Unit
|
Commander
|
Start
|
Administrative
Assignment
|
Operational
Assignment
|
Notes
|
| Navy
General
Staff |
Nagano
Osami
|
Tokyo |
Imperial
General
Headquarters |
|
|
| Combined
Fleet |
Yamamoto Isoroku
|
|
Navy
General
Staff |
|
|
AF Banshu
Maru #3
|
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
459 tons |
| AF Hakurei
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
1200 tons |
| AF Kitagami
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
1200
tons |
AF Kosei
Maru
|
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
5430
tons |
| AF Muroto |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| AF Sendai
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
472
tons |
| AF Suruga
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
991
tons |
| AF Tenyo
Maru #2 |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
991
tons |
| AF Irako
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
9570
tons |
| AF Mamiya |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
15,820
tons |
| AP Azumasan
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
7623
tons |
| AP Hinoda
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
1916
tons |
| AP Hokurika
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
8359
tons |
| AP Nankai
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
10,162
tons, 16 knots |
| AP Nichiro
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
6534
tons |
| AP Okitsu
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
6666
tons |
| AO Erimo |
|
Magong
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
AO Shiretoko
|
|
Kwajalein |
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| AO Tsurumi |
|
Hahajima
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| AO Shiriya |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
Midway
Neutralization
Force
|
|
AO Iro
|
|
Truk |
Combined
Fleet |
Wake
Invasion
Force
|
|
AK Goyo
Maru
|
|
Truk |
Combined
Fleet |
|
10,600
tons, 14.5 knots |
| AO Hishi
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
856 tons |
| AO Hishi
Maru #2 |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
856
tons
|
| AO Kirishima
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
8121
tons,
15.5 knots
|
| AO Kyoei
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
1189
tons
|
| AO Kyoei
Maru #2 |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
1192
tons
|
| AO Naruto |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| AO San
Clemente Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
8366
tons,
12 knots
|
AC Soyo
Maru
|
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
6081 tons, 11.5 knots
|
| AO Teiyo
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
9850
tons,
17 knots
|
| AO Yodogada
Maru |
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
6441
tons,
16 knots
|
| AR Akashi |
|
Palau |
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
AR Asahi
|
|
Cam Ranh
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
History
|
ARS Tategami
|
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
ARS Ojima
|
|
|
|
|
History
|
ARS Nagaura
|
|
|
|
|
History
|
| Battleship
Division
1 |
Yamamoto Isoroku |
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| BB Nagato |
Yamamoto Isoroku |
Hashirajima |
Battleship
Division 1 |
|
|
| BB Mutsu |
|
|
Battleship
Division 1 |
|
|
| Cruiser
Division
9 |
Kishi
Kikuji
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| CL Kitakami |
Kishi
Kikuji |
|
Cruiser
Division
9 |
|
|
| CL Oi |
|
|
Cruiser
Division
9 |
|
|
| Seaplane
Tender
Division 11 |
Fujita Ruitaro
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| CVS Chiyoda
(at Hashirajima) |
Fujita Ruitaro |
Taichu |
Seaplane
Tender
Division 11 |
|
16 F1M2
Pete
4 E13A
Jake
|
| Cruiser
Division
24 |
Takeda Moriji |
Northeast
of Tuamotu |
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| CX Hokoku
Maru |
Takeda Moriji |
|
Cruiser
Division
24 |
|
|
| CX Aikoku
Maru |
|
|
Cruiser
Division
24 |
|
|
| CX Kiyoshima
Maru |
|
Hashirajima |
Cruiser
Division
24 |
|
Kiyosumi
Maru according
to CombinedFleet.com |
| Submarine
Squadron
4 |
Yoshitomi Setsuzo
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| CL Kinu |
Yoshitomi Setsuzo |
South
of Cape
Camau |
Submarine
Squadron 4 |
|
|
| AS Nagoya
Maru |
|
Cam
Ranh
Bay |
Submarine
Squadron 4 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
18 |
|
South China Sea |
Submarine
Squadron 4 |
|
|
| SS I-53 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 18 |
|
|
| SS I-54 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 18 |
|
|
| SS I-55 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 18 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
19 |
|
South China Sea |
Submarine
Squadron 4 |
|
|
| SS I-56 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 19 |
|
|
| SS I-57 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 19 |
|
|
| SS I-58 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 19 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
21 |
|
Kure |
Submarine
Squadron 4 |
|
|
| SS Ro-33 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 21 |
|
|
| SS Ro-34 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 21 |
|
|
| Submarine
Squadron
5 |
Daigo Tadashige
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
|
| CL Yura |
Daigo Tadashige |
South of Cape
Camau |
Submarine
Squadron 5 |
|
|
| AS Rio
de
Janiero Maru |
|
Cam
Ranh
Bay |
Submarine
Squadron 5 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
28 |
|
|
Submarine
Squadron 5 |
|
|
| SS I-59 |
|
Kobe |
Submarine
Division 28 |
|
|
| SS I-60 |
|
Kobe |
Submarine
Division 28 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
29 |
|
|
Submarine
Squadron 5 |
|
|
| SS I-62 |
|
South China Sea |
Submarine
Division 29 |
|
|
| SS I-64 |
|
South China Sea |
Submarine
Division 29 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
30 |
|
|
Submarine
Squadron 5 |
|
|
| SS I-65 |
|
South China Sea |
Submarine
Division 30 |
|
|
| SS I-66 |
|
South China Sea |
Submarine
Division 30 |
|
|
1 Fleet
|
Takasu
Shiro
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
The main Japanese battle
line.
The Japanese Navy was intellectually
committed to the concept of Decisive Battle,
so that the battle
line was perpetually held in reserve. |
| AV Shinso
Maru |
|
|
1
Fleet |
|
10,000 tons |
| Battleship
Division
2 |
Takasu
Shiro |
|
1
Fleet |
|
|
| BB Hyuga |
Takasu
Shiro |
Hashirajima |
Battleship
Division 2 |
|
|
| BB Ise |
|
|
Battleship
Division 2 |
|
|
| BB Fuso |
|
|
Battleship
Division 2 |
|
|
| BB Yamashiro |
|
|
Battleship
Division 2 |
|
|
| Battleship
Division
3 |
Mikawa Gunichi
|
|
1
Fleet |
|
|
| BB Kongo |
Mikawa Gunichi |
|
Battleship
Division 3 |
Distant
Cover
Force |
|
| BB Haruna |
|
|
Battleship
Division 3 |
Distant
Cover
Force |
|
| BB Hiei |
|
|
Battleship
Division 3 |
Pearl
Harbor
Attack
Force |
|
| BB Kirishima |
|
|
Battleship
Division 3 |
Pearl
Harbor
Attack
Force |
|
| Cruiser
Division 6 |
Goto
Aritomo
|
|
1
Fleet |
Guam
Invasion
Force |
|
| CA Aoba |
Goto
Aritomo |
Chichi
Jima |
Cruiser
Division 6 |
|
|
| CA Kinugasa |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 6 |
|
|
| CA Furutaka |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 6 |
|
|
| CA Kako |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 6 |
|
|
| Carrier
Division 3 |
Kuwabara Torao
|
|
1
Fleet |
|
Stripped of its A6M "Zero" fighters to supply Carrier
Divisions 1 and 2
for the Pearl Harbor
strike
|
| CVL Hosho |
Kuwabara Torao |
Hashirajima |
Carrier
Division 3 |
|
11 A5M Claude
8 B4Y Jean
|
| CVL Zuiho |
|
|
Carrier
Division 3 |
|
16 A5M Claude
12 B5N Kate
|
| DD Yukaze |
|
|
Carrier
Division 3 |
|
|
| DD Minekaze |
|
|
Carrier
Division 3 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Squadron
1 |
Omori Sentaro |
|
1
Fleet |
|
|
| CL Abukuma |
Omori Sentaro |
|
Destroyer
Squadron 1 |
Pearl
Harbor
Attack
Force |
|
| Destroyer
Division
6 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 1 |
|
|
| DD Akatsuki
|
|
|
Destroyer
Division 6 |
Distant
Cover
Force |
|
| DD Hibiki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 6 |
Distant
Cover
Force |
|
| DD Ikazuchi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 6 |
Hong
Kong
Attack Force
|
|
| DD Inazumi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 6 |
Hong
Kong
Attack Force |
|
| Destroyer
Division
17 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 1 |
Pearl
Harbor
Attack
Force |
|
| DD Hamakaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 17
|
|
|
| DD Isokaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 17 |
|
|
| DD Tanakaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 17 |
|
|
| DD Urikaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 17 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
21 |
|
Sea
of
Japan
|
Destroyer
Squadron 1 |
|
|
| DD Hatsuharu |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 21 |
|
|
| DD Hatsushimo |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 21 |
|
|
| DD Nenohi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 21 |
|
|
| DD Wakaba |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 21 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
27 |
|
Sea
of
Japan |
Destroyer
Squadron 1 |
|
|
| DD Ariake |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 27 |
|
|
| DD Shiratsuyu |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 27 |
|
|
| DD Shigure |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 27 |
|
|
| DD Yugure |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 27 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Squadron
3 |
Hashimoto Shintaro |
|
1
Fleet |
Kota
Baharu Attack Force |
|
| CL Sendai |
Hashimoto Shintaro |
|
Destroyer
Squadron 3 |
|
|
| CL Kashii |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 3 |
Main
Body
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
11 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 3 |
Main
Body |
|
| DD Fubuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 11 |
|
|
| DD Hatsuyuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 11 |
|
|
| DD Shirayuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 11 |
|
|
| DD Sagiri |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 11 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
12 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 3 |
|
|
| DD Murakumo |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 12 |
|
|
| DD Shinonome |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 12 |
|
|
| DD Shirakumo |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 12 |
|
|
| DD Usugumo |
|
Maizuru
|
Destroyer
Division 12 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
19 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 3 |
|
|
| DD Ayaname |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 19
|
|
|
| DD Shikiname |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 19 |
|
|
| DD Uranami |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 19 |
|
|
| DD Isoname |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 19 |
Singora
Attack
Force
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
20 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 3 |
Singora
Attack
Force |
|
| DD Amagiri |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 20
|
|
|
| DD Asagiri |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 20 |
|
|
| DD Yugiri |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 20 |
|
|
| DD Sagiri |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 20 |
Main
Body
|
|
55
Brigade
Group
|
Horii Tomitaro
|
|
Imperial
General
Headquarters
|
Guam
Invasion
Force
|
South
Seas
Detachment, 4886 men. Detached from 55
Division. Redesignated 5 South Seas Detachment
in 1942.
|
144
Regiment
|
|
|
55
Infantry
Group
|
|
Organized in August 1940 with
cadre from 44
Regiment.
|
| 10
Engineer
Regiment- |
|
|
55
Infantry
Group |
|
|
Guam
Invasion
Force
|
Goto
Aritomo
|
|
|
1
Fleet |
4 AM, 2 PG, 6 SC, AP Yokohama
Maru (6143 tons, 14 knots), 7 other AP, AK Venice
Maru (6571 tons, 11 knots) in addition to units
identified in
this Table.
|
2 Fleet
|
Kondo Nobutake
|
|
Combined
Fleet |
|
The scouting force of the Japanese
Navy, which included most of its formidable heavy
cruisers.
Because of the Japanese reluctance to commit the main battle
force (1 Fleet),
the cruisers of 2
Fleet fought most of the surface actions of the
Pacific War. |
| AGP Kamikaze
Maru |
|
Sanya |
2
Fleet
|
|
6900 tons, 14 knots |
| Cruiser
Division
4 |
Kondo Nobutake |
|
2
Fleet |
Distant
Cover
Force
|
|
| CA Takao |
Kondo Nobutake |
South
China Sea |
Cruiser
Division 4
|
|
|
| CA Atago |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 4 |
|
|
| CA Chokai |
Ozawa Jisaburo |
Gulf
of
Siam
|
Cruiser
Division 4 |
Main
Body
|
|
| CA Maya |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 4 |
Close
Covering
Force
|
|
| Cruiser
Division
5 |
Takagi
Takeo
|
|
2
Fleet |
Legaspi
Support
Force
|
|
| CA Haguro |
Takagi
Takeo |
Closing on Legaspi
|
Cruiser
Division 5
|
|
|
| CA Myoko |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 5 |
|
|
| CA Nachi |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 5 |
|
|
| Cruiser
Division
7 |
Kurita
Takeo
|
|
2
Fleet |
Main
Body
|
|
| CA Kumano |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 7
|
|
|
| CA Mikuma |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 7 |
|
|
| CA Mogami |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 7 |
|
|
| CA Suzuya |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 7 |
|
|
| Cruiser
Division
8 |
Abe
Hiroaki
|
|
2
Fleet |
Pearl
Harbor
Attack
Force
|
|
| CA Tone |
|
|
Cruiser
Division
8 |
|
|
| CA Chikuma |
|
|
Cruiser
Division
8 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Squadron
2 |
Tanaka
Raizo
|
|
2
Fleet |
Legaspi
Support
Force
|
|
| CL Jintsu |
Tanaka
Raizo |
|
Destroyer
Squadron 2 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
8 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 2 |
Distant
Cover
Force
|
|
| DD Arashio |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 8 |
|
|
| DD Asashio |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 8 |
|
|
| DD Oshio |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 8 |
|
|
| DD Michishio |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 8 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
15 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 2 |
|
|
| DD Hayashio |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 15
|
|
|
| DD Kuroshio |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 15 |
|
|
| DD Natshushio |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 15 |
|
|
| DD Oyashio |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 15 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
16 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 2 |
|
|
| DD Amatsukaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 16
|
|
|
| DD Hatsukaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 16 |
|
|
| DD Yukikaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 16 |
4 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| DD Tokitsukaze
|
|
|
Destroyer
Division 16 |
4 Surprise
Attack Force |
|
| Destroyer
Division
18 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 2 |
Pearl
Harbor
Attack
Force
|
|
| DD Kagero |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 18
|
|
|
| DD Shiranuhi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 18 |
|
|
| DD Kasumi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 18 |
1
Supply Force
|
|
| DD Arare |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 18 |
2
Supply Force
|
|
| Destroyer
Squadron
4 |
Nishimura Shoji
|
|
2
Fleet
|
2 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| CL Naka |
Nishimura Shoji |
|
Destroyer
Squadron 4
|
|
|
CL Nagara
|
Kubo
Kyuji
|
Palau |
Destroyer
Squadron 4 |
4 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
2 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 4 |
|
|
| DD Harusame |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 2
|
|
|
| DD Murasame |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 2 |
|
|
| DD Samidare |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 2 |
|
|
| DD Yudachi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 2 |
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
4 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 4 |
Distant
Cover
Force
|
|
| DD Maikaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 4 |
|
|
| DD Nowake |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 4 |
|
|
| DD Hagikaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 4 |
|
|
| DD Arashi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 4 |
|
Possibly with Main Body?
|
| Destroyer
Division
9 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 4 |
2 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| DD Asagumo |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 9 |
|
|
| DD Minegumo |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 9 |
|
|
| DD Natsugumo |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 9 |
|
|
| DD Yamagumo |
Hirose
Sueto |
Magong
|
Destroyer
Division 9 |
3 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
24 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 4 |
4 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| DD Yamakaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 24
|
|
|
| DD Suzukaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 24 |
|
|
| DD Umikaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 24 |
|
|
| DD Kawakaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 24 |
|
|
| Patani
Attack
Force |
|
off Patani |
|
2
Fleet
|
Appears
to have been a force of fast transports and cargo carriers
without
escort. 1 AK in addition to those shown below.
|
| AP Tozan
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff
|
Patani
Attack
Force |
8666 tons |
| AP Kinka
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
Patani
Attack
Force |
9305 tons, 17 knots |
| AK Azosan
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
Patani
Attack
Force |
8812 tons, 16.5 knots |
| AK Toro
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
Patani
Attack
Force |
1932 tons |
Distant
Cover
Force
|
Kondo Nobutake
|
|
|
2
Fleet
|
|
Main
Body
|
Ozawa Jisaburo
|
|
|
2
Fleet
|
|
| Kota
Baharu Attack Force |
Hashimoto Shintaro |
Off Kota
Baharu |
|
2
Fleet |
|
| AP Sakura
Maru |
Hashimoto Shintaro
|
|
Army
General
Staff
|
Kota
Baharu Attack Force |
7167 tons, 18 knots |
| AP Awagisan
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
Kota
Baharu Attack Force |
9794 tons, 17 knots. Sunk
1941-12-8 by aircraft
off Kota Baharu |
| AP Ayatosan
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
Kota
Baharu Attack Force |
9788 tons, 17 knots |
Singora
Attack
Force
|
|
off Singora
|
|
2
Fleet
|
10 other AP from
the Army pool in addition to those listed below
|
AP Ryujo
Maru
|
|
|
Army
General
Staff
|
Singora
Attack
Force
|
Probably a cover name for Shinshu Maru
|
| AP Horai
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
Singora
Attack
Force |
9192 tons, 14.5 knots |
| AK Taizan
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
Singora
Attack
Force |
3525 tons |
3 Fleet
|
Takahashi Ibo
|
Magong
|
Combined
Fleet
|
|
This was the Transport Force
of
the Japanese
Navy.
It
was assigned primary responsibility for supporting the invasion of the Philippines
during Japan's initial Centrifugal
Offensive. It was redesignated 2 Southern
Expeditionary
Fleet 1942-3-10 at Surabaya. |
| Cruiser
Division
16 |
Takahashi Ibo |
|
3
Fleet
|
Close
Covering
Force
|
|
| CA Ashigara |
Takahashi Ibo |
|
Cruiser
Division 16
|
|
|
| CL Kuma |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 16 |
|
|
| Seaplane
Tender Squadron 12 |
Imamura Osamu |
|
3
Fleet |
Close
Covering
Force
|
|
| AV Sanyo
Maru |
Imamura Osamu |
|
Seaplane Tender
Squadron 12
|
|
4 F1M2
Pete
2 E8N Dave
2 E13A Jake
|
| AV Sanuki
Maru |
|
|
Seaplane
Tender Squadron 12 |
|
4 F1M2
Pete
2 E8N Dave
2 E13A Jake
|
| AV Kamikawa
Maru |
|
|
Seaplane
Tender Squadron 12 |
Singora
Attack
Force
|
6 F1M2
Pete
2 E8N Dave
4 E13A Jake
|
| Minelayer
Squadron
17 |
Kobayashi Tetsuri
|
|
3
Fleet |
Minelayer
Force
|
|
| CM Itsukushima |
Kobayashi Tetsuri |
North of Singapore |
Minelayer
Squadron
17
|
|
|
| CM Yaeyama |
|
|
Minelayer
Squadron
17 |
|
|
| CM Tatsumiya
Maru |
|
North of Tioman (104.17E
2.791N)
|
Minelayer
Squadron
17 |
|
History
|
| CM Tatsuharu
Maru |
|
|
Minelayer
Squadron
17 |
|
History.
|
| Destroyer
Squadron
5 |
Hara Kenzaburo
|
|
3
Fleet |
1 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| CL Natori |
Hara Kenzaburo |
|
Destroyer
Squadron 5
|
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
5 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 5 |
|
|
| DD Harukaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 5 |
|
|
| DD Hatakaze
|
|
|
Destroyer
Division 5 |
|
|
| DD Asakaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 5 |
Close
Covering
Force
|
|
| DD Matsukaze |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 5 |
Close
Covering
Force |
|
| Destroyer
Division
22 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 5 |
|
|
| DD Fumizuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 22
|
|
|
| DD Minazuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 22 |
|
|
| DD Nagatsuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 22 |
|
|
| DD Satsuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 22 |
|
|
| Submarine
Squadron
6 |
Kawano Chimaki
|
|
3
Fleet |
|
|
| AS Chogei |
Kawano Chimaki |
South China
Sea |
Submarine
Squadron 6
|
|
|
| Submarine
Division
9 |
|
|
Submarine
Squadron 6 |
|
|
| SS I-123 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 9
|
|
|
| SS I-124 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 9 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
13 |
|
north of Singapore |
Submarine
Squadron 6 |
|
|
| SS I-121 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 13 |
|
|
| SS I-122 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 13 |
|
|
| 1
Base Force |
Kubo
Kyuji
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
|
| CM Shirataka |
|
|
1
Base
Force
|
|
|
| CM Aotaka |
|
|
1
Base Force |
|
|
| PM Ikushima
Maru |
|
|
1
Base Force |
|
3943 tons |
| AP Hakusan
Maru |
|
|
1
Base Force |
|
10,380 tons, 18.5 knots |
| AP Kimijima
Maru |
|
|
1
Base Force |
|
|
| AK Myoku
Maru |
|
|
1
Base Force |
|
5081 tons, 12.5 knots |
| Minesweeper
Division
21 |
|
|
1
Base Force |
2 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| DMS W-7 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 21
|
4 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| DMS W-8 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 21 |
4 Surprise
Attack Force |
|
| DMS W-9 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 21 |
|
|
| DMS W-10 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 21 |
|
|
| DMS W-11 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 21 |
|
|
| DMS W-12 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 21 |
|
|
| Gunboat
Division
1 |
|
|
1
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Kanko
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
1
|
|
2929 tons |
| PG Busho
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
1 |
|
2500 tons |
| PG Keiko
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
1 |
|
2929 tons |
| PG Myoken
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
1 |
|
4124 ton |
| Subchaser
Division
1 |
|
|
1
Base Force |
1 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| SC Ch-1 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
1
|
|
|
| SC Ch-2 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
1 |
|
|
| SC Ch-3 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
1 |
|
|
| Subchaser
Division
2 |
|
|
1
Base Force |
|
|
| SC Ch-13 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
2
|
|
|
| SC Ch-14 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
2 |
|
|
| SC Ch-15 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
2 |
|
|
| Subchaser
Division
51 |
|
|
1
Base Force |
|
|
| PC Kyo Maru
#12 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
51
|
|
340
tons, 12 knots |
| PC Kyo Maru
#13 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
51 |
|
340
tons, 12 knots |
| AN Toko Maru
#1 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
51 |
|
530
tons, 12 knots |
| Subchaser
Division
52 |
|
|
1
Base Force |
Lamon
Bay
Force?
|
|
| PC Shonan
Maru #17 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
52
|
|
356 tons |
| PC Takunan
Maru #5 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
52 |
|
340 tons |
| AN Fukuei
Maru #17 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
52 |
|
940
tons |
| 2
Base Force |
Hirose
Sueto
|
Takao |
3
Fleet
|
|
Deactivated 1944-3-25.
|
| CM Wakatake |
|
|
2
Base
Force
|
|
|
| PM Imizu
Maru |
|
|
2
Base Force |
|
2924 tons |
| PM Seian
Maru |
|
|
2
Base Force |
|
3712 tons |
| PM Sumanoura
Maru |
|
|
2
Base Force |
|
3519 tons |
| AF Shinko
Maru |
|
|
2
Base Force |
|
1200 tons? |
| AO Komagawa
Maru |
|
|
2
Base Force |
|
14,000 tons?
|
| AGP Hakazake
Maru |
|
|
2
Base Force |
|
10,413 tons, 15.5 knots |
| AGS Kenryu
Maru |
|
|
2
Base Force |
|
6643 tons, 12.5 knots |
| AGS Kyodo
Maru |
|
|
2
Base Force |
|
|
| Torpedo
Boat Division 21 |
|
|
2
Base Force |
3 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| PT Chidori |
|
|
|
|
|
| PT Hatsukari |
|
|
|
|
|
| PT Manazuru |
|
|
|
|
|
| PT Tomozuru |
|
|
|
|
|
| Minesweeper
Division
11 |
|
|
2
Base Force |
3 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| DMS W-13 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 11
|
|
|
| DMS W-14 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 11 |
|
|
| DMS W-15 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 11 |
1 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| DMS W-16 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 11 |
1 Surprise
Attack Force |
|
| Minesweeper
Division
30 |
|
|
2
Base Force |
2 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| DMS W-17 |
|
|
|
|
|
| DMS W-18 |
|
|
|
|
|
| DMS W-19 |
|
|
|
1 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| MS W-20 |
|
Takao
|
|
|
|
| Gunboat
Division
2 |
|
|
2
Base Force |
Lamon
Bay
Force?
|
|
| PG Banjo
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
2
|
|
|
| PG Kamitsu
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
2 |
|
2721
tons |
| PG Okuyo Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
2 |
|
2904 tons |
| PG Taiko Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
2 |
|
2984 tons |
| Gunboat
Division
3 |
|
|
2
Base Force |
Lamon
Bay
Force? |
|
| PG Aso Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
3
|
|
703
tons |
| PG Kiso Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
3 |
|
703 ton |
| PG Nanpo Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
3 |
|
|
| Subchaser
Division
21 |
|
Takao |
2
Base Force |
|
|
SC Ch-4
|
|
|
Subchaser
Division
21
|
|
|
SC Ch-5
|
|
|
Subchaser
Division
21 |
|
|
SC Ch-6
|
|
|
Subchaser
Division
21 |
|
|
SC Ch-16
|
|
|
Subchaser
Division
21 |
|
|
| SC Ch-17 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
21 |
|
|
SC Ch-18
|
|
|
Subchaser
Division
21 |
|
|
| Subchaser
Division
31 |
|
Takao |
2
Base Force |
|
|
| SC Ch-10 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
31
|
|
|
| SC Ch-11 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
31 |
|
|
| SC Ch-12 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
31 |
|
|
| Subchaser
Division
53 |
|
Takao |
2
Base Force |
|
|
| PC Kyo Maru
#1 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
53
|
|
340
tons |
| PC Kyo Maru
#2 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
53 |
|
340
tons |
| AN Korei Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
53 |
|
540 tons |
| Subchaser
Division
54 |
|
Takao |
2
Base Force |
|
|
| PC Shonan
Maru #1 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
54
|
|
350 ton |
| PC Shonan
Maru #2 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
54 |
|
940
tons |
| AN Nagara
Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
54 |
|
855
tons |
| AR Yamabiko
Maru |
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
History |
| AP Senko
Maru |
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
4472 tons |
| AW Koan
Maru |
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
4306 tons, 9 knots |
| AW Chozan
Maru |
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
3938 tons |
| AW Goryu
Maru |
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
|
| AO Hayatomo |
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
|
| AOR Kosei
Maru |
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
8265 tons, 11.5 knots |
| 32
Special
Base Force |
Irifune Naosaburo
|
Takao |
3
Fleet |
|
Or 32
Base
Force
|
| CM Kamome |
|
|
32
Special
Base Force
|
|
|
| CM Tsubame |
|
|
32
Special
Base
Force |
|
|
| AMc Nichiyu
Maru |
|
|
32
Special
Base
Force |
|
6871 tons |
| AMc Tatsuhuru
Maru |
|
|
32
Special
Base
Force |
|
|
| 1
Kure SNLF |
|
|
32
Special
Base
Force |
4 Surprise Attack Force
|
|
| AP
Kunikawa
Maru |
|
Four days out of Kure
for Palau |
32
Special
Base
Force |
|
9679
tons, 19 knots. |
| 2
Kure SNLF |
|
|
32
Special
Base
Force |
AP Kunikawa
Maru |
|
| Combined
Sasebo
SNLF |
Mori
Kunizo
|
|
32
Special
Base
Force |
|
Likely an ad hoc operational
command.
|
1 Sasebo SNLF
|
|
|
Combined
Sasebo SNLF
|
|
1622 men. Assigned to seize Menado.
|
2 Sasebo SNLF
|
|
|
Combined
Sasebo SNLF |
|
1473 men
|
| Patrol
Boat
Division 1 |
|
Takao |
32
Special
Base
Force |
|
|
| PB-1 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division 1
|
|
|
| PB-2 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
|
|
| PB-32 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
Wake
Invasion
Force |
|
| PB-33 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
Wake
Invasion
Force |
|
| PB-34 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
|
|
| PB-35 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
|
|
| PB-36 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
|
|
| PB-37 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
|
|
| PB-38 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
|
|
| PB-39 |
|
|
Patrol
Boat
Division
1 |
|
|
| Close
Covering
Force |
Takahashi Ibo
|
Magong
|
|
3
Fleet
|
|
| 1
Surprise
Attack Force |
Hara Kenzaburo
|
|
|
3
Fleet |
Responsible
for seizing Appari. In
addition to
named units, included 6 other submarine
chasers and 5 other AP. All transports assigned to
this force were
capable of 12-14 knots. |
| AP Arizona
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff
|
1 Surprise Attack Force
|
9684 tons, 14 knots |
| 2
Surprise
Attack Force |
Nishimura Shoji
|
|
|
3
Fleet |
Assigned
to capture Vigan. In
addition to
the named forces included 9 submarine
chasers, 3 other AP.
|
| AP Oigawa
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
2 Surprise Attack Force
|
6500 tons |
| AP Takao
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
2 Surprise
Attack Force |
4282 tons, 15 knots |
| AP Hawaii
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
2 Surprise
Attack Force |
9467 tons, 14 knots |
| 3
Surprise
Attack Force |
Hirose
Sueto
|
|
|
3
Fleet |
Responsible
for securing Batan Island.
In
addition to named units, included 2 PG, 9 SC, 2 PB
|
| AP Hayo
Mar |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
3 Surprise Attack Force
|
5446 tons, 9.5 knots |
| AP Kumakawa
Maru |
|
|
Army
General
Staff |
3 Surprise
Attack Force |
|
| Lamon
Bay
Force |
|
Naze |
|
3
Fleet |
In addition to named units,
included 3 other SC, 24 AP
|
| 4
Surprise
Attack Force |
Kubo
Kyuji
|
|
|
3
Fleet |
Responsible
for seizing Legaspi. In
addition
to named units, included 2 PC, 5 other small ships, 7 AP.
|
| Legaspi
Support
Force |
Takagi
Takeo
|
|
|
3
Fleet |
|
| Minelayer
Force |
Kobayashi Tetsuri
|
|
|
3
Fleet |
|
Lingayen
Gulf
Force
|
|
Magong
|
|
3
Fleet |
|
4 Fleet
|
Inoue Shigeyoshi
|
Truk |
Combined
Fleet
|
|
A regional
force responsible for defending the Mandates.
During
the Centrifugal
Offensive, it was given responsibility for seizing
nearby Allied
positions, of
which only Wake Island
was strongly defended. |
| CL Kashima |
|
|
4
Fleet
|
|
|
| AH Hikawa
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
|
| ACM Mogamigawa
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
7479 tons |
| ARC Yomabato
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
5000 tons |
| AW Amakasu
Maru #1 |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
1913 tons |
| AG Tateyama
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
1990 tons |
| AP
Kamakura Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
7700 tons, 17.5 knots |
| AP Chiyo
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
4700 tons |
| AP Haruna
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
10,421 tons, 15.5 knots |
| AP Hokkai
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
8416 tons, 16 knots |
| AO Kaijo
Maru # |
|
|
4
Fleet |
|
13,305 tons, 13.5 knots |
AR Matsue
Maru
|
|
Kwajalein?
|
4
Fleet |
|
History
|
| CX Kongo
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
Wake
Invasion
Force |
|
| CX Kinryu
Maru |
|
|
4
Fleet |
Wake
Invasion
Force |
|
| 2
Maizuru SNLF |
|
|
4
Fleet |
Wake
Invasion
Force |
450 men plus garrison troops |
| Cruiser
Division
18 |
Marumo Kuninori
|
|
4
Fleet |
Wake
Invasion
Force |
|
| CL Tenryu |
Marumo Kuninori |
|
Cruiser
Division 18
|
|
|
| CL Tatsuta |
|
|
Cruiser
Division 18 |
|
|
| Minesweeper
Division
19 |
Shima Kiyohide
|
|
4
Fleet |
Gilbert
Islands
Force
|
|
| CM Okinoshima |
Shima Kiyohide |
|
Minesweeper Division 19
|
|
|
| CM Tokiwa |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 19 |
|
|
| CM Tsugaru |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 19 |
Guam
Invasion
Force
|
|
| ACM Tenyo
Maru |
|
Truk
|
Minesweeper
Division 19 |
|
10,150 tons, 13.5 knots |
| Destroyer
Squadron
6 |
Kajioka Sadamichi
|
|
4
Fleet |
Wake
Invasion
Force |
|
| CL Yubari |
Kajioka Sadamichi |
|
Destroyer
Squadron 6
|
|
|
| Destroyer
Division
29 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 6 |
|
|
| DD Hayate |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 29
|
|
|
| DD Oite |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 29 |
|
|
| DD Asanage |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 29 |
Gilbert
Islands
Force |
|
| DD Yumage |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 29 |
Gilbert
Islands
Force |
|
| Destroyer
Division
30 |
|
|
Destroyer
Squadron 6 |
|
|
| DD Kisaragi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 30
|
|
|
| DD Mochizuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 30 |
|
|
| DD Mutsuki |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 30 |
|
|
| DD Yayoi |
|
|
Destroyer
Division 30 |
|
|
| Submarine
Squadron
7 |
Onishi Shinzo
|
Kwajalein |
4
Fleet |
|
|
| AS Jingei |
|
|
Submarine
Squadron 7
|
Wake
Invasion
Force |
|
| Submarine
Division
26 |
|
En route Wake |
Submarine
Squadron 7 |
|
|
| SS Ro-60 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 26
|
|
|
| SS Ro-61 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 26 |
|
|
| SS Ro-62 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 26 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
27 |
|
|
Submarine
Squadron 7 |
|
|
| SS Ro-65 |
|
En route Wake |
Submarine
Division 27
|
|
|
| SS Ro-66 |
|
En route Wake |
Submarine
Division 27 |
|
|
| SS Ro-67 |
|
En route Gilbert Islands |
Submarine
Division 27 |
|
|
| Submarine
Division
33 |
|
En route Howland
Island |
Submarine
Squadron 7 |
|
|
| SS Ro-63 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 33
|
|
|
| SS Ro-64 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 33 |
|
|
| SS Ro-68 |
|
|
Submarine
Division 33 |
|
|
| 3
Base
Force |
Nakamura Kazuo
|
Palau
Islands |
4
Fleet |
|
Sometimes designated 3 Auxiliary Base Force
|
| Minesweeper
Division
13 |
|
|
3
Base
Force
|
|
|
| AMc Ataka
Maru #3 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 13 |
|
|
| AMc Tomazono
Maru #3 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 13 |
|
|
| AMc Tokasago
Maru |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 13 |
|
|
| AMc Toroshima
Maru |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 13 |
|
|
| Gunboat
Division
4 |
|
|
3
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Edo
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
4
|
|
1299
tons |
| PG Saiko
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
4 |
|
|
| PG Fukuyama
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
4 |
|
3581
tons, 15.5 knots |
| Subchaser
Division
55 |
|
|
3
Base Force |
|
|
| PC Showa
Maru #5 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
55
|
|
217 tons
|
| PC Nichi
Maru #1 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
55 |
|
|
| PC Gamitsu
Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
55 |
|
|
| PC Showa
Maru #3 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
55 |
|
222 tons
|
| 16
Naval
Air
Group |
|
Peleliu |
3
Base Force |
|
8 E13A
Jake
4 F1M2
Pete
|
| 4
Base
Force |
Moizumi Shinichi
|
Truk |
4
Fleet |
|
Sometimes designated 4 Auxiliary Base Force
|
| PG Choko
Maru #2 |
|
|
4
Base
Force
|
|
2629
tons |
| PG Choan
Maru #2 |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
2613
tons |
| PG Heijo
Maru |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
2627
tons |
| AN Koei
Maru |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
863
tons |
| PC Takunan
Maru #10 |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
343 tons |
| Minesweeper
Division
14 |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
|
| AMc Hogomoro
Maru |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 14
|
|
|
| AMc Noshiro
Maru #2 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 14 |
|
216 tons |
| AMc Tama
Maru |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 14 |
|
264 tons |
| AMc Tama
Maru #2 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 14 |
|
264 tons |
| Gunboat
Division
5 |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Keijo
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
5
|
|
2626
tons |
| PG Nikkai
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
5 |
|
2562
tons |
| PG Seikai
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
5 |
|
2693
tons |
| Subchaser
Division
56 |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
|
| SC Tama
Maru #8 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
56
|
|
279 tons |
| SC Toshi
Maru #3 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
56 |
|
298 tons |
| AN Kotobuki
Maru #5 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
56 |
|
720 tons |
| Subchaser
Division
57 |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Shonon
Maru #15 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
57
|
|
|
| PC Takunan
Maru #2 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
57 |
|
343 ton |
| AN Kunimitsu
Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
57 |
|
|
| 17
Naval
Air
Group |
|
|
4
Base Force |
|
6 E13A Jake |
| 5
Base
Force |
Kasuga Atsushi
|
Saipan |
4
Fleet |
|
Redesignated 5 Special Base Force
1942-4
|
| Minesweeper
Division
15 |
|
|
5
Base
Force
|
|
|
| AMc Fumi
Maru #2 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 15
|
|
304 tons |
| AMc Seku
Maru #3 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 15 |
|
|
| Gunboat
Division
7 |
|
|
5_Base
Force |
|
|
| PG Kogyoku
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
7 |
|
|
| PG Shotoku
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
7 |
|
1964
tons |
| PG Hirotama
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
7 |
|
1911
tons |
| PG Shoei
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
7 |
|
3580
tons |
Subchaser
Division
59
|
|
|
5_Base
Force |
|
|
| PC Sonan
Maru #5 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
59
|
|
|
| PC Sonan
Maru #6 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
59 |
|
|
| AN Shofuku
Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
59 |
|
891
tons |
| Subchaser
Division
60 |
|
|
5_Base
Force |
|
|
| PC Kyo
Maru #8 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
60
|
|
|
| PC Kyo
Maru #10 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
60 |
|
|
| AN Shuko
Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
60 |
|
889
tons |
| 18
Naval
Air
Group |
|
Aslito |
5_Base
Force |
|
6 F1M2 Pete
6 E7K
Alf
|
| 6
Base
Force |
Yatsushiro
Sukeyoshi
|
Kwajalein |
4
Fleet |
|
|
| PG Fukui
Maru |
|
|
6
Base
Force
|
|
|
| PG Hakkaisan
Maru |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
3311 tons |
| PG Kaiun Maru |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Kaikei
Maru |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Kantori
Maru |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Santos
Maru |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Toyotsu
Maru |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
2930 tons |
| Minesweeper
Division
16 |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| AMc Shonan
Maru #8 |
|
|
Minesweeper Division 16
|
|
355 tons |
| AMc Shonan
Maru #9 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 16 |
|
|
| AMc Tama
Maru #3 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 16 |
|
258 tons |
| AMc Tama
Maru #6 |
|
|
Minesweeper
Division 16 |
|
275 tons |
| Gunboat
Division
8 |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PG Chokai
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
8
|
|
|
| PG Daido
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
8 |
|
2962
tons |
| PG Ikunta
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
8 |
|
|
| PG Nagata
Maru |
|
|
Gunboat
Division
8 |
|
2969
tons |
| Subchaser
Division
62 |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PC Takuna
Maru #6 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
62
|
|
|
| PC Takuna
Maru #7 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
62 |
|
|
| AN Katsura
Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
62 |
|
541 tons |
| Subchaser
Division
63 |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PC Fumi
Maru #3 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
63
|
|
370 tons
|
| PC Shonon
Maru #3 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
63 |
|
|
| AN Kotobuki
Maru #3 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
63 |
|
|
| Subchaser
Division
64 |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PC Shonon
Maru #10 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
64
|
|
|
| PC Shonon
Maru #11 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
64 |
|
|
| AN Kashima Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
64 |
|
879 tons |
| Subchaser
Division
65 |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
|
| PC Kyo
Maru #6 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
65
|
|
|
| PC Kyo
Maru #7 |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
65 |
|
|
| AN Uji
Maru |
|
|
Subchaser
Division
65 |
|
|
51 Guard Force
|
|
Jaluit
|
6
Base Force |
|
Redesignated 62
Guard Force in the summer of 1943
|
52 Guard Force
|
|
Maloelap
|
6
Base Force |
|
Redesignated 63
Guard Force in the summer of 1943
|
53 Guard Force
|
|
Wotje
|
6
Base Force |
|
Redesignated 64
Guard Force in the summer of 1943
|
| 19
Naval
Air
Group |
|
|
6
Base Force |
|
Kwajalein:
6 F1M2 Pete, 6 E13A Jake
Jaluit: 4 F1M2 Pete, 2 E13A Jake |
| 24
Air
Flotilla |
Goto
Eiji
|
Kwajalein |
4
Fleet |
|
|
| 24 NAF Transport
Unit |
|
|
24
Air Flotilla
|
|
11 transports of uncertain
type |
| AV Kiyokawa
Maru |
|
Off Guam |
24
Air Flotilla |
|
6 E8N
Dave
2 E7K
Alf
|
| AV Goshu
Maru |
|
|
24
Air Flotilla |
|
10,600
tons, 14.5 knots |
| Yokohama
Air
Group |
|
Maloelap |
24
Air Flotilla |
|
Maloelap:
21 H6K Mavis
Jaluit: 11 H6K Mavis |
| Chitose
Air
Group |
|
Kwajalei |
24
Air Flotilla |
|
Kwajalein:
36 G3M Nell, 1 G4M Betty, 24 A5M Claude
Maloelap: 12 A5M Claude
Redesignated 201 Air Group on
1942-12-1
|
| AV Kamoi |
|
Truk |
Chitose
Air
Group
|
|
|
| Wake
Invasion Force |
Kajioka Sadamichi |
Ruotta
anchorage, Kwajalein |
4
Fleet |
|
CombinedFleet.com
places AO Iro
with this force.
However, no
other
source mentions an oiler. |
| Gilbert
Islands
Force |
Shima Kiyohide
|
|
|
|
Carrying garrison troops from
51
Guard Force
|
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