# 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 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 Kagerō-class destroyer (6 × 5-in. main battery)
          Akigumo

### Escorts

    3rd Battleship Division
    Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa
       2 Kongo-class fast battleships (8 × 14-in. main battery)
          Hiei, Kirishima
    8th Cruiser Division
    Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe
       2 Tone-class heavy cruisers (8 × 7.9-in. main battery)
          Tone, Chikuma
    1st Destroyer Squadron
    Rear Admiral Sentarō Ōmori
       1 Nagara-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery)
          Abukuma
       17th Destroyer Division
          4 Kagerō-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery)
             Urakaze, Isokaze, Tanikaze, Hamakaze
       18th Destroyer Division
          2 Kagerō-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery)
             Kagerō, Shiranui
          2 Asashio-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery)
             Arare, Kasumi
       7th Destroyer Division (Midway Attack Unit)
       Captain Ohishi Kaname
          2 Fubuki-class destroyers (6 × 5-in. main battery)
             Sazanami, Ushio
    2nd Submarine Division
    Captain Kijiro Imaizumi
       3 × I-15-class/Type B1
          I-19, I-21, I-23
    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: I-9
          3 × I-15 class/Type B1: I-15, I-17, I-25
       2nd Submarine Squadron
       Rear Admiral Shigeaki Yamazaki
          4 × I-1 class/Type J1: I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4
          1 × I-5 class/Type J1M: I-5
          1 × I-6 class/Type J2: I-7
          1 × I-7 class/Type J3: I-6
       3rd Submarine Squadron
       Rear Admiral Shigeyoshi Miwa
          1 × I-7 class/Type J3: I-8
          6 × I-68 class/Type KD6A: I-68, I-69, I-70, I-71, I-72, I-73
          2 × I-74 class/Type KD6B: I-74, I-75
       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 Admiral Harold R. Stark
Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet / Pacific Fleet 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 Pennsylvania class (12 × 14-inch main battery)
          Arizona (BB-39) (sunk) (Captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh †)
       2 Nevada class (10 × 14-inch main battery)
          Nevada (BB-36) (Captain Francis W. Scanland)
          Oklahoma (BB-37) (sunk) (Captain Howard D. "Ping" Bode)
    Battleship Division 2
    Rear Admiral Pye
       1 Pennsylvania class (12 × 14-inch main battery)
          Pennsylvania (BB-38) (Captain Charles M. "Savvy" Cooke, Jr.)
       2 Tennessee class (12 × 14-inch main battery)
          Tennessee (BB-43) (Captain Charles Edwin Reordan)
          California (BB-44) sunk, raised, and repaired) (Captain Joel W. Bunkley)
    Battleship Division 4
    Rear Admiral Anderson
       3 Colorado class (8 × 16-inch main battery)
          Colorado (BB-45) (Puget Sound Navy Yard undergoing overhaul)
          Maryland (BB-46) (Captain D. C. Godwin)
          West Virginia (BB-48) (sunk, raised, and repaired) (Captain Mervyn Bennion †)

#### Cruisers, Battle Force

Rear Admiral Herbert Fairfax Leary
    Cruiser Division 6 (Partial)
       2 New Orleans class heavy cruisers (9 × 8-inch main battery)
          New Orleans (CA-32)
          San Francisco (CA-38)
    Cruiser Division 9
    Rear Admiral Leary
       2 Brooklyn-class cruiser light cruisers (15 × 6-inch main battery)
          Phoenix (CL-46)
          Honolulu (CL-48)
       2 St. Louis-class cruiser light cruisers (15 × 6-inch main battery)
          St. Louis (CL-49) (Captain George A. Rood)
          Helena (CL-50)

#### Destroyers, Battle Force

Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel
    Destroyer Flotilla 1
       1 Omaha class light cruiser (4 × 6-inch main battery)
          Raleigh (CL-7)
       Destroyer Squadron 1
          1 Porter class destroyer
             Phelps (DD-360)
          Destroyer Division One
             4 Farragut class destroyers
                Dewey (DD-349), Hull (DD-350), Macdonough (DD-351), Worden (DD-352)
          Destroyer Division Two
             4 Farragut class destroyers
                Farragut (DD-348), Dale (DD-353), Monaghan (DD-354), Aylwin (DD-355)
       Destroyer Squadron 3
          1 Porter class destroyer
             Selfridge (DD-357)
          Destroyer Division Five
             4 Mahan class destroyers
                Reid (DD-369), Conyngham (DD-371), Cassin (DD-372), Downes (DD-375)
          Destroyer Division Six
             4 Mahan class destroyers
                Cummings (DD-365), Case (DD-370), Shaw (DD-373) (sunk, raised, and repaired), Tucker (DD-374)
    Destroyer Flotilla 2
       1 Omaha class light cruiser (4 × 6-inch main battery)
          Detroit (CL-8)
       8 Bagley class destroyers (4 × 5-inch main battery)
          Bagley (DD-386), Blue (DD-387), Helm (DD-388), Mugford (DD-389), Ralph Talbot (DD-390), Henley (DD-391), Patterson (DD-392), Jarvis (DD-393)
    4 other destroyers (World War I designs)
       Allen (DD-66)
       Schley (DD-103)
       Chew (DD-106)
       Ward (DD-139) (patrolling Channel entrance to Pearl Harbor)
    Task Force 8
    Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.
       Enterprise (CV-6)
          Scouting Squadron 6 (Lt. Commander H.L. Hopping)
             18 × Douglas SBD Dauntless (6 aircraft lost)
    Submarines
       Narwhal (SS-167)
       Dolphin (SS-169)
       Cachalot (SS-170)
       Tautog (SS-199)

#### Minecraft, Battle Force

Rear Admiral William R. Furlong
    Oglala (CM-4) (sunk, raised, and repaired)
    6 minesweepers
       Turkey (AM-13), Bobolink (AM-20), Rail (AM-26), Tern (AM-31), Grebe (AM-43), Vireo (AM-52)
    4 coastal minesweepers
       Cockatoo (AMc-8), Crossbill (AMc-9), Condor (AMc-14), Reedbird (AMc-30)
    8 fast minelayers
       Gamble (DM-15), Ramsay (DM-16), Montgomery (DM-17), Breese (DM-18), Tracy (DM-19), Preble (DM-20), Sicard (DM-21), Pruitt (DM-22)
    4 fast minesweepers
       Zane (DMS-14), Wasmuth (DMS-15), Trever (DMS-16), Perry (DMS-17)
    1 patrol gunboat
       Sacramento (PG-19)
    2 destroyer tenders
       Dobbin (AD-3), Whitney (AD-4)

#### Auxiliaries

    2 seaplane tenders
       Curtiss (AV-4), Tangier (AV-8)
    2 small seaplane tenders
       Avocet (AVP-4), Swan (AVP-7)
    2 seaplane tenders (converted destroyers)
       Hulbert (AVD-6), Thornton (AVD-11)
    1 ammunition ship
       Pyro (AE-1)
    2 oilers
       Ramapo (AO-12), Neosho (AO-23)
    3 repair ships
       Medusa (AR-1), Vestal (AR-4), Rigel (AR-11)
    1 submarine tender
       Pelias (AS-14)
    1 submarine rescue ship
       Widgeon (ASR-1)
    1 hospital ship
       Solace (AH-5)
    1 cargo ship
       Vega (AK-17) (at Honolulu)
    2 stores issue ships
       Castor (AKS-1), Antares (AKS-3) (entering Pearl Harbor)
    4 ocean tugs
       Ontario (AT-13), Sunnadin (AT-28), Keosanqua (AT-38) (entering Pearl Harbor), Navajo (AT-64) (12 nautical miles or 22 kilometres outside Pearl Harbor entrance)
    4 miscellaneous auxiliaries
       Utah (AG-16) (target ship) (sunk), Argonne (AG-31), Sumner (AG-32), Baltimore (CM-1) (out of commission)
    1 coast guard cutter
       Taney (WPG-37) (at Honolulu)

### Ashore, United States Army

Chief of Staff of the Army 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 Bargin
          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 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)