Imperial Japanese Naval Forces (IJN)

Operation TEN-GO

2nd Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Seiichi Ito

BB Yamato (F)* -  (2,498 killed)
 Rear Admiral Kosaku Ariga
 Rear Admiral Nobuei Morishita (Ito’s Chief of Staff)

Desron 2
    Rear Admiral Keizo Komura
CL  Yahagi (F)* - (446 killed)
 Captain Tameichi Hara

Desdiv 17
    Captain Kiichi Shintani
DD Isokaze*
 Commander Saneo Maeda
DD Hamakaze*
 Commander Isami Mukoi
DD Yukikaze
 Commander Masamichi Terauchi

Desdiv 21
    Captain Hisao Kotaki
DD Asashimo*
 Commander Yoshiro Sugihara
DD Kasumi*
 Commander Hiroo Yamana
DD Hatsushimo
 Commander Masazo Sato

Desdiv 41
    Captain Masayoshi Yoshida
DD Fuyutsuki
 Commander Hidechika Sakuma
DD Suzutsuki
 Commander Shigetaka Amano

Note:  721 men were lost in the (4) IJN destroyers sunk in this action.

United States Naval Forces (USN)

Task Force 58
    Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher

TF 58.1
    Rear Admiral Clark

CV12  Hornet
CV20  Bennington
CVL24 Belleau Wood
CVL30 San Jacinto

BB59 Massachusetts
BB58  Indiana

CL64 Vincennes
CL89 Miami
CL86 Vicksburg
CL54  San Juan

Desron 61
DD727 De Haven
DD728 Mansfield
DD729 Lyman K. Swenson
DD730 Collett
DD731 Maddox
DD744 Blue
DD745 Brush
DD746 Taussig
DD747 Samuel N. Moore

Desdiv 106
DD684 Wedderburn
DD540 Twinning
DD688 Stockham

Desron 25
DD574 John Rodgers
DD573 Harrison
DD575 McKee
DD502 Sigsbee
DD500 Kinggold
DD501 Schroeder
DD659 Dashiell
 

TF 58.3
    Rear Admiral Sherman
CV9 Essex
CV17  Bunker Hill
CV19 Hancock
CVL29 Bataan

BB62  New Jersey
BB57 South Dakota
 Vice Admiral Willis Lee

CL65 Pasadena
CL66 Springfield
CL90 Astoria
CL103 Wilkes-Barre

Desron 62
DD698 Ault
DD696 English
DD696 Charles S. Sperry
DD699 Waldron
DD700 Haynsworth
DD703 Wallace L. Lind
DD701 John W. Weeks
DD702 Hank
DD704 Borie

Desron 48
DD631 Erben
DD517 Walker
DD642 Hale
DD644 Stembel
DD666 Black
DD660 Bullard
DD661 Kidd

DD667 Chauncey
 

TF 58.4
    Rear Admiral Radford

CV10 Yorktown
CV11 Intrepid
CV6 Enterprise

BB64 Wisconsin
BB63 Missouri

CB1 Alaska
CB2 Guam

CL53 San Diego

Desron 54
DD688 Remey
DD690 Norman Scott
DD691 Mertz
DD798 Monssen
DD678 McGowan
DD679 McNair
DD680 Melvin

Desron 47
DD534 McCord
DD530 Trathen
DD531 Hazelwood
DD532 Heerman
DD555 Haggard
DD554 Franks
DD556 Hailey

Desdiv 105
DD797 Cushing
DD658 Colahan
DD687 Uhlmann
DD796 Benham

* Ships sunk in this action

Note #1: TF 58.4 was providing air cover to Okinawa at the time the Yamato force was sighted and tried to close at high speed, but the action was over before it came within range.

Note #2:  Destroyer assignments are as of March 14th, 1945 (per source #1) and may have differed some by 7 April 1945.

Note #3:  TF 58.1 and TF 58.3 attacked the Yamato force with 386 aircraft of which 10 failed to return.

Sources:
1.  ‘Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945’ by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen
2.  ‘Japanese Destroyer Captain’ by T. Hara
3.  ‘U.S. Warships of World War II’ by P. Silverstone