Attack on Pearl Harbor order of battle

This is the attack on Pearl Harbor's order of battle for both the Empire of Japan and the United States.

Officers killed in action are indicated thus:

Imperial Japanese Navy

Naval General Staff<br> Admiral Osami Nagano

Combined Fleet<br> Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

First Air Fleet

Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo

1st Carrier Division

Vice Admiral Nagumo

: Akagi (flag) (Captain Kiichi Hasegawa)

:: Air Officer (Commander Shogo Masuda)

::: VF Leader (Lieutenant Commander Shigeru Itaya)

:::: 1st FCU Wave 1: 9 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Commander Itaya) (one aircraft lost)

:::: 1st FCU Wave 2: 9 × A6M (Lieutenant Saburo Shindo)

:::: CAP: 3 × A6M

::: VB Leader (Lieutenant Takehiko Chihaya)

:::: 21st Shotai: 3 × D3A1 "Val" (Lieutenant Chihaya)

:::: 22nd Shotai: 3 × D3A

:::: 23rd Shotai: 3 × D3A (3 aircraft lost)

:::: 25th Shotai: 3 × D3A (Lieutenant Zenji Abe) (one aircraft lost)

:::: 26th Shotai: 3 × D3A

:::: 27th Shotai: 3 × D3A

::: VTB Leader (Commander Mitsuo Fuchida)

:::: 1st Chutai: 5 × B5N2 "Kate" (Commander Fuchida)

:::: 2nd Chutai: 5 × B5N (Lieutenant Goro Iwasaki)

:::: 3rd Chutai: 5 × B5N (Lieutenant Izumi Furukawa)

::: VT Leader (Lieutenant Commander Shigeharu Murata)

:::: 1st Shotai: 3 × B5N (Lieutenant Commander Murata)

:::: 2nd Shotai: 3 × B5N

:::: 3rd Shotai: 3 × B5N (Lieutenant Asao Negishi)

:::: 4th Shotai: 3 × B5N

: Kaga (Captain Jisaku Okada)

:: Air Officer (Commander Naohito Sato)

::: VF Leader (Lieutenant Yoshio Shiga)

:::: 2nd FCU Wave 1: 9 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Shiga) (two aircraft lost)

:::: 2nd FCU Wave 2: 9 × A6M (Lieutenant Yasushi Nikaido) (two aircraft lost)

:::: CAP: 3 × A6M

::: VB Leader (Lieutenant Saburo Makino)

:::: 21st Shotai: 2 × D3A1 "Val" (Lieutenant Makino) (one aircraft lost)

:::: 22nd Shotai: 3 × D3A

:::: 23rd Shotai: 3 × D3A (one aircraft lost)

:::: 24th Shotai: 3 × D3A (Lieutenant Shoichi Ogawa) (two aircraft lost)

:::: 25th Shotai: 3 × D3A

:::: 26th Shotai: 3 × D3A

:::: 27th Shotai: 3 × D3A (Lieutenant Shoichi Ibuki) (one aircraft lost)

:::: 28th Shotai: 3 × D3A (one aircraft lost)

:::: 29th Shotai: 3 × D3A

::: VTB Leader (Lieutenant Commander Takashi Hashiguchi)

:::: 1st Chutai: 5 × B5N2 "Kate" (Lieutenant Commander Hashiguchi)

:::: 2nd Chutai: 5 × B5N (Lieutenant Hideo Maki)

:::: 3rd Chutai: 4 × B5N (Lieutenant Yoshitaka Mikami)

::: VT Leadern (Lieutenant Ichiro Kitajima)

:::: 1st Shotai: 3 × B5N (Lieutenant Kitajima) (one aircraft lost)

:::: 2nd Shotai: 3 × B5N (one aircraft lost)

:::: 3rd Shotai: 3 × B5N (Lieutenant Mimori Suzuki) (two aircraft lost)

:::: 4th Shotai: 3 × B5N (one aircraft lost)

2nd Carrier Division

Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

: Sōryū (Captain Ryusaku Yanagimoto)

:: Air Officer (Commander Ikuto Kusumoto)

::: VF Leader (Lieutenant Masaji Suganami)

:::: 3rd FCU Wave 1: 8 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Suganami)

:::: 3rd FCU Wave 2: 9 × A6M (Lieutenant Fusata Iida) (three aircraft lost)

:::: CAP: 3 × A6M

::: VB Leader (Lieutenant Commander Takashige Egusa)

:::: 21st Shotai: 3 × D3A1 "Val" (Lieutenant Commander Egusa) (one aircraft lost)

:::: 22nd Shotai: 3 × D3A (one aircraft lost)

:::: 23rd Shotai: 3 × D3A

:::: 24th Shotai: 3 × D3A (Lieutenant Masai Ikeda)

:::: 25th Shotai: 2 × D3A

:::: 26th Shotai: 3 × D3A

::: VTB Leader (Lieutenant Heijiro Abe)

:::: 1st Chutai: 5 × B5N2 "Kate" (Lieutenant Abe)

:::: 2nd Chutai: 5 × B5N (Lieutenant Sadao Yamamoto)

::: VT Leader (Lieutenant Tsuyoshi Nagai)

:::: 1st Shotai: 2 × B5N (Lieutenant Nagai)

:::: 2nd Shotai: 2 × B5N

:::: 3rd Shotai: 2 × B5N (Lieutenant Tatsumi Nakajima)

:::: 4th Shotai: 2 × B5N

: Hiryū (Captain Tomeo Kaku)

:: Air Officer (Commander Takahisa Amagai)

::: VF Leader (Lieutenant Sumio Nono)

:::: 4th FCU Wave 1: 6 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Kiyokuma Okajima)

:::: 4th FCU Wave 2: 9 × A6M (Lieutenant Nono) (one aircraft lost)

:::: CAP: 3 × A6M

::: VB Leader (Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi) (not present - aborted)

:::: 21st Shotai: 2 × D3A1 "Val" (Lieutenant Kobayashi)

:::: 22nd Shotai: 3 × D3A

:::: 23rd Shotai: 3 × D3A (one aircraft lost)

:::: 24th Shotai: 3 × D3A (Lieutenant Shun Nakagawa)

:::: 25th Shotai: 3 × D3A

:::: 26th Shotai: 3 × D3A (one aircraft lost)

::: VTB Leader (Lieutenant Commander Tadashi Kusumi)

:::: 1st Chutai: 5 × B5N2 "Kate" (Lieutenant Commander Kusumi)

:::: 2nd Chutai: 5 × B5N (Lieutenant Toshio Hashimoto)

::: VT Leader (Lieutenant Heita Matsumura)

:::: 1st Shotai: 2 × B5N (Lieutenant Matsumura)

:::: 2nd Shotai: 2 × B5N

:::: 3rd Shotai: 2 × B5N (Lieutenant Hiroharu Sumino)

:::: 4th Shotai: 2 × B5N

5th Carrier Division

Rear Admiral Chuichi Hara

: Shōkaku (Captain Takatsugu Jōjima)

:: Air Officer (Commander Tetsujiro Wada)

::: VF Leader (Lieutenant Tadashi Kaneko)

:::: 5th FCU Wave 1: 6 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Kaneko)

:::: CAP: 12 × A6M

::: VB Leader (Lieutenant Commander Kakuichi Takahashi)

:::: 1st Chutai: 9 × D3A1 "Val" (Lieutenant Commander Takahashi)

:::: 2nd Chutai: 8 × D3A (Lieutenant Masao Yamaguchi)

:::: 3rd Chutai: 9 × D3A (Lieutenant Hisayoshi Fujita) (one aircraft lost)

::: VTB Leader (Lieutenant Tatsuo Ichihara)

:::: 1st Chutai: 9 × B5N2 "Kate" (Lieutenant Ichihara)

:::: 2nd Chutai: 9 × B5N (Lieutenant Tsutomu Hagiwara)

:::: 3rd Chutai: 9 × B5N (Lieutenant Yoshiaki Ikuin)

: Zuikaku (Captain Ichibei Yokokawa)

:: Air Officer (Commander Hisao Shimoda)

::: VF Leader (Lieutenant Masao Sato)

:::: 6th FCU Wave 1: 5 × A6M2 "Zero" (Lieutenant Sato)

:::: CAP: 12 × A6M

::: VB Leader (Lieutenant Akira Sakamoto (naval aviator)|Akira Sakamoto)

:::: 1st Chutai: 9 × D3A1 "Val" (Lieutenant Sakamoto)

:::: 2nd Chutai: 8 × D3A (Lieutenant Tamotsu Ema)

:::: 3rd Chutai: 8 × D3A (Lieutenant Chikahiro Hayashi)

::: VTB Leader (Lieutenant Commander Shigekazu Shimazaki)

:::: 1st Chutai: 9 × B5N2 "Kate" (Lieutenant Commander Shimazaki)

:::: 2nd Chutai: 9 × B5N (Lieutenant Takemi Iwami)

:::: 3rd Chutai: 9 × B5N (Lieutenant Yoshiaki Tsubota)

: 1 (6 × 5-in. main battery)

::

Escorts

3rd Battleship Division

Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa

: 2 fast battleships (8 × 14-in. main battery)

:: ,

8th Cruiser Division

Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe

: 2 heavy cruisers (8 × 7.9-in. main battery)

:: ,

1st Destroyer Squadron

Rear Admiral Sentarō Ōmori

: 1 light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery)

::

: 17th Destroyer Division

:: 4 s (6 × 5-in. main battery)

::: , , ,

: 18th Destroyer Division

:: 2 s (6 × 5-in. main battery)

::: ,

:: 2 s (6 × 5-in. main battery)

::: ,

: 7th Destroyer Division (Midway Attack Unit)

: Captain Ohishi Kaname

:: 2 s (6 × 5-in. main battery)

::: ,

2nd Submarine Division

Captain Kijiro Imaizumi

: 3 × I-15-class/Type B1

:: , ,

1st Supply Train

: 5 fleet oilers (all impressed merchantman)

:: Kyokuto Maru, Kenyo Maru, Kokuyo Maru, Shinkoku Maru, Akebono Maru

2nd Supply Train

: 3 fleet oilers (all impressed merchantman)

:: Tōhō Maru, Toei Maru, Nippon Maru

Submarines

6th Fleet

Vice Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu

:1st Submarine Squadron

:Rear Admiral Tsutomu Sato

:: 1 × I-9 class/Type A1:

:: 3 × I-15 class/Type B1: , ,

:2nd Submarine Squadron

:Rear Admiral Shigeaki Yamazaki

:: 4 × I-1 class/Type J1: , , ,

:: 1 × I-5 class/Type J1M:

:: 1 × I-6 class/Type J2:

:: 1 × I-7 class/Type J3:

:3rd Submarine Squadron

:Rear Admiral Shigeyoshi Miwa

:: 1 × I-7 class/Type J3:

:: 6 × I-68 class/Type KD6A: , , , , ,

:: 2 × I-74 class/Type KD6B: ,

:Special Attack Unit

:Captain Hankyu Sasaki ("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 Kazuo Sakamaki)

::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

:: 1 × I-9 class/Type A1: I-10

:: 1 × I-26 class/Type B1: I-26 (Cmdr. Minoru Yokota)

United States

Afloat, United States Navy

Chief of Naval Operations<br> Admiral Harold R. Stark

Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet / Pacific Fleet<br> Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Chief of Staff: Captain William W. Smith

Operations Officer & Assistant Chief of Staff: Captain Walter S. DeLany

: 1st Assistant Operations Officer: Commander Roscoe F. Good

: 2nd Assistant Operations Officer: Lieutenant Commander Howard L. Collins

War Plans Officer: Captain Charles H. McMorris

Assistant War Plans & Marine Officer: Colonel Omar T. Pfeiffer, USMC

Security Officer: Lieutenant Allan L. Reed

Communications Officer: Commander Maurice E. Curts

Gunnery Officer: Commander Willard A. Kitts

Commandant, 14th Naval District: Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch

Commander, Navy Pacific Fleet Air Wing: Rear Admiral Patrick N. L. Bellinger

Operations Officer: Captain Logan C. Ramsey

Battle Force (Task Force 1)<br> Vice Admiral William Satterlee Pye<br> Captain Harold C. Train, Chief of Staff

Battleships, Battle Force

Rear Admiral Walter S. Anderson

Battleship Division 1

Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd

: 1 (12 × 14-inch main battery)

:: (Captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh)

: 2 (10 × 14-inch main battery)

:: (Captain Francis W. Scanland)

:: (Captain Howard D. "Ping" Bode)

Battleship Division 2

Rear Admiral Pye

: 1 (12 × 14-inch main battery)

:: (Captain Charles M. Cooke, Jr.)

: 2 (12 × 14-inch main battery)

:: (Captain Charles Edwin Reordan)

:: (sunk, raised, and repaired) (Captain Joel W. Bunkley)

Battleship Division 4

Rear Admiral Anderson

: 3 (8 × 16-inch main battery)

:: (Puget Sound Navy Yard undergoing overhaul)

:: (Captain D. C. Godwin)

:: (sunk, raised, and repaired) (Captain Mervyn Bennion)

Cruisers, Battle Force

Rear Admiral Herbert Fairfax Leary

Cruiser Division 6 (Partial)

: 2 heavy cruisers (9 × 8-inch main battery)

::

::

Cruiser Division 9

Rear Admiral Leary

: 2 light cruisers (15 × 6-inch main battery)

::

::

: 2 light cruisers (15 × 6-inch main battery)

:: (Captain George A. Rood)

::

Destroyers, Battle Force

Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel

Destroyer Flotilla 1

: 1 light cruiser (4 × 6-inch main battery)

::

: Destroyer Squadron 1

:: 1 destroyer

:::

:: Destroyer Division One

::: 4 destroyers

:::: , , ,

:: Destroyer Division Two

::: 4 destroyers

:::: , , ,

: Destroyer Squadron 3

:: 1 destroyer

:::

:: Destroyer Division Five

::: 4 destroyers

:::: , , ,

:: Destroyer Division Six

::: 4 destroyers

:::: , , (sunk, raised, and repaired),

Destroyer Flotilla 2

: 1 light cruiser (4 × 6-inch main battery)

::

: 8 destroyers (4 × 5-inch main battery)

:: , , , , , , ,

4 other destroyers (World War I designs)

:

:

:

: (patrolling Channel entrance to Pearl Harbor)

Task Force 8

Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.

:

:: Scouting Squadron 6 (Lt. Commander H.L. Hopping)

::: 18 × Douglas SBD Dauntless (6 aircraft lost)

Submarines

:

:

:

:

Minecraft, Battle Force

Rear Admiral William R. Furlong

(sunk, raised, and repaired)

6 minesweepers

: , , , , ,

4 coastal minesweepers

: , , ,

8 fast minelayers

: , , , , , , ,

4 fast minesweepers

: , , ,

1 patrol gunboat

:

2 destroyer tenders

: ,

Auxiliaries

2 seaplane tenders

: ,

2 small seaplane tenders

: ,

2 seaplane tenders (converted destroyers)

: ,

1 ammunition ship

:

2 oilers

: ,

3 repair ships

: , ,

1 submarine tender

:

1 submarine rescue ship

:

1 hospital ship

:

1 cargo ship

: (at Honolulu)

2 stores issue ships

: , (entering Pearl Harbor)

4 ocean tugs

: , , (entering Pearl Harbor), ( outside Pearl Harbor entrance)

4 miscellaneous auxiliaries

: (target ship) , , , (out of commission)

1 coast guard cutter

: (at Honolulu)

Ashore, United States Army

Chief of Staff of the Army<br> General George Catlett Marshall, Jr.

Hawaiian Department

Lieutenant General Walter Campbell Short

: Schofield Barracks

:: 24th Infantry ("Taro") Division

:: Brigadier General Durward S. Wilson

::: 19th Infantry Regiment

::: 21st Infantry Regiment

::: 299th Infantry Regiment, Hawaiian Territorial Guard

:: 25th Infantry ("Tropic Lightning") Division

:: Major General Maxwell Murray

::: 27th Infantry Regiment

::: 35th Infantry Regiment

::: 298th Infantry Regiment, Hawaiian Territorial Guard

: Hawaiian Coast Artillery Command

: Major General Henry T. Burgin

:: Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade

::: 15th Coast Artillery Regiment

::: 16th Coast Artillery Regiment

::: 41st Coast Artillery Regiment

::: 55th Coast Artillery Regiment

:: 53rd Coast Artillery Brigade

::: 64th Coast Artillery Regiment

::: 97th Coast Artillery Regiment

::: 98th Coast Artillery Regiment

::: 251st Coast Artillery Regiment, California Army National Guard

: Hawaiian Air Force

: Major General Frederick L. Martin

:: 14th Pursuit Wing

:: Brigadier General Howard C. 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

:: 18th Bombardment Wing

:: Brigadier General Jacob H. 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

14th Naval District Marine Officer<br> Colonel Harry K. Pickett

Marine Barracks Pearl Harbor (Col. Gilder D. Jackson Jr.)

Observer from the Headquarters Marine Corps: Lt. Col. William J. Whaling

Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot, Oahu (Maj. Francis M. McAlister)

1st Defense Battalion (Lt. Col. Bertram A. Bone)

3rd Defense Battalion (Lt. Col. Robert H. Pepper; acting commander Maj. Harold C. Roberts)

4th Defense Battalion (Lt. Col. Harold S. Fassett)

2nd Engineer Battalion (Lt. Col. Elmer E. Hall)

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa

: Marine Aircraft Group (MAG-21) (Col. Claude A. Larkin)

:: Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 232 (VMSB-232) (Maj. Ira L. Kimes)

:: Marine Utility Squadron 252 (VMJ-252) (Maj. Perry K. Smith)

:: Marine Fighting Squadron 211 (VMF-211)

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