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This is an order of battle for the Battle of the Coral Sea.

other units

 * Support Group/Close Cover Force - Rear Admiral Kuninori Marumo
 * cruiser Tenryū, Tatsuta
 * seaplane tender Kamikawa Maru (18th Cruiser Division)
 * gunboats Keijo Maru, Seikai Maru, Nikkai Maru
 * Covering Group - Rear Admiral Aritomo Gotō
 * carrier Shōhō (sunk)
 * cruisers Aoba, Kako, Kinugasa, Furutaka
 * destroyer Sazanami
 * Submarine Force - Captain Noburu Ishizaki
 * submarines I-21, I-22, I-24, I-28, and I-29 (I-28 sunk by the US submarine Tautog on May 17 as I-28 returns to base at Truk) (Cressman, p. 84, says I-21 was involved) check TROMs. I-21 and I-27 scout Noumea.

Air units:


 * 25th Air Flotilla- Sadayoshi Yamada
 * Rabaul- 44 Zero, 41 G3M, 13 H6K. (Yokohama Air Group)
 * Lae- 16 Zero
 * Buna- 7 G3M
 * Shortland- 3 H6K, 4 light seplanes
 * Tulagi- 6 A6M.2N Zero (float Zeros?)
 * Deboyne- 12 seaplanes (Millot, 152-153 for this info)

Lundstrom (2006), p. 547 (footnote #14 from p. 137) states that the Base Air Force on 1 May had 23 Zeros, 42 bombers, and 13 Kawanishi flying boats.

Allied Forces
Task Force 17 - Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher
 * Task Group 17.2 (Attack Group) - Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
 * cruisers Minneapolis, New Orleans, Astoria, Chester, Portland
 * destroyers Phelps, Dewey, Farragut, Aylwin, Monaghan
 * Task Group 17.3 (Support Group) - Rear Admiral John Gregory Crace
 * cruisers Australia, Chicago, Hobart
 * destroyers Perkins, Walke
 * Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group) - Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch, Officer in Tactical Command (OTC)
 * carriers Yorktown, Lexington (sunk)
 * destroyers Morris, Anderson, Hammann, Russell
 * Task Group 17.6 (Fueling Group) - Captain John S. Phillips
 * oilers Neosho (sunk), Tippecanoe
 * destroyers Sims (sunk), Worden
 * Task Group 17.9 (Search Group) - Commander George H. DeBaun
 * seaplane tender Tangier (with 12 PBY-5 Catalinas)
 * Reserve (at Noumea)
 * Destroyers DD388 Helm and DD391 Henley (ONI, p. 53; Millot, p. 157)


 * Lexington's 2nd Air Group was commanded by Commander W. B. Ault; VF2 by LTCr Ramsey, VB2 by LTCr W.L. Hamilton, VS2 by LTCr R. E. Dixon, and VT2 by LTCr Brett (Millot, p. 158)
 * Yorktown's 5th Air Group was commanded by LTCr Pederson, VF42 by LTCr Fenton, VB5 by Lt Short, VS5 by LTCr Burch, VT5 by LTCr J. Taylor (Millot, pp. 158-159)
 * Four US submarines from Task Force 42, based in Australia under Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell, deployed around the Rabaul area. Lundstrom (2006), p. 133.
 * MacArthur's land based air forces, under Lieutenant General George Brett. Eighteen B-17, 16 B-26, 14 B-25, 10 RAAF Hudsons, 3 RAAF PBY. Lundstrom (2006), p. 133–134, 160.