What was the size of the Japanese naval combined fleet at its peak in WWII?

The strongest formation of the Japanese Combined Fleet in World War II would have been in the early days of the Battle of Midway, when Japan assembled nearly 1,000 ships, and according to the data provided in "The Battle of Midway" by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, the specific ship compilations were as follows:

Commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Commanding officer of the Combined Fleet, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Rear Admiral Uggaki Tangle

I, Main Force

(First Battleship Group and First Fleet)

Commander Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku

Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Ugaki Fusuma

(1) Main Force

Commander Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku

Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Ugaki Fusuma

Battleship Group (First Battleship Group) Commander Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku

Commanding officer Admiral Yamamoto is the Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet

Battleship Force (First Battleship Group) Commander Admiral Yamamoto is the Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet. Battleship Force (First Battleship Group) Commander Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku

Yamato (Flagship) Captain Captain Takayanagi Kihachi

Nagato

Captain Yano Hero

Rear Admiral Yasuo

Royal Admiral Yasuo, Captain of the ROKUO

Rear Admiral Uggaki, Chief of Staff

Battleship Force (First Battleship Group) "Rukio

Captain Sadajiro Yamasumi

Captain Kaoru Umegaya, Commander, Aircraft Carrier Force

Light Aircraft Carrier Kaze Sho Captain Kaoru Umegaya

( Eight bombers, Flight Captain Rear Admiral Irisuin Yoshiaki)

"Yubikaze" Destroyer

Captain Rear Admiral Kajimoto Shiba

Special Forces (Seaplane Carrier Unit) Commander Rear Admiral Harada Jue

"Chiyoda "(During the Battle of Midway, the seaplane carrier Chiyoda and the seaplane carrier Nissin were used as supply ships and carried pocket submarines. "Light Cruiser Kawauchi (Flagship) Captain Nobue Morishita

Destroyer Group 11 Commander Kiichiro Shoji

Fukiuki (Flagship) Captain Tsuneo Yamashita Lt. "Hakusetsu, Lt. Cmdr. Taro Ebihara, Commander, Hakusetsu, Lt. Cmdr. Junya Kamura, Commander, Tsumugumo, Lt. Cmdr. Higashi-Hinodeo, Commander, Tsumugumo. Lieutenant Commander, 19th Destroyer Group, Commander, Oe Tanji

Lieutenant Commander, Isoba, Captain, Sugama Ryokichi

Lieutenant Commander, Uraba, Captain, Ogio Riku

"Shikinami, Captain Akifumi Kawahashi, Lieutenant Colonel

Ayaka, Captain Hideo Sasuma, Lieutenant Colonel

First Supply Unit, Commander Shigeru Nishioka, First Officer

" Tanker Naruto Captain Shigeru Nishioka Captain Shigeru Nishioka Tomei Maru Tomei Maru

(2) Vigilance Force

(Aleutian Vigilance Force)

Commander Vice Admiral Takasu Shirou

Chief of Staff Kobayashi Kengo Rear Admiral

First Fleet, Battleship Force (Second Battleship Group)

Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro, Commander of the Battleship Force (Second Battleship Group)

Hinoki, Captain Chiaki Matsuda

Ise, Captain Isamu Takeda. Isamu Takeda (Captain)

Fuso (Captain) Mikio Kinoshita (Captain)

Yamashiro (Captain) Junji Kogure (Captain)

Rear Admiral Fukuji Kishi, Commander of the Vigilant Force

9th ( Rear Admiral Fukuji Kishi, Commander of the 9th (Light) Cruiser Battle Group

Kitakami (Flagship) Admiral Zaiji Tsutsumitsugu, Captain

Oi, Captain Shigeru Narita, Commander of the 20th Destroyer Division Admiral Yuji Yamada, Commander of the 20th Destroyer Division

The Commander of the 20th Destroyer Division Admiral Yuji Yamada, Commander of the 20th Destroyer Division Admiral Yamada Yuji

"Asagi" Captain Maekawa Nisaburo

"Yume" Captain Motokura Masayoshi

"Shirokumo" Captain Hitomi Toyoharu

"Hakumo "Lieutenant Colonel Toyoharu Hitomi, Captain

Tenki, Lieutenant Colonel Beichi Ashida, Captain

Major Taiji Hirai, Commander of the 24th Destroyer Group

Sea Breeze. "Sea Breeze" Commander Sugitani Nagahide, Lieutenant Colonel

"Mountain Breeze" Commander Hamanaka Shuichi, Lieutenant Colonel

"River Breeze" Commander Wakabayashi Kazuo, Lieutenant Colonel

"Ryoukaze, Lieutenant Commander Kazuo Shibayama, Commander of the 27th Destroyer Group, Commander Manabu Yoshimura, First Lieutenant Commander of the Arimine, Lieutenant Commander Shoichi Yoshida. "Yukimura, Captain Kiyoyuki Kamo, Lieutenant Colonel

Time Rain, Captain Seio Sei, Lieutenant Colonel

Shiru, Captain Kanematsu Hashimoto, Lieutenant Colonel

Shiru, Captain Kanematsu Hashimoto, Lieutenant Commander. Rear Admiral

Second Replenishment Unit Commander Matsuo Eguchi Navy Captain

San Clemente Maru Tanker Captain Matsuo Eguchi Navy Captain

Toya Maru Tanker

The Second Motorized Force

(First Air Fleet)

Commander: Vice Admiral Tadayoshi Nagumo

Chief of Staff: Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka

(I) Aircraft Carrier Force

Commander: Vice Admiral Tadayoshi Nagumo

Commanding Officer: Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka

Daiichi Carrier Force Commander: Vice Admiral Tadayoshi Nagumo

Commander: Vice Admiral Nagumo

Commanding Officer: Vice Admiral Nagumo

Daiichi Carrier Force Vice Admiral

Akagi (Flagship) Captain Taijiro Aoki

Flight Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, Lieutenant Commander

Fighter Group (21 Type 0s) Captain Shigeru Itatani, Rear Admiral

Dive Bomber Group (21 aircrafts) Captain Takeshi Chihaya, First Lieutenant Chihaya) Captain Chihaya)

Torpedo group (21 aircraft, Lieutenant Colonel Shigeharu Murata)

Captain of the USS Kaga, Captain Jisaku Okada

Flight Captain, Lieutenant Colonel Masashi Namiki

Fighter group (21 Type 0s)

Lieutenant Captain Masao Sato

Fighting group (21 Type 0s)

Lieutenant Captain Masao Sato

Fighting group (1 Type 0s)

Lieutenant Captain Masao Itani (1 Type 0) Navy Captain Masao Sato)

Dive Bomber Detachment (twenty-one planes Navy Captain Masakazu Ogawa)

Torpedo Aircraft Detachment (thirty planes Navy Captain Kitajima 'Lang)

Rear Admiral Tawen Yamaguchi, Commander of the 2nd Aircraft Carrier Battle Group

Flight Captain Joeichi Tomonaga, First Lieutenant

Fighter Group (21 Type 0s, First Lieutenant Shigeru Mori)

Dive Bomber Group (1 Type 0)

Dive Bombardment Group (1 Type 0)

Dive Bombardment Group, Second Lieutenant Michio Kobayashi

Torpedo Fighter Group (2 Type 0s, 1 Type 0)

Torpedo Bombardment Group (2 Type 0s, 1 Type 0)

Torpedo aircraft detachment (twenty-one aircraft, Captain Rokuro Kikuchi)

Captain Yanagimoto Yanagisaku of the USS Arakawa

Flight Group Ensign Takashige Eboshi

Fighter aircraft detachment (twenty-one Type 0s)

Detachment leader Politician Yonami

Dive bomber detachment (two or one Type 0

Dive bombers (twenty-one Type 1s), captain Michio Kobayashi)

Dive Bomber Detachment (21 planes, Captain Masahiro Ikeda)

Torpedo Aircraft Detachment (21 planes, Captain Heijiro Abe)

(2) Supporting Forces

Rear Admiral Hiroki Abe, Commander Rear Admiral Hiroki Abe

Rear Admiral Hiroki Abe, Commander Eighth Heavy Cruiser Group

The "Tone" was the first of the two groups to be formed. "Tone, Captain Weiji Okada

Chikuma, Captain Keizo Furumura

Third Battleship Battlegroup, Squadron Two, Commander Colonel Wataru Takama

"Haruna" Commander: Admiral Takama Watanabe

Kirishima" Commander: Admiral Iwabuchi Mikazu

(3) Vigilant Force

Commander: Rear Admiral Kimura Susumu

The 10th Destroyer Battleship Group. Commander Rear Admiral Susumu Kimura

Light Cruiser Nagara (Flagship)

Captain Toshio Naoi

Fourth Destroyer Division Commander Admiral Yukisaku Ariga

No Sub. "Nokubu," Captain Suntaro Furuyo, Lieutenant Commander

"Arashi,"

Captain Hosho Watanabe, Lieutenant Commander

"Ogikaze," Captain Iwako, Lieutenant Commander

"Maikaze. "Maikaze Captain Kiyoharu Nakasugi Lieutenant Colonel Abe Toshio, Commander of the 10th Destroyer Group

Fumigumo Captain Yoshida Masayoshi Lieutenant Colonel

Yuzumo. Yuzumo" Lt. Cmdr. Shigeo Senba, Captain

Makigumo" Lt. Cmdr. Isamu Fujita, Captain

The 17th Destroyer Squadron, Captain Luyuki Kitamura

Urakaze" Captain Nagayoshi Shiraishi. "Urakaze" Captain Nagayoshi Shiraishi, Lieutenant Colonel

"Isokaze" Captain Shunichi Toshima, Lieutenant Colonel

"Tanikaze" Captain Katsumi Ki, Lieutenant Colonel

"Hamakaze Captain Tsuneo Orita Lieutenant Colonel

(4) Supply Force

Commander Captain Masanao Oto

Supply Force

Tanker Kotobukamaru Captain Captain Masanao Oto

"Shinkoku Maru" tanker

"Toho Maru" tanker

"Nippon Maru" tanker

"Tanker Kokuyo Maru

Akumo (Destroyer) Lt. Cmdr. Masaharu Soma

3. Midway Raiders

(Second Fleet)

Commander: Lt. Admiral Nobutake Kondo.

Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Shiraishi Banditaka

(I) Main Force of Raider Force

Commander, Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake

Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Shiraishi Banditaka

Fourth (Heavy) Cruiser Battlegroup Commander, Vice Admiral Kondo Nobutake

"Atago "(Flagship) Admiral Matsuji Ijiiin, Captain

"Tosumi" Admiral Ganso Hayakawa, Captain

Fifth (Heavy) Cruiser Battle Group Admiral Takeo Takagi, Commanding Officer

Myoko "Admiral Teruhiko Miyoshi, Captain

Haguro Admiral Tomoichi Mori, Captain

The 3rd Battleship Group, Squadron 1, Admiral Junichi Mikawa, Commander

Konkan. "

Captain Tomiji Koyanagi

Captain Masao Nishida of the Biren

(2) Vigilant Force

Commander Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura

Commander Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura of the 4th Destroyer Battleship Group

"Yuria" is the first battleship of the 3rd Battleship Battleship Group.

Yuria, light cruiser (flagship) Captain Shiro Sato, Admiral

The 2nd Destroyer Battlegroup, Commander Masao Kratie, Admiral

Murayu, Captain Naoki Suehaga, Admiral

May Rain, Commander Rear Admiral Naoji Nishimura, Commander

Lieutenant Colonel Tooru Iwahashi, Captain of the USS Asagumo

Lieutenant Colonel Yasuhiro Suzuki, Captain of the USS Minegumo

"Natsumo Lt. Cmdr. Moritaro Tsukamoto, Captain

(3) Aircraft Carrier Force

Commander: Admiral Sueo Ohbayashi

Light Carrier Mizuho Admiral Sueo Ohbayashi, Captain

Fighter Detachment (Fighter Group)

Commander: Admiral Sueo Iwahashi, Captain

Lt. Fighter Group (12 Type 0 aircraft, Captain Yasushi Hidaka Mori)

Torpedo Group (12 aircraft, Captain Kaji Matsuo)

Destroyer Mikazuki, Captain Rear Admiral Mameha Maeda

(4) Supply Force

Commander Captain Jiro Murao

Commander Navy Captain Jiro Murao

Tanker Sado Navy Captain Jiro Murao

Tanker Tsurumi Navy Captain Shunzo Fujita

Genyo Maru "Tanker Genyo Maru

Tanker Kenyo Maru

Repair ship Akashi Captain Tsuneyoshi Fukuzawa

(V) Close Support Unit

Commander Vice Admiral Keno Kurita

7th (Heavy) Cruiser Group Commander Vice Admiral Keno Kurita

Kumano (Flagship) Captain Captain Kikumatsu Tanaka

Suzumiya Captain Rufus Kimura Lieutenant Colonel Kimura Rufus

"Sanjitsu" Captain Sakiyama Shikio

"Mogami" Captain Sengel

Lt. "Asashio, Captain Goro Yoshii, Lieutenant Colonel

Arakucho, Captain Hero Kuboki, Lieutenant Colonel

Hiei Maru, tanker

(F) Conveyor Ship Regiment

(The Conveyor Ship Regiment carried the Midway Landing Force, *** about 5,000 men. This landing force was under the command of Navy Fire Marshal Minoru Ota and consisted of: the 2nd Combined Special Marines under the direct command of Minoru Ota and the Army Iki Detachment under the direct command of Army First Sergeant Kiyonao Iki. --original editor's note)

Commander Rear Admiral Yorizo Tanaka

Transports: "Goju Maru", "All Ocean Maru", "Second East Asia Maru", "Argentina Maru", "Brazil Maru", "My

Tsumari Maru", "Keiyo Maru", "Goju Maru", "Kano Maru", "Hokuriku Maru", "Kirishima Maru", "Nankai Maru"; patrol boats: No. 1, No. 2, No. 34 (carrying landing forces), "Akebono Maru" tanker

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Commander Rear Admiral Yorizo Tanaka

Rear Admiral Yorizo Tanaka, Commander of the 2nd Destroyer Battlegroup

Light Cruiser "Shinto" (Flagship) Admiral Kawanishi, Commander of the 15th Destroyer Detachment

Commander of the 15th Destroyer Detachment, Admiral Shiro Sato

Commander of the 15th Destroyer Detachment, Admiral Shiro Sato

Kuroshio

Captain: Lieutenant Colonel Ring Ninggaki

Kisshio

Captain: Lieutenant Colonel Tokiyoshi Arima

Captain: 16th Destroyer Division: Commander: Shiro Sotani

Captain: Shiro Sotani

Captain: Shiro Sotani, commander of the destroyer division. First Officer

"Yukikaze"

Captain Kenjiro Hida, Lieutenant Commander

"Tientsin Kaze" Captain Weichi Hara, Lieutenant Commander

"Tokitsu Kaze. "Kasumi"

Navy Lieutenant Colonel Kiyoshi Kirimura

"Sharaku"

Navy Lieutenant Colonel Tomohiro Ogata

"Yangyan"

Captain Minoru Yokonami, Navy Lieutenant Colonel

(H) Seaplane Carrier Force

(The Seaplane Carrier Force operated with the Conveyor Corps, and was tasked with capturing the island of Kure and setting up a seaplane base on the island. --Original Editor's Note)

Commander Rear Admiral Fujita Gentaro

11th Air Force Group

Commander Rear Admiral Fujita Gentaro

Commander Chitose Captain Captain Furukawahiro

Sixteen water fighters

Four water reconnaissance planes

"KANKAWA MARU" Admiral Tarohachi Shinoda, Commander

Eight water fighters

Four water reconnaissance planes

"HAWASHIO "Destroyer Lieutenant Colonel Kiyoyuki Kaneda, Captain

Patrol Boat No. 35 (carrying a squad of Special Marines)

(ix) Minesweeper Unit

Commander Navy Admiral Ting-Chi Motoh

Sixteenth Minesweeper Detachment

"Third Tamagotchi Maru

The 16th minesweeper detachment

"3rd Tamaru" (Converted from requisitioned 200-400 ton whalers, with a crew of 40-50 men. The main equipment: mine sweeper, four to eight depth charges and one eighty-millimeter gun. During the Pacific War, the Japanese Navy converted one hundred and twenty-four of these minesweepers **** from civilian ships. --Translator)

"Fifth Tamamaru"

"Seventh Shonan Maru"

"Eighth Shonan Maru "

Submarine Hunter Detachment

Submarine Hunter No. 16

Submarine Hunter No. 17

Submarine Hunter No. 18

"Soya" Supply Ship Lt. "Cargo Ship Meiyo Maru

Cargo Ship Yamafuku Maru

Fourth Northern Force

(Aleutian Force) (Fifth Fleet)

Commander Vice Admiral Hosokayu Shukuro

Commander Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Yu Nakazawa

(1) Main Force of the Northern Force

Commander, Vice Admiral Shokuro Hosokayu

Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Yu Nakazawa

Heavy Cruiser Nachi (Flagship)

Captain, Captain, Captain Takahiko Kiyota

Vigilance Force Commander, Captain Takeichi Takenouchi

Commander, Aleutian Force (5th Fleet)

Allied Force (5th Fleet) Vigilant Force Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ichi Takeuchi

Denki Destroyer Captain Lieutenant Colonel Ichi Takeuchi

Ray Destroyer Captain Rear Admiral Toshisaku Kudo

Replenishment Force

Fujiyama Maru (Flagship)

Fujiyama Maru (Heavy Cruiser) Captain Takahiko Seita

The ship is a heavy cruiser. "Fujiyama Maru Tanker

Shinzan Maru Tanker

Three Cargo Ships

(2) Second Mobile Force

Commander Rear Admiral Kakuta

Commanding Officer Rear Admiral Kakuharu Kakuta

Aircraft Carrier Force ( Rear Admiral Kakuta, Commander, Carrier Group 4

Rear Admiral Kakuta, Commander, USS Longchamp Captain Kato Vaio

Flight Captain Yamagami Masakatsu

Fighter Group (sixteen Type 0s) Captain Kobayashi Mitsuru

Torpedo Group (twenty-one Type 0s)

Torpedo Group (twenty-one Type 0s) Captain Yamagami Masakatsu)

Hayabusa Captain Ishii Geie

Flight Captain Shiga Shukio

Fighter detachment (twenty-four Type 0s)

Captain Shiga Shukio)

Torpedo aircraft detachment (twenty-four Type 0s)

Torpedo aircraft detachment (twenty-four Type 0s)

Torpedo aircraft detachment (twenty-four Type 0s)

Torpedo aircraft detachment (twenty-five Type 0s) Detachment (21 planes) Detachment Commander, Navy Captain Abe Junji)

Supporting Force (2nd Squadron, 4th [Heavy] Cruiser Battle Group) Commander, Navy Captain Nabeshima Shunsaku

Captain of the USS Moyo, Navy Captain Nabeshima Shunsaku

Captain of the USS Kaoxiong, Navy Captain Asakura Toyoji

Captain of the USS Kaohsiung, Navy Captain Asakura Toyoji, Navy Captain of the USS Kaoxiong, Navy Captain of the USS Kaoxiong. " Captain Toyoji Asakura, First Officer

Vigilant Force (7th Destroyer Group) Commander Yuto Konishi, First Officer

"Aurora" Captain Rear Admiral Mitsuru Nakagawa, First Officer

"Shio" Captain Yoshiyo Uesugi, First Officer

"Moye" Captain Toshisaku Nabeshima, First Officer

"Kaohsiung "Captain Yoshiyo Uesugi, Lieutenant Colonel

"Sealy" Captain Hiroshi Uechi, Rear Admiral

"Teiyo Maru" Tanker

(3) Attu Raiders Force

Commander Rear Admiral Sentaro Omori

Light Cruiser "Abu Limit"

Captain Kiyoroku Murayama ÷

The 21st Destroyer Detachment Commander Toshio Shimizu

"Wakaba "Kuroki Masayoshi," Captain, Rear Admiral

"Zorinichi," Captain, Rear Admiral Terauchi Saburo

"Hatsuharu," Captain, Lieutenant Colonel Makino Tan

"Hatsushimono Rear Admiral Tomo Mihama, Captain of the Hatsushimono

Makinmaru, a minelayer

Ikasa Maru, a transport ship. The "Kikasa Maru" carried 1,200 men of the Attu Island Landing Force (Army's Hokkai Detachment) under the command of Army Rear Admiral Matsunobu Hotoke ****. --The original editor's note. The Atu Island Landing Force was organized into an infantry brigade (battalion) and an engineer squadron (company). --Translator)

(IV) Kiska Island Raider Force

Commander Admiral Takeji Ono

The 21st (Light) Cruiser Battle Group

Commander Admiral Takeji Ono

"The Kiso "Captain Takeji Ono

"Tama" Captain Masaru Kawahata

"Asaka Maru" (Auxiliary Cruiser) Captain Kojiro Manabu

Vigilant Guard Commander Yamada Yusuke (6th Destroyer Division) Rear Admiral Ishii Reed (Captain) Kobo (Rear Admiral)

Lieutenant Commander Takasuga Shu (Captain) Hiromichi (Captain)

" Sailwind" Rear Admiral Chisao Tanaka, Captain

Conveyor Ship Regiment

The transport ship Hakusan Maru (Hakusan Maru carried the landing force on Kiska Island (Maizuru 3rd Special Marines). ). The landing force was commanded by Rear Admiral Mukaiwa I.23 and consisted of 550 men. --Original Editor's Note)

The transport ship "Kuma Kawamaru" ("Kuma Kawamaru" carried construction materials and seven hundred laborers.

The 13th minesweeper detachment, Commander Toshio Mitsuka

"Fast Wind Maru"

"Toshi Wagtail Maru"

"Toshi Wagtail Maru"

"Toshi Wagtail Maru"

"Toshi Wagtail Maru"

"Toshi Wagtail Maru"

"Hakuho Maru"

(E) Submarine Force

(On May 31, the I-9 reconnoitered the island of Kiska; the I-15 reconnoitered the island of Kiska; the I-15 reconnoitered the island of Kiska; the I-15 reconnoitered the island of Kiska; and the I-15 reconnoitered the island of Kiska. I-15" reconnoitered Adak Island; "I-17" reconnoitered Attu Island; "I-19" I-19" reconnoitered Dutch Harbor. Thereafter, "I-19" went to Unima)

Commander

Rear Admiral Shigetoshi Yamazaki patrolled the island of Kek, "I-9", "I-15" and "I-17" to 49°N, 166°W and 51°N, 166°W. C between 49°N, 166°W and 51°N, 166°W. "After completing reconnaissance of Alaska's Chirico, Sitkinak, and Kodiak Islands, I-25 and I-26 patrolled the Seattle area. I-25 then shelled Astoria; I-26 shelled Vancouver.

First Submarine Group

Commander Rear Admiral Yamazaki Shigetoshi

I-9 (flagship) Captain Fujii Akiyoshi

The second submarine group, Commander Imamoto, is the largest submarine group in the world. p>Navy Captain Imazato Hiroshi, Commander of the Second Submarine Division

Navy Lieutenant Colonel Nobuo Ishikawa, Captain of the "I-15"

Navy Lieutenant Colonel Kozo Nishino, Captain of the "I-17" Lieutenant Colonel Kozo Nishino

Lieutenant Colonel Shingo Kashihara, Captain of the "I-19"

Lieutenant Colonel Inman, Commander of Submarine Group 4

"I-25 " Captain Akitsuji Ueda, Navy Lieutenant Colonel

"I-26" Captain Minoru Yokota, Navy Lieutenant Colonel

V. Advance Force

(Submarine Force) (Sixth Fleet)

Commander Terukyu Komatsu Vice Admiral

Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Toshi Mito

Light Cruiser Katori (Flagship)

Captain Captain Ikuma Owada Third Submarine Battle Group (Third Submarine Force) (I-168) "I-168" patrols around Midway Island. "I-174", "I-175", "I-169 "I-171" and "I-171" were deployed on the A cordon between 19°30′ N, 167° W and 23°30′ N, 167° W. The "I-171" was deployed in the vicinity of Midway Island. --(-original editor's note)

Commander Rear Admiral Kono Tomejo

Submarine Supply Ship "Rio de Janeiro Maru" (at Kwajalein Island, Flagship) Captain Captain Ryojiro Ono

Submarine Detachment 19 Commander Ryojiro Ono, Lieutenant Commander

Rear Admiral Katsutoshi Ohashi, Captain of the I-156

Rear Admiral Ei Nakajima, Captain of the I-157. Rear Admiral Nakajima Ei

Rear Admiral Kitamura Tsunoshichi, Captain of the I-158

Rear Admiral Yoshimatsugu, Captain of the I-159

Commander, Submarine Group 30, Navy Captain Masao Terooka

"I-162" Captain, Navy Rear Admiral Takichi Kinashi

"I-165" Rear Admiral Hajime Harada, Captain

"I-166" Lt. Admiral Manekio Tanaka, Captain

The 13th Submarine Detachment ("I-121 "I-121", "I-122" and "I-123" perform "Operation K K: "I-121" and "I-123" deliver gasoline to the French Frigate Reef, "I-121" and "I-123" deliver gasoline to the French Frigate Reef, "I-122" and "I-123" deliver gasoline to the French Frigate Reef. I-121 and I-123 delivered gasoline to French Frigate Reef and I-122 stood by at Laysan Island. --(original editor's note)

Commander Takesharu Saki

Rear Admiral Yasuo Fujimori, captain of the I-121

The I-122 is a new ship that will carry gasoline to French Frigate Reef, and the I-122 is on standby at Lysanne Island. I-122" Captain Rear Admiral Toshiharu Nada

"I-123" Captain Rear Admiral Toshitake Ueno

VI. Shore-based Air Forces

(11th Air Fleet)

Commander, Vice Admiral Tsukahara 243

Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Takamune Sakamaki

(I) Midway Dispatch Air Group

Commander, Navy Admiral Chisato Morita

Thirty-six Type 0 fighters (these, along with their pilots and ground crew, were carried on carriers in the First. II Mobile Force carriers to carry them. --Original Editor's Note) Commander Navy Captain Kokufu Tagon

Medium Attack Aircraft Unit

Ten Land Bombers At Wake Island

Seaplane Unit

Six Seaplanes At Jaluit Island

(ii) Twenty-Fourth Air Force

(Rear Admiral Minoru Maeda was in command of the abortive "Operation K". His predecessor was Vice Admiral Eiji Goto. --Original Editor's Note)

(4th Air Assault Force On Kwajalein Island)

Commander Rear Admiral Minoru Maeda

Chitose Air Group (On Kwajalein Island)

Commander Admiral Fujiro Ohashi

Thirty-six Type 0 fighters

Thirty-six torpedo bombers

First Air Group (at Orr and Waterjet Islands) Commander Admiral Saemaji Inoue

Thirty-six Type 0 fighters

Thirty-six torpedo bombers

Fourteenth Air Group (at Jalut and Waterjet Islands) Commander Admiral Miyanakajima Third Admiral

Eighteen seaplanes