Comparative Fleet strengths: Dec 1, 1941
U.S Forces (Pac & Asiatic Fleets) Japanese
Battleships
9 10
Carriers
3 10
Heavy Cruisers
13 18
Light Cruisers
11 17
Destroyers
80 111
Submarines
55 64
NOTE: The Asiatic Fleet, HQ Manila, had no ships larger than
a cruiser.
PEARL HARBOR STRIKE FORCE
Vice Admiral C. Nagumo (Commander in Chief First Air Fleet)
AIR ATTACK FORCE, Admiral Nagumo
Carrier Division 1 Carrier Division 5 Carrier Division 2
CV AKAGI CV SHOKAKU CV HIRYU
CV KAGA CV ZUIKAKU CV SORYU
Screen, Rear Admiral S. Omori in CL ABUKUMA
Destroyer Squadron 1
DD TANIKAZE DD HAMAKZE DD KAGERO
DD URAKAZE DD KASUMI DD SHIRANUHI
DD ISOKAZE DD ARARE DD AKIGUMO
SUPPORT FORCE, Vice Admiral G. Mikawa
Battleship Division 3 [Heavy] Cruiser Division 8
BB HIEI CA TONE
BB KIRISHIMA CA CHIKUMA
Ship Lane Patrol, Captain K. Imaizumi
Submarines I-19, I-21, I-23
Midway Neutralization Unit, Captain K. Konishi
DD SAZANAMI DD USHIO (see note below)
Train
Eight Tankers and Supply Ships
Note: USHIO was the only ship of the Pearl Harbor Strike Force to survive
the war.
NAVAL COMBATANT STRENGTH
PACIFIC OCEAN
1 MAY 1941
UNITED STATES ROYAL TOTAL JAPANESE
PACIFIC ASIATIC ROYAL NETH. POTENTIAL NAVY
FLEET FLEET NAVY NAVY ALLIES (DEC. 7, )
BB 9 0 1 0 10 10
CV 3 0 1 0 4 10
CA 12 1 4 0 17 18
CL 9 2 13 3 27 17
DD 67 13 6 7 93 111
SS 27 28 0 15 70 64
ARMY PLANES ON OAHU AND AFTER ATTACK OF 7 DECEMBER
BEFORE ATTACK AFTER ATTACK
UNDER UNDER
USABLE REPAIR USABLE REPAIR
B-17 6 6 4 4
B-12A 1 2 1 2
B-18 21 12 11 10
A-12 2 0 0 0
A-20 5 7 5 5
P-40 64 35 36 30
P-36 20 19 16 19
P-26 10 4 4 4
RECON. 11 2 9 4
TRAIN/UTIL 3 1 1 1
TOTAL 143 88 87 79
AMERICAN CASUALTIES
KILLED, MISSING
AND DIED OF WOUNDS WOUNDED
NAVY 2,008 710
MARINE CORPS 109 69
ARMY 218 364
CIVILIANS 68 35
TOTAL 2,403 1,178