The Forces Involved

Here is a matchup of the forces involved at Midway. It does include Yamamoto's "Main Body" but does not include any ships from the Aluetian campaign.

* denotes flagship

Japanese

First Air Fleet--Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
First Carrier Division: IJN Carriers Akagi* and Kaga--Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
Second Carrier Division: IJN Carriers Hiryu* and Soryu--Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Battleships Haruna and Kirishima
Cruiser Division 8(CruDiv 8)Cruisers Tone* and Chikuma--Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe
Light Cruiser Nagara* and eleven destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 10--Rear Admiral Susumu Kimura
Main Body--Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto-Commander in Chief, Combined Fleet
1 light carrier-IJN Hosho
1 Dreadnought Battleship: IJN Yamato*
2 Battleships: IJN Mutsu and Nagato
1 light cruiser and nine destroyers
Strike Force-Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo
1 Light carrier: IJN Zuiho
Battleships Kongo and Hiei
Heavy Cruisers Atago*, Chokai,Myoko, and Haguro
Light Cruiser Yura and eight destroyers
Occupation Force-Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka
1 Light Cruiser, ten destroyers
Twelve transports
three destroyer-transports
Occupation Support Force-Rear Admiral Takeo Kurita
Heavy Cruisers Kumano*, Suzuya, Mikuma, and Mogami
Destroyers Asashio, and Arashio

American

Task Force 17--Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher (SOPA)
1 Carrier: USS Yorktown*
2 Heavy Cruisers: USS Astoria* and Portland--Rear Admiral William Ward "Poco" Smith
Destroyers Hammann, Hughes, Morris, Anderson, and Russell under Captain Gilbert C. Hoover
Task Force 16--Rear Admiral Raymond Ames Spruancec
2 Carriers: USS Enterprise* and Hornet
5 Heavy Cruisers: USS Northampton*, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Vincennes, and Pensacola--Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
1 Light Cruiser: USS Atlanta
9 Destroyers of Task Group 16.4:--Captain Alexander R. Early
DesRon 1: USS Phelps, Worden, Monaghan, Aylwin and DesRon 6 Balch, Conyngham, Benham, Ellet, Maury

Losses
Japanese

Carriers: IJN Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, and Soryu
Cruisers: IJN Mikuma
Destroyers: None
Aircraft: 332
Casualties: 2,500--including Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi-ComCarDiv2

American

Carriers: USS Yorktown
Cruisers: None
Destroyers: USS Hammann
Aircraft: 147
Casualties: 307

Pictures from Midway

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