Order of battle of the Attack on Pearl Harbor explained

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
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 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[1]

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)

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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

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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)

I-22A (A type midget submarine)

I-16 (I-16-class) Lt. Cmdr. Hiroshi Hanabusa

I-16A (A type) (Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki)

I-18 (I-16-class)

I-18A (A type)

I-20 (I-16-class)

I-20A (A type)

I-24 (I-16-class)

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
Admiral Harold R. Stark

Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet / Pacific Fleet[2]
Admiral Husband E. "Kim" 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)
Vice Admiral William Satterlee Pye
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. "Savvy" 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

4 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

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Destroyer Division Two

4 destroyers

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Destroyer Squadron 3

1 destroyer

Destroyer Division Five

4 destroyers

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Destroyer Division Six

4 destroyers

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Destroyer Flotilla 2

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

8 destroyers (4 × 5-inch main battery)

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4 other destroyers (World War I designs)

(patrolling Channel entrance to Pearl Harbor)

Task Force 8[3]

Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.

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

18 × Douglas SBD Dauntless (6 aircraft lost)[4]

Submarines

Minecraft, Battle Force

Rear Admiral William R. Furlong

(sunk, raised, and repaired)

6 minesweepers

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4 coastal minesweepers

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8 fast minelayers

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4 fast minesweepers

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1 patrol gunboat

2 destroyer tenders

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Auxiliaries

2 seaplane tenders

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2 small seaplane tenders

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2 seaplane tenders (converted destroyers)

,

1 ammunition ship

2 oilers

,

3 repair ships

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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), (12nmi 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
General George Catlett Marshall, Jr.[5]

Hawaiian Department

Lieutenant General Walter Campbell Short[6]

Schofield Barracks

24th Infantry ("Taro") Division

Brigadier General Durward S. Wilson

19th Infantry Regiment[7]

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 Bargin[8]

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[9]

64th Coast Artillery Regiment

97th Coast Artillery Regiment

98th Coast Artillery Regiment

251st Coast Artillery Regiment, California Army National Guard[10] [11] [12] [13]

Hawaiian Air Force

Major General Frederick L. Martin

14th Pursuit Wing

Brigadier General Howard G. Davidson[14]

15th Pursuit Group

45th Pursuit Squadron

46th Pursuit Squadron

47th Pursuit Squadron

72d Pursuit Squadron

18th Air Base Command[15]

18th Pursuit Group

6th Pursuit Squadron

19th Pursuit Squadron

44th Pursuit Squadron

73rd Pursuit Squadron[16]

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[17]

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
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[18] (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[19] (Lt. Col. Elmer E. Hall)

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa[20]

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)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abe Hiroaki . 11 September 2022.
  2. Book: Gudmens, LTC Jeffrey J. . June 2009 . Staff Ride Handbook for the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941: A Study of Defending America . Fort Leavenworth, Kansas . Combat Studies Institute Press . 137–141 . 24 February 2015 . Appendi× B: Order of Battle, US Forces.
  3. Web site: Mark . Evans . Enterprise VII (CV-6) . NHHC . US Navy . 9 September 2022.
  4. Web site: Hopping . H.L . USS Enterprise (CV-6) Scouting Squadron 6 Action Report . NHHC . US Navy . 9 September 2022.
  5. Web site: 2. The Day of Infamy – 7 December 1941 . United States Army Pacific . United States Army . 16 October 2012.
  6. Web site: The Hawaiian Department, 7 December 1941 . James C. McNaughton . 20 November 2001 . United States Army Pacific . United States Army . 16 October 2012.
  7. Book: Gudmens, Jeffrey J. . Staff Ride Handbook for the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941: A Study of Defending America . 2005 . DIANE Publishing . 9781428916449 . 83 . 16 October 2012 . 24th infantry Division Pearl Harbor. .
  8. Book: Gudmens, Jeffrey J. . Staff Ride Handbook for the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941: A Study of Defending America . 2005 . DIANE Publishing . 9781428916449 . 82 . 16 October 2012 . Hawaiian Coast Artillery Command. .
  9. Book: Stanton, Shelby L. . Order of battle, U.S. Army, World War II . 1984 . Presidio . 9780891411956 . 430 . registration .
  10. Web site: California and the Second World War: A Short History of the California National Guard In World War II . California Military Museum . California state Military Department . 1 October 2012.
  11. Web site: The Hawaiian Department, 7 December 1941 . James C. McNaughton . 20 November 2001 . United States Army, Pacific . United States Army . 1 October 2012.
  12. Book: Gudmens, Jeffrey J. . Staff Ride Handbook for the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941: A Study of Defending America . 2005 . DIANE Publishing . 9781428916449 . 82. 1 October 2012 .
  13. Koker . Hubert L. . 1991 . Air Raid Pearl Harbor! This is No Drill! . ADA Magazine . November–December . 14–17 . United States Army ADA School . 1 October 2012.
  14. Book: Gudmens, Jeffrey J. . Staff Ride Handbook for the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941: A Study of Defending America . 2005 . DIANE Publishing . 9781428916449 . 84 . 16 October 2012 .
  15. Book: 7 December 1941: The Air Force Story . Arakaki . Leatrice R. . Kuborn . John R. . 1991 . United States Air Force . Hickam . 0-912799-73-0 . 7 . 17 October 2012 .
  16. Book: 7 December 1941: The Air Force Story . Arakaki . Leatrice R. . Kuborn . John R. . 1991 . United States Air Force . Hickam . 0-912799-73-0 . 41 . 17 October 2012 .
  17. Book: 7 December 1941: The Air Force Story . Arakaki . Leatrice R. . Kuborn . John R. . 1991 . United States Air Force . Hickam . 0-912799-73-0 . 21 . 17 October 2012 .
  18. Book: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal History of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II Volume 1 . Hough . Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. . Major Verle E. . Ludwig . Henry I. . Shaw, Jr. . 1989 . United States Government Printing Office . Washington, D.C. . 58-60002 . 67 . 17 October 2012 .
  19. Book: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal History of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II Volume 1 . Hough . Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. . Major Verle E. . Ludwig . Henry I. . Shaw, Jr. . 1989 . United States Government Printing Office . Washington, D.C. . 58-60002 . 69 . 17 October 2012 .
  20. Book: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal History of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II Volume 1 . Hough . Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. . Major Verle E. . Ludwig . Henry I. . Shaw, Jr. . 1989 . United States Government Printing Office . Washington, D.C. . 58-60002 . 68 . 17 October 2012 .