Task Force 67
    R. Adm. Carleton H. Wright

Task Group 67.2
Northampton, CA-26 - Capt. W. A. Kitts (sunk by two Long Lances, 58 killed)
Minneapolis, CA-36 (F) (damaged by two Long Lances)
New Orleans, CA-32 (damaged by a Long Lance)
Pensacola, CA-24 (damaged by a Long Lance)
Honolulu, CL-48 - Capt. Robert W. Hayler
Lamson, DD-367
Lardner, DD-487
Task Group 67.4:
Fletcher, DD-445
Drayton, DD-366
Maury, DD-401
Perkins, DD-377

Japanese Forces

Desron 2, 2nd Fleet
    Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka

Strike Force
Desdiv 31
    Capt. Toshio Shimizu
Naganami    Comm. Tsutae Kumabe (F)
Takanami    Comm. Masami Ogura (sunk by cruiser gunfire, 211 killed)
 

Transport Force

Desdiv 15
Kuroshio       Comm. Hajimi Takeuchi
Oyashio         Lt. Comm. Hideo Azuma
Kagero          Comm. Terumichi Arimoto

Desdiv 24
Suzukaze      Lt. Comm. Kazuo Shibayama
Kawakaze    Lt. Comm. Yoshio Yanase

Desdiv 31
Makinami      Comm. Toyoji Hitomi

Sources:
1. The Two-Ocean War By Samuel Elliot Morrison
2. Bull Halsey by E. B. Potter
3. www.microworks.net/pacific web site
4. Nihon Kaigun web site
5. Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945 by J. Rohwer & G. Hummelchen.

Contributed by Joseph Giuda, Dan Muir, and Richard Worth