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Battle of Midway: 4-7 June 1942: Composition of U. S. Forces
United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief Carrier Striking Force
Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, USN Task Force 17 (TF 17)
Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, USN Task Group 17.5 (TG 17.5) Carrier Group
Capt. Elliot Buckmaster, USN USS Yorktown (CV-5) -Capt. Elliot Buckmaster, USN
Damaged by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942,
and sank after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168, 7 June 1942 USS Yorktown Air Group - Lt. Comdr. Oscar Pederson, USN Fighting Squadron 3 (VF-3) Lt. Comdr. John S. Thatch, USN
25 Grumman F4F-4 (Wildcat)
Bombing Squadron 3 (VB-3) Lt. Comdr. Maxwell F. Leslie, USN
18 Douglas SBD-3 (Dauntless)
Scouting Squadron 3 (VS-3) Lt. Wallace C. Short Jr., USN
19 Douglas SBD-3 (Dauntless)
Torpedo Squadron 3 (VT-3) Lt. Comdr. Lance E. Massey, USN
13 Douglas TBD-1 (Devastator) Task Group 17.2 (TG 17.2) Cruiser Group
Rear Admiral William W. Smith, USN USS Astoria (CA-34)
USS Portland (CA-33) Task Group 17.4 (TG 17.4) Destroyer Screen
Capt. Gilbert C. Hoover, USN Commander Destroyer Squadron 2 (Comdesron 2) USS Hammann (DD-412) - torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-168 following the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942.
USS Hughes (DD-410)
USS Morris (DD-417)
USS Anderson (DD-411)
USS Russell (DD-414)
USS Gwin (DD-433) Task Force 16 (TF 16)
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN Task Group 16.5 (TG 16.5) Carrier Group
Capt. George D. Murray, USN USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Capt. George D. Murray, USN USS Enterprise Air Group - Lt. Comdr. Clarence W. McClusky, USN Fighting Squadron 6 (VF-6) Lt. James S. Gray, USN
27 Grumman F4F-4 (Wildcat)
Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) Lt. Richard H. Best, USN
19 Douglas SBD-2 and SBD-3 (Dauntless)
Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) Lt. Wilmer E. Gallaher, USN
19 Douglas SBD-2 and SBD-3 (Dauntless)
Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) Lt. Comdr. Eugene E. Lindsey, USN
14 Douglas TBD-1 (Devastator) USS Hornet (CV-8)
Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, USN USS Hornet Air Group - Lt. Comdr. Stanhope C. Ring, USN Fighting Squadron 8 (VF-8) Lt. Comdr. Samuel G. Mitchell, USN
27 Grumman F4F-4 (Wildcat)
Bombing Squadron 8 (VB-8) Lt. Comdr. Robert R. Johnson, USN
19 Douglas SBD-2 and SBD-3 (Dauntless)
Scouting Squadron 8 (VS-8) Lt. Comdr. Walter F. Rodee, USN
18 Douglas SBD-1, SBD-2, and SBD-3 (Dauntless)
Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) Lt. Comdr. John C. Waldron, USN
15 Douglas TBD-1 (Devastator)
Task Group 16.2 (TG 16.2) Cruiser Group
Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN Commander Cruiser Division 6 (Comcrudiv 6) USS New Orleans (CA-32)
USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
USS Northampton (CA-26)
USS Pensacola (CA-24)
USS Atlanta (CL-51) Task Group 16.4 (TG 16.4) Destroyer Screen
Capt. Alexander R. Early, USN Commander Destroyer Squadron 1 (Comdesron 1) USS Phelps (DD-360)
USS Worden (DD-352)
USS Monaghan (DD-354)
USS Aylwin (DD-355) Destroyer Squadron 6 (Desron 6)
Capt. Edward P. Sauer, USN USS Balch (DD-363)
USS Conyngham (DD-371)
USS Benham (DD-397)
USS Ellet (DD-398)
USS Maury (DD-401) Oiler Group USS Cimarron (AO-22)
USS Platte (AO-24)
USS Dewey (DD-349)
USS Monssen (DD-436) Submarines
Rear Admiral Robert H. English, USN Commander Submarine Force Pacific Fleet (ComSubPac)
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Task Group 7.1 (TG 7.1) Midway Patrol Group USS Cachalot (SS-170)
USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
USS Tambor (SS-198)
USS Trout (SS-202)
USS Grayling (SS-209)
USS Nautilus (SS-168)
USS Grouper (SS-214)
USS Dolphin (SS-169)
USS Gato (SS-212)
USS Cuttlefish (SS-171)
USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
USS Grenadier (SS-210) Task Group 7.2 (TG 7.2)
'Roving Short-Stops' USS Narwhal (SS-167)
USS Plunger (SS-179)
USS Trigger (SS-237) Task Group 7.3 (TG 7.3)
North of Oahu Patrol USS Tarpon (SS-175)
USS Pike (SS-173)
USS Finback (SS-230)
USS Growler (SS-215) Shore-Based Air, Midway
Capt. Cyril T. Simard, USN Patrol Wing 1 Detachment (Patwing 1 Det)
Comdr. Massie Hughes, USN Patrol Wing 2 Detachment (Patwing 2 Det)
Lt. Comdr. Robert Brixner, USN
32 Consolidated PBY-5 and PBY-5A (Catalina) Torpedo Squadron 8 Detachment (VT-8 Det)
Lt. Langdon K. Fieberling, USN
6 Grumman TBF (Avenger) Marine Aircraft Group 22 (MAG 22) 2ND Marine Air Wing
Lt. Col. Ira L. Kimes, USMC Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221)
Maj. Floyd B. Parks, USMC
Capt. Kirk Armistead, USMC
20 Brewster F2A-3 (Buffalo)
7 Grumman F4F-3 (Wildcat)
Marine Scouting-Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241)
Maj. Lofton R. Henderson, USMC
Maj. Benjamin W. Norris, USMC
Capt. Marshall A. Tyler, USMC
11 Vought SB2U-3 (Vindicator)
16 Douglas SBD-2 (Dauntless) Seventh Army Air Force Detachment
Major General Willis P. Hale, USA Capt. James F. Collins, USA
4 Martin B-26 (Marauder)
Lt. Col. Walter C. Sweeney Jr., USA
13 Lockheed B-17 (Flying Fortress)
Maj. G.A. Blakey, USA
6 Lockheed B-17 (Flying Fortress) Midway Local Defenses
Capt. Cyril T. Simard, USN 6TH Marine Defense Battalion (reinforced), Fleet Marine Force
Col. Harold D. Shannon, USMC
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 (MBTRON 1)
Lt. Clinton McKellar Jr., USN Midway Island
PT-20
PT-21
PT-22
PT-24
PT-25
PT-26
PT-27
PT-28
Kure Island
PT-29
PT-30
Also 4 small Patrol Craft. Deployed along lesser reefs and islands of Hawaiian Group French Frigate Shoals
USS Thornton (AVD-11)
USS Ballard (AVD-10)
USS Clark (DD-361)
USS Kaloli (AOG-13)
Pearl and Hermes Reef
USS Crystal (PY-25)
USS Vireo (ATO-144)
Lisianski, Gardner Pinnacles, Laysan and Necker
4 YPs (converted tuna boats)
Midway Refueling Unit
Comdr. Harry R. Thurber, USN USS Guadalupe
USS Blue (DD-387)
USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390)
Sources:
Bulkley, Robert J., Jr. At Close Quarters: PT Boats in
the United States Navy. Washington, DC: Naval History Division,
1962.
Morison, Samuel Eliot. Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions,
May 1942 - August 1942. vol. 4 of History of United States Naval
Operations in World War II. Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company,
1954.
Silverstone, Paul H. US Warships of World War II. Annapolis,
MD. Naval Institute Press, 1989.
Swanborough, Gordon, and Peter M.
Bowers. United States Naval Aircraft Since 1911. 3rd edition. Annapolis,
MD. Naval Institute Press, 1990.
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