Order of battle of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Order of battle of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

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

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Imperial Japanese Navy

Admiral Chuichi Nagumo (attack commander, 1st Carrier Division)
Vice Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi (2nd Carrier Division)
Vice Admiral Chuichi Hara (5th Carrier Division)
Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa (3rd Battleship Division)
Vice Admiral Sentaro Omori (1st Destroyer Squadron)
Vice Admiral Shigeyoshi Miwa (3rd Submarine Squadron)
Vice Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka (Chief of staff, First Air Fleet)
Vice Admiral Hiroaki Abe (8th Cruiser Division)
Rear Admiral Ryusaku Yanagimoto (2nd Carrier Division: Soryu)
Aircraft carrier Akagi
Kaga
Shokaku
Zuikaku
Soryu
Hiryu

Naval General Staff—Admiral Osami Nagano

  • 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 Murata Shigeharu
        • 1st Squadron (3xB5N)-Lieutenant Commander Shigehara
        • 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 "Zeke")—Lieutenant Commander Itaya (one aircraft lost)
        • 1st FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutanant 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—Lieutanant Heijiro Abe
        • 1st Squadron (5xB5N)—Lieutanant 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)—Lieutanant 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 Okajima
        • 4th FCU Wave 1 (6xA6M)—Lieutenant Kiyokima 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 Sqdn (9xB5N)—Lieutenant Ichihara
        • 2nd Squadron (9xB5N)-Lieutenant Tsutomu Hagiwara
        • 3rd Squadron (9xB5N)-Lieutenant Yoshiaki Ikuin
      • VB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Takahashi Kakuichi
        • 1st Sqdn (9xD3A)—LCDR 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 Akira Sakamoto
        • 2nd Squadron (9xD3A)-Lieutenant Tomatsu Ema
        • 3rd Squadron (9xD3A) Lieutenant C. Hayashi
      • VF Leader—Lieutenant Masao Sato
        • 6th FCU Wave 1 (6xA6M)—Lieutenant Sato
        • CAP (9xA6M)
  • 18th Destroyer Division
  • Midway Destruction Unit

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