Order of battle of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

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

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
      • VTB Leader—Commander Mitsuo Fuchida
        • 1st Chutai (5x B5N2 "Kate")—Commander Fuchida
        • 2nd Chutai (5xB5N)-Lieutenant
        • 3rd Chutai (5xB5N)-Lieutenant
      • VT Leader—Lieutenant Commander Shigeharu Murata
        • 1st Shotai (3xB5N)-Lieutenant Commander Murata
        • 2nd Shotai (3xB5N)
        • 3rd Shotai (3xB5N)-Lieutenant
        • 4th Shotai (3xB5N)
      • VB Leader—Lieutenant
        • 21st Shotai (3xD3A1 "Val")—Lieutenant Chihaya
        • 22nd Shotai (3xD3A)
        • 23rd Shotai (3xD3A) (3 aircraft lost)
        • 25th Shotai (3xD3A)-Lieutenant (one aircraft lost)
        • 26th Shotai (3xD3A)
        • 27th Shotai (3xD3A)
      • VF Leader—Lieutenant Commander
        • 1st FCU Wave 1 (9xA6M2 "Zero")—Lieutenant Commander Itaya (one aircraft lost)
        • 1st FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant
        • CAP (3xA6M)
  • Kaga—Captain Jisaku Okada
    • Air Officer—Commander
      • VTB Leader—Lieutenant Commander
        • 1st Chutai (5xB5N)—Lieutenant Commander Hashiguchi
        • 2nd Chutai (5xB5N)-Lieutenant
        • 3rd Chutai (4xB5N)-Lieutenant
      • VT Leader—Lieutenant
        • 1st Shotai (3xB5N)—Lieutenant Kitajima (one aircraft lost)
        • 2nd Shotai (3xB5N) (one aircraft lost)
        • 3rd Shotai (3xB5N)-Lieutenant   (two aircraft lost)
        • 4th Shotai (3xB5N) (one aircraft lost)
      • VB Leader—Lieutenant  
        • 21st Shotai (2 D3A)—Lieutenant Makino (one aircraft lost)
        • 22nd Shotai (3 D3A)
        • 23rd Shotai (3 D3A) (one aircraft lost)
        • 24th Shotai (3 D3A)-Lieutenant (two aircraft lost)
        • 25th Shotai (3 D3A)
        • 26th Shotai (3 D3A)
        • 27th Shotai (3 D3A)-Lieutenant (one aircraft lost)
        • 28th Shotai (3 D3A) (one aircraft lost)
        • 29th Shotai (3 D3A)
      • VF Leader—Lieutenant Yoshio Shiga
        • 2nd FCU Wave 1 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant Shiga (two aircraft lost)
        • 2nd FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant (two aircraft lost)
        • CAP (3xA6M)
  • 2nd Carrier Division
    • Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
    • Sōryū—Captain Ryusaku Yanagimoto
    • Air Officer—Commander
      • VTB Leader—Lieutenant
        • 1st Chutai (5xB5N)—Lieutenant Abe
        • 2nd Chutai (5xB5N)-Lieutenant
      • VT Leader—Lieutenant
        • 1st Shotai (2xB5N)—Lieutenant Nagai
        • 2nd Shotai (2xB5N)
        • 3rd Shotai (2xB5N)-Lieutenant
        • 4th Shotai (2xB5N)
      • VB Leader—Lieutenant Commander
        • 21st Shotai (3xD3A)—Lieutenant Commander Egusa (one aircraft lost)
        • 22nd Shotai (3xD3A) (one aircraft lost)
        • 23rd Shotai (3xD3A)
        • 24th Shotai (3xD3A)-Lieutenant
        • 25th Shotai (2xD3A)
        • 26th Shotai (3xD3A)
      • VF-Leader—Lieutenant
        • 3rd FCU Wave 1 (8xA6M)—Lieutenant Suganami
        • 3rd FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant   (three aircraft lost)
        • CAP (3xA6M)
  • Hiryū—Captain
    • Air Officer—Commander
      • VTB Leader—Lieutenant Commander
        • 1st Chutai (5xB5N)—Lieutenant Commander Kusumi
        • 2nd Chutai (5xB5N2 "Kate")-Lieutenant
      • VT Leader—Lieutenant
        • 1st Shotai (2xB5N)—Lieutenant Matsumura
        • 2nd Shotai (2xB5N)
        • 3rd Shotai (2xB5N)-Lieutenant
        • 4th Shotai (2xB5N)
      • VB Leader—Lieutenant (not present - aborted)
        • 21st Shotai (2xD3A)—Lieutenant Kobayashi
        • 22nd Shotai (3xD3A)
        • 23rd Shotai (3xD3A) (one aircraft lost)
        • 24th Shotai (3xD3A)-Lieutenant
        • 25th Shotai (3xD3A)
        • 26th Shotai (3xD3A) (one aircraft lost)
      • VF Leader—Lieutenant
        • 4th FCU Wave 1 (6xA6M)—Lieutenant
        • 4th FCU Wave 2 (9xA6M)—Lieutenant Nono (one aircraft lost)
        • CAP (3xA6M)
  • 5th Carrier Division
    • Rear Admiral Chuichi Hara
    • Shōkaku (Shōkaku-class)—Captain Takatsugu Jōjima
    • Air Officer—Commander
      • VTB Leader—Lieutenant
        • 1st Chutai (9xB5N)—Lieutenant Ichihara
        • 2nd Chutai (9xB5N)-Lieutenant
        • 3rd Chutai (9xB5N)-Lieutenant
      • VB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Kakuichi Takahashi
        • 1st Chutai (9xD3A)—Lieutenant Commander Takahashi
        • 2nd Chutai (8xD3A)-Lieutenant Masao Yamaguchi
        • 3rd Chutai (9xD3A)-Lieutenant (one aircraft lost)
      • VF Leader—Lieutenant Tadashi Kaneko
        • 5th FCU Wave 1 (6xA6M)—Lieutenant Kaneko
        • CAP (12xA6M)
    • Zuikaku (Shōkaku-class)—Captain
    • Air Officer—Commander
      • VTB Leader—Lieutenant Commander Shigekazu Shimazaki
        • 1st Chutai (9xB5N)—Lieutenant Commander Shimazaki
        • 2nd Chutai (9xB5N)-Lieutenant
        • 3rd Chutai (9xB5N)-Lieutenant
      • VB Leader—Lieutenant
        • 1st Chutai (9xD3A)—Lieutenant Sakamoto
        • 2nd Chutai (8xD3A)-Lieutenant Tamotsu Ema
        • 3rd Chutai (8xD3A)-Lieutenant Chikahiro Hayashi
      • VF Leader—Lieutenant
        • 6th FCU Wave 1 (5xA6M)—Lieutenant Sato
        • CAP (12xA6M)
  • DD Akigumo (Kagero-class)
  • 3rd Battleship Division
  • 8th Cruiser Division
  • 1st Destroyer Squadron
  • 17th Destroyer Division
  • 18th Destroyer Division
  • 7th Destroyer Division (Midway Attack Unit)
    • Captain Ohishi Kaname
  • 2nd Submarine Division
    • Captain Kijiro Imaizumi
      • I-19 (I-15-class {Type B1})
      • I-21 (I-15-class/Type B1)
      • I-23 (I-15-class/Type B1)
  • 1st Supply Train
    • AO (fleet oiler) Kyokuto Maru (impressed merchantman)
    • AO Kenyo Maru (impressed merchantman)
    • AO Kokuyo Maru (impressed merchantman)
    • AO Shinkoku Maru (impressed merchantman)
    • AO Akebono Maru (impressed merchantman)
  • 2nd Supply Train
    • AO Tōhō Maru (impressed merchantman)
    • AO Toei Maru (impressed merchantman)
    • AO Nippon Maru (impressed merchantman)
  • 6th Fleet
    • Vice Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu
      • 1st Submarine Squadron
      • Rear Admiral Tsutomu Sato
        • I-9 (I-9-class {Type A1})
        • I-15 (I-15 class/Type B1)
        • I-17 (I-15 class/Type B1)
        • I-25 (I-15 class/Type B1)
      • 2nd Submarine Squadron
      • Rear Admiral Shigeaki Yamazaki
        • I-7 (I-7 class/Type J3)
        • I-1 (I-1 class/Type J1)
        • I-2 (I-1 class/Type J1)
        • I-3 (I-1 class/Type J1)
        • I-4 (I-1 class/Type J1)
        • I-5 (I-5 class/Type J1M)
        • I-6 (I-6 class/Type J2)
      • 3rd Submarine Squadron
      • Rear Admiral Shigeyoshi Miwa
        • I-8 (I-7 class/Type J3)
        • I-68 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)
        • I-69 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)
        • I-70 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)
        • I-71 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)
        • I-72 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)
        • I-73 (I-68 class/Type KD6A)
        • I-74 (I-74 class/Type KD6B)
        • I-75 (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 {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 (USA's first POW)
        • 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
        • I-10 (I-9 class/Type A1)
        • I-26 (I-26 class/Type B1) Cmdr Minoru Yokota

United States[]

Afloat, United States Navy[]

Ashore, United States Army[]

Ashore, United States Marine Corps[]

14th Naval District Marine Officer (Col. Harry K. Pickett)

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