Japanese Forces
    Rear Admiral Masanori Kimura

Army Troopships
    Carrying 6000 troops and equipment of the 51st Division
Aiyo Maru*
Kyokusei Maru*
Oigawa Maru*
Shinai Maru*
Taimei Maru*
Teiyo Maru*

Cargo Ship
Kembu Maru*
    Carrying avgas

Special Service Vessel
Nojima*
    Carrying 600 marines

Desron 3
    Rear Admiral Masatomi Kimura in Shirayuki

Desdiv 8
    Capt. Sato Yasuo
Asashio* (F)                    Lt. Cdr. Yoshii Gorou*
     Lost with all hands
Arashio*                           Cdr. Hideo Kuboki *
    170 survivors

Desdiv 11
    Capt. Shuichi Sugino
Shirayuki*(F)                    Lt. Cdr. Rokorou Sugawara
    32 killed

Other Ships (divisional organization unclear)
Tokitsukaze*                    Cdr. Masayoshi Motokura
    Carrying CO 18th Army Lt. Gen. Hatazo Adachi
Yukikaze                           Cdr. Ryokichi Kanma
    Carrying 51st Division CO Lt. Gen. Hidemitsu Nakano and staff
Uranami                            Cdr. Tsutomu Hagio
Shikinami                          Cdr. Akifumi Kawahashi
Asagumo                          Cdr. Tooru Iwahashi

CAP
30+ Zekes, Hamps, and Oscars

Allied Forces

US Fifth Air Force plus elements of the Royal Australian Air Force
    General George C. Kenney
129 fighters: P-38s, P-39s, P-40s, Beaufighters
207 bombers: B-17s, A-20s and Bostons, Beauforts, B-25s
five MTB of the US 7th Fleet

* Sunk or lost.  Of the nearly 7,000 Japanese troops in the convoy, only about 800 reached Lae and 2,427 were returned to Rabaul.  The official death toll was 3,664.  CAP losses reached 15-20 planes.  Allied losses totaled thirteen men killed, twelve wounded, and three P-38s and one B-17 shot down (plus two planes destroyed in crash landings).

Sources:
1. Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy by Paul S. Dull
2. Nihon Kaigun web site
3. Flying Buccaneers by Steve Birdsall
4. Airwar by Edward Jablonski