomura, Arare - Commander Tomoe Ogata, Kagerō - Commander Minoru Yokoi)
- Seaplane Tender Group: Rear Admiral Ruitaro Fujita in Chitose
  - 11th Seaplane Tender Division
    - CVS Chitose - Captain Tamotsu Furukawa (16 A6M2 -N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters, 4 E13A scout aeroplanes)
    - AV Kamikawa Maru - Captain Tarohachi Shinoda (8 A6M-2N 'Rufe' floatplane fighters, 4 E13A scout aeroplanes)
  - DD Hayashio - Commander Kiyoshi Kaneda
  - Patrol boat #35 (carrying troops)
Midway Support Force - Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita in Kumano
- 7th Cruiser Division - Vice Admiral Kurita.
  - CA Kumano - Captain Kikumatsu Tanaka
  - CA Suzuya - Captain Masatomi Kimura
  - CA Mikuma - Captain Shakao Sakiyama†
  - CA Mogami - Captain Akira Soji
- 8th Destroyer Division - Commander Nobuki Ogawa
  - Asashio - Lt. Commander Goro Yoshii
  - Arashio - Commander Hideo Kuboki
- Attached Oiler
  - AO Nichiei Maru - Captain Matsushi Yamamoto
Minesweeper Group - Captain Sadatomo Miyamoto
- 4 Minesweepers
  - Tama Maru #3 - Lieutenant (j.g.) Atsutoshi Yamaguchi
  - Tama Maru #5 - Lieutenant Akira Takato
  - Shonan Maru #7
  - Shonan Maru #8 - Lieutenant (j.g.) Kiichi Sasaki
- 3 Subchasers
  - Subchaser #16 - Lieutenant Yasukichi Suzuki
  - Subchaser #17 - Lieutenant Shigematsu Yoshioka
  - Subchaser #18 - Lieutenant Mitsugu Miyoi
- 1 Supply ship
  - Soya - Commander Toshi Kubota
- 2 Cargo ships
  - Meiyo Maru - Captain Hisao Koizumi
  - Yamafuku Maru - Captain Torao Honda
Advance (Submarine) Force (Sixth Fleet) - Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu in Katori at Kwajalein
- - CL Katori - Captain Noboru Owada
- 3rd Submarine Squadron- Rear Admiral Chimaki Kona in Rio de Janeiro Maru (flagship at Kwajalein)
  - 19th Submarine Division - Captain Ryojiro Ono
    - I-156 - Lt. Commander Katsuo Ohashi
    - I-157 - Lt. Commander Sakae Nakajima
    - I-158 - Lt. Commander Soshichi Kitamura
    - I-159 - Lt. Commander Tamori Yoshimatsu
  - 13th Submarine Division - Captain Takeji Miyazaki
    - I-121 - Lt. Commander Yasuo Fujimori
    - I-122 - Lt. Commander Sadatoshi Norita
    - I-123 - Lt. Commander Toshitake Ueno
  - 30th Submarine Division - Captain Maseo Teraoka
    - I-162 - Lt. Commander Takakazu Kinashi
    - I-165 - Lt. Commander Hakue Jarada
    - I-166 - Lt. Commander Makio Tanaka

Shore-based Air Force

Eleventh Air Fleet - Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara (at Tinian)
- Midway Expeditionary Force - Captain Chisato Morita
  - 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters - Lt. Commander Mitsugu Kofukuda
  - 10 Mitsubishi G4M bombers at Wake Island
  - 6 flying boats at Jaluit
- 24th Air Flotilla - Rear Admiral Minoru Maeda
  - Chitose Air Group at Kwajalein - Captain Fujiro Ohashi
    - 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
    - 36 Nakajima B5N2 torpedo bombers
  - 1st Air Group at Aur and Wotje - Captain Samaji Inoue
    - 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
    - 36 Nakajima B5N2 torpedo bombers
  - 14th Air Group - Captain Daizo Nakajima
    - 36 Kawanishi H6K flying boats at Jaluit and Wotje

Northern Area Force

Fifth Fleet Main Body - Vice Admiral Boshirō Hosogaya in Nachi
- CA Nachi - Captain Takahiko Kiyota
- DD Inazuma - Lt. Commander Hajime Takeuchi
- DD Ikazuchi - Lt. Commander Shunsaku Kudo
- Supply Group
  - AO Fujisan Maru - Captain Kikuta Maki
  - AO Nissan Maru - Captain Hachiro Naotsuka
  - AC Muroto - Captain Masaji Yamagata
  - AP Akashisan Maru - Captain Yoshio Hosoya
  - AF Toko Maru No. 2
Second Carrier Striking Force - Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta in Ryujo
- 4th Carrier Division - Rear Admiral Kakuta
  - CVL Ryūjō - Captain Tadeo Kato
    - Air Unit - Lt. Masayuki Yamagami (16 A6M2 - Lt. Minoru Kobayashi, 21 B5N2 - Lt. Yamagami)
  - CV Jun'yō - Captain Shizue Isii
    - Air Unit - Lt. Yoshio Shiga (24 A6M2 - Lt. Shiga, 15 D3A1 - Lt. Zenji Abe)
- 4th Cruiser Division, 2d Section - Captain Shunsaku Nabeshima in Maya
  - CA Takao - Captain Bunji Asakura
  - CA Maya - Captain Nabeshima
- 7th Destroyer Division - Captain Kaname Konishi (Akebono - Lt. Commander Minoru Nakagawa, Ushio - Lt. Commander Yoshitake Uesugi, Sazanami - Lt. Commander Hiroshi Uwai)
- AO Teiyo Maru - Captain Katasuke Tanaka
Aleutian Support Force - Vice Admiral Shiro Takasu in Hyūga
- 2nd Battleship Division - Vice Admiral Takasu
  - Fusō - Captain Chozaemon Obata
  - Hyūga - Captain Chiaki Matsuda
  - Ise - Captain Isamu Takeda
  - Yamashiro - Captain Gunji Kogure
- Screening Force - Rear Admiral Fukuji Kishi in Kitakami
  - 9th Cruiser Division - Rear Admiral Kishi
    - CL Kitakami - Captain Saiji Norimitsu
    - CL Ōi - Captain Moichi Narita
  - 20th Destroyer Division - Captain Yuji Yamada (Asagiri - Lt. Commander Nisaburo Maekawa, Yūgiri - Commander Masayoshi Motokura, Shirakumo - Commander Toyoji Hitomi, Amagiri - Captain Buichi Ashida)
  - 24th Destroyer Division - Captain Yasuji Hirai (Umikaze - Commander Nagahide Sugitani, Yamakaze - Lt. Commander Shuichi Hamanaka, Kawakaze - Lt. Commander Kazuo Wakabayashi, Suzukaze - Lt. Commander Kazuo Shibayama)
  - 27th Destroyer Division - Captain Matake Yoshimura (Ariake - Lt. Commander Shoichi Yoshida, Yūgure - Lt. Commander Kiyoshi Kamo, Shigure - Commander Noboru Seo, Shiratsuyu - Lt. Commander Kanematsu Hashimoto)
- Supply Group - Captain Matsuo Eguchi
  - AO San Clemente Maru - Captain Eguchi
  - AO Toa Maru - Captain Yataro Yokohama
Attu Invasion Force - Rear Admiral Sentaro Omori in Abukuma
- CL Abukuma - Captain Seiroku Murayama
- 21st Destroyer Division - Captain Toshio Shimizu (Wakaba - Lt. Commander Masakichi Kuroki, Nenohi - Lt. Commander Saburo Terauchi, Hatsuharu - Lt. Commander Hiroshi Makino, Hatsushimo - Lt. Commander Satoru Kohama)
- Magane Maru Minelayer - Captain Hinoemi Sasaki
- AP Kinugasa Maru - Captain Naoshi Arima (carrying 1200 army troops under Major Matsutoshi Hozumi)
Kiska Invasion Force - Captain Takeji Ono in Kiso
- 21st Cruiser Division - Captain Ono
  - CL Kiso - Captain Ono
  - CL Tama - Captain Masaharu Kawabata
  - Asaka Maru (Auxiliary Cruiser) - Captain Jiro Ban
  - Awata Maru (Auxiliary Cruiser) - Captain Kikuta Maki
- Screening Force
  - 6th Destroyer Division - Captain Yusuke Tamada (Hibiki - Lt. Commander Hagumu Ishii, Akatsuki - Lt. Commander Osamu Takasuka, Hakaze - Lt. Commander Tomo Tanaka)
- 13th Minesweeper Division - Captain Toshio Mitsuka
  - Hakuho Maru
  - Kaiho Maru
  - Shinkotsu Maru
- Transports
  - Hakusan Maru - Captain Hareyoshi Goto (carrying 550 troops under Lt. Commander Hifumi Mukai)
  - Kumagawa Maru - Captain Shiro Yoshida (carrying 700 labor troops with construction equipment)
Submarine Detachment
- 1st Submarine Squadron - Rear Admiral Shigeaki Yamakazi
  - I-9 - Commander Akiyoshi Fujii
  - 2nd Submarine Division- Captain Hiroshi Imazato
    - I-15 - Commander Nobuo Ishikawa
    - I-17 - Commander Kozo Nishino
    - I-19 - Commander Shogo Narahara
  - 4th Submarine Division - Captain Mitsuru Nagai
    - I-25 - Commander Meiji Tagami
    - I-26 - Commander Minoru Yokota
Aleutian Seaplane Tender Force - Captain Keiichi Ujuku
- AV Kimikawa Maru - Captain Ujuku (air unit 8 3-seat floatplanes)
- DD Shiokaze - Lt. Yoji Tanegashima

United States

The US Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas were under the overall command of Admiral Chester Nimitz.^[4]

Carrier Strike Force

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

Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group)
- USS Yorktown - Captain Elliott Buckmaster
  - Yorktown Air Group (Including elements of Saratoga Air Group) - Lt. Commander Oscar Pederson:
    - VF-3 - Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat - Lt. Cmdr. John Thach
    - VB-3 - Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless - Lt. Cmdr. Max Leslie
    - VS-5 - Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless - Lt. Wallace Clark Short
    - VT-3 - Douglas TBD-1 Devastator - Lt. Cmdr. Lance Edward Massey†
Task Group 17.2 (Cruiser Group) - Rear Admiral William W. 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)^[5]
- USS Enterprise - Captain George D. Murray
  - Enterprise Air Group - Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky:
    - VF-6 - F4F-4 - Lt. James S. Gray
    - VB-6 - SBD-2/3 - Lt. Richard Halsey Best
    - VS-6 - SBD-2/3 - Lt. Wilmer Earl Gallaher
    - VT-6 - TBD-1 - Lt. Cmdr. Eugene E. Lindsey†
- USS Hornet - Captain Marc A. Mitscher
  - Hornet Air Group - Commander Stanhope C. Ring:
    - VF-8 - F4F-4 - Lt. Cmdr. Samuel G. Mitchell
    - VB-8 - SBD-3 - Lt. Cmdr. Walter F. Rodee
    - VS-8 - SBD-3 - Lt. Cmdr. Robert R. Johnson
    - VT-8 - TBD-1 - Lt. Cmdr. John C. Waldron†
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.

Midway Garrison

Air group
- Marine Aircraft Group 22 - Colonel Ira Kimes, USMC
  - VMF-221 Major Floyd B. Parks†, USMC
  - VMSB-241 Major Lofton R. Henderson†, USMC
- Navy Air Units - Captain Cyril Simmard
  - Detachments of Patrol Wings 1 and 2 (PBY-5 and PBY-5A Catalinas)
  - VT-8 Grumman TBF Avenger detachment (from USS Hornet) - Lt. Langdon K. Fieberling†, USN
- Detachment of Seventh Air Force - Maj. Gen. Willis Hale
  - Martin B-26 Marauders Capt. James Collins, USA
  - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Lt. Col. Walter C. Sweeney, Jr., 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 Atoll)
- 4 small patrol craft, 2 tenders, and 1 DD (at French Frigate Shoals), 1 Oiler, 1 minesweeper in the area

The military forces at the immediate point of tactical contact (i.e. not including support formations) are described below.

Aircraft

American Forces

Naval Air Station (NAS) Midway operated:^[6]

United States Navy

United States Army Air Forces

4 Martin B-26 Marauder, medium bombers
17 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, heavy bombers

United States Marine Corps

27 Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless, dive bombers
17 Chance-Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator, dive bombers
21 Brewster F2A Buffalo, fighters
7 Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat, fighters
1 light utility aircraft

Yorktown: 77 aircraft

25 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, fighters
37 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, dive bombers
15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, torpedo bombers

Enterprise: 78 aircraft

27 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, fighters
37 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, dive bombers
14 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, torpedo bombers

Hornet: 77 aircraft

27 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, fighters
35 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, dive bombers
15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, torpedo bombers

Japanese Forces

The Japanese carriers of the Striking Force operated:

Akagi: 60 aircraft

Kaga: 74 aircraft

27 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, fighters
18 Aichi D3A, dive bombers
27 Nakajima B5N, torpedo bombers
2 Aichi D3A, dive bombers (as cargo, likely non-operational)

Hiryū: 57 aircraft

Sōryū: 57 aircraft^[7]

21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, fighters
16 Aichi D3A, dive bombers
18 Nakajima B5N, torpedo bombers
2 Yokosuka D4Y1C, pre-series dive bombers (experimental reconnaissance aircraft)

(Note: These figures include 21 operational Zero fighters of the 6th Air Group being ferried to Midway by the carriers.)

Japanese Battleships and Cruisers: 16 reconnaissance floatplanes, most of them short-ranged (5 Aichi E13A, 10 Nakajima E8N, 1 Aichi E11A)

Footnotes

References

↑ http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/aftermidway.aspx
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↑ "Battle of Midway". World War 2 Facts. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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↑ "After Midway". Military History Online. militaryhistoryonline.com. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

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