Coral Sea order of battle

Coral Sea order of battle

This is an order of battle for the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Japanese Forces

Task Force "MO"
* Carrier Striking Force - Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
Carrier Division 5 - Rear Admiral Chuichi Hara, Officer in Tactical Command
** carriers "Shōkaku", "Zuikaku"
** cruisers "Myōkō", "Haguro"
** destroyers (div 7) "Ushio", "Akebono"
** destroyers (div 27) "Ariake", "Yugure", "Shiratsuyu", "Shigure"
** oiler "Toho Maru"
* Tulagi Invasion Group - Rear Admiral Kiyohide Shima
** minelayers "Okinoshima" (sunk), "Koei Maru"
** transport "Azumasan Maru"
** destroyers "Kikuzuki" (sunk), "Yuzuki"
* Port Moresby Invasion Group - Rear Admiral Sadamichi Kajioka
** cruiser "Yubari"
** destroyers "Oite", "Asanagi", "Uzuki", "Mutsuki", "Mochizuki", "Yayoi"
** Transport Unit - Rear Admiral Koso Abe
* Support Group - Rear Admiral Kuninori Marumo
** cruiser "Tenryū", "Tatsuta"
** "Kamikawa Maru"
** gunboats "Keijo Maru", "Seikai Maru", "Nikkai Maru"
* Covering Group - Rear Admiral Goto
** carrier "Shōhō" (sunk)
** cruisers "Aoba", "Kako", "Kinugasa", "Furutaka"
** destroyer "Sazanami"
* Submarine Force - Captain Noburu Ishizaki

Allied Forces

Task Force 17 - Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher
* Task Group 17.2 (Attack Group) - Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
** cruisers "Minneapolis", "New Orleans", "Astoria", "Chester", "Portland"
** destroyers "Phelps", "Dewey", "Farragut", "Aylwin", "Monaghan"
* Task Group 17.3 (Support Group) - Rear Admiral John Crace
** cruisers "Australia", "Chicago", "Hobart"
** destroyers "Perkins", "Walke"
* Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group) - Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch, Officer in Tactical Command (OTC)
** carriers "Yorktown", "Lexington" (sunk)
** destroyers "Morris", "Anderson", "Hammann", "Russell"
* Task Group 17.6 (Fueling Group) - Captain John S. Phillips
** oilers "Neosho" (sunk), "Tippecanoe"
** destroyers "Sims" (sunk), "Worden"
* Task Group 17.9 (Search Group) - Commander George H. DeBaun
** seaplane tender "Tangier" (with 12 PBY-5 Catalinas)

External links

* [http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/OOB_WWII_Coral_Sea.htm Order of battle]


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