AMS | None |- ||CH-16 | CH-17 | CH-18| SC | None |- | | AR | None |- | Magane Maru| ML ||None |- ||None | AT | |- | 105 x Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" | 97 x Aichi D3A "Val" | 101 x Nakajima B5N "Kate" | A/C | 88 x Grumman F4F-4 "Wildcat" | 129 x Douglas SBD-3 "Dauntless" | 44 x Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" | 32 x Consolidated PBY Catalina | 6 x Grumman TBF "Avenger" | 4 x Martin B-26 "Marauder" | 19 x Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" |- |} Japan The Japanese forces (the "Combined Fleet") actually consisted of two different fleets detailed to two separate operations, namely Operation AL (for the Aleutians) and Operation MI (for Midway). The list below shows all ships assigned to Operation MI, but only Nagumo's First Carrier Striking Force and Kurita's Midway Support Force were actually involved in the Battle of Midway. First Fleet First Fleet Main Force 1st Battleship Division (Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet in Yamato): (Rear Admiral Gihachi Takayanagi) 2 s: (Rear Adm. Gunji Kogure) (Captain Hideo Yano) Carrier Group: CVE (Capt. Kaoru Umetani) Air Unit: 8 Yokosuka B4Y1 'Jean' biplane torpedo bombers (Lieutenant Yoshiaki Irikiin) (Lt. Cmdr. Shizuka Kajimoto) Special Force: CVS (Capt. Kaku Harada) CVS (Capt. Katsumi Komazawa) Screening Force 3rd Destroyer Squadron (Rear Adm. Shintaro Hashimoto in Sendai): CL (Capt. Nobue Morishita) 11th Destroyer Division (Capt. Kichiro Shoji): 4 s: (Lt. Cmdr. Shizuo Yamashita) (Lt. Cmdr. Rokoro Sugawara) (Lt. Cmdr. Junnari Kamiura) (Lt. Cmdr. Hideo Higashi) 19th Destroyer Division (Capt. Ranji Oe): 4 s: (Cmdr. Ryokichi Sugama) (Lt. Cmdr. Tsutomu Hagio) (Lt. Cmdr. Akifumi Kawahashi) (Cmdr. Eiji Sakuma) 1st Supply Group (Capt. Shigeyasu Nishioka in Naruto): AO Naruto (Capt. Nishioka) AO Toei MaruFirst Carrier Striking Force / First Air Fleet (Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo) 1st Carrier Division (Vice Adm. Nagumo in Akagi): (sunk/scuttled) (Capt. Taijiro Aoki) Air Unit (Commander Mitsuo Fuchida): 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Shigeru Itaya) 18 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers (Lt. Takehiko Chihaya) 18 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata) (sunk/scuttled) (Capt. Jisaku Okada†) Air Unit (Lt. Cmdr. Tadashi Kusumi†): 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Masao Sato) 18 Aichi D3A1 'Val' dive bombers (Lt. Shoichi Ogawa†) 27 Nakajima B5N2 'Kate' torpedo bombers (Lt. Ichiro Kitajima) 2nd Carrier Division (Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi† in Hiryū)