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
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