Order of Battle
Battle of Balikpapan
23-24 January 1942
Contributed by Jan Visser and Richard Worth

ALLIED FORCES:

Task Force 5
    Rear Admiral W.A. Glassford

Note: the cruisers USS Boise and USS Marblehead did not participate due to a grounding incident and engine failure, respectively.  Air support came from twenty Brewster Buffaloes, three B-17s (?), and nine (?) B-10 bombers.

Desdiv 59
    Cdr. P.H. Talbot
USS John D. Ford         Lt. Cdr. E.N. Parker
USS Parrott
USS Paul Jones            Lt. Cdr. J.J. Hourihan
USS Pope                      Lt. Cdr. W.C. Blinn

USS Submarines:
USS S 40
USS Pickerel
USS Porpoise
USS Saury
USS Spearfish
USS Sturgeon

Dutch Submarines:
K XVIII                            Lt. Cdr. C.A.J. van Well Groeneveld
    Damaged by Cha 11
K XIV                              Lt. Cdr. P.A. Mulock van der Vlies Bik


JAPANESE FORCES
    Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura

Desron 4
CL Naka (F)

Desdiv 2:
Yudachi
Samidare
Harusame
Murasame

Desdiv 9:
Minegumo
Natsugumo

Desron 2:
Desdiv 24:
Yamakaze
Suzukaze
Kawakaze
Umikaze

Base Force:
PC-36
PC-37 (damaged by K XVIII and by Desdiv 59, beached)
PC-38
AM-15
AM-16
AM-17
AM-18
Ch 10
Ch 11
Ch 12
 

Transport Force

AVP Sanyo Maru
    Damaged by bombs

Army Transports
Sumanoura Maru
    Torpedoed and sunk by Pope
Kuretake Maru
    Torpedoed and sunk by John D. Ford
Kumagawa Maru
    Damaged
Toei Maru
    Damaged
Ashiyama Maru
    Damaged
Yukka Maru
    Damaged by bombs, flooded and sunk

Navy Transports
Tatsukami Maru
    Ddamaged by bombs, torpedoed and sunk by Paul Jones and Parrott
Tsuruga Maru
sunk by K XVIII
Nana Maru
damaged by bombs, sunk
 

Sources:
1. Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy by Paul S. Dull
2. Zij vochten op de zeven zeeën by K.W.L. Bezemer
3. De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog by Ph.M. Bosscher
4. Onze vliegers in Indië by C.C. Küpfer
5. The Netherlands East Indies 1941-42 web site: http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/church/990/NEI.html