A Catalog of the Battle Squadrons at the Beginning of the War
(December 8, 1941)
Formations that are not carrier divisions (航空戦隊 koukuu sentai) or torpedo squadrons (水雷戦隊 suirai sentai) are simply squadrons (戦隊 sentai), regardless of component ship classes.1st Battleship Division
(Reporting Directly to Combined Fleet HQ)NagatoMutsuIseHyuugaYamashiroFusou2nd Battleship Division
(1st Fleet)3rd Battleship Division
(1st Fleet)KirishimaHarunaHieiKongou4th Cruiser Division
(2nd Fleet)ChoukaiAtagoTakaoMaya5th Cruiser Division
(2nd Fleet)MyoukouHaguroNachi6th Cruiser Division
(1st Fleet)AobaKinugasaFurutakaKako7th Cruiser Division
(2nd Fleet)MogamiMikumaSuzuyaKumano8th Cruiser Division
(2nd Fleet)9th Cruiser Division
(1st Fleet)15th Escort Squadron
(Reporting Directly to 2nd China Expeditionary Fleet HQ)16th Cruiser Division
(3rd Fleet)KumaAshigaraNagara21st Cruiser Division
(5th Fleet)OoiKitakamiChikumaToneIsuzu18th Cruiser Division
(4th Fleet)TenryuuTatsutaTamaKiso
Auxiliary Seaplane Tender
Kimikawa Maru
22nd Cruiser Division
(5th Fleet)Auxiliary Cruiser Awata Maru
Auxiliary Cruiser Asaka Maru24th Raider Division
(Attached to Combined Fleet)Auxiliary Cruiser Houkoku Maru
Auxiliary Cruiser Aikoku Maru
Auxiliary Cruiser Gokoku Maru19th Minelayer Squadron
(4th Fleet)Coastal Escort Tenyo Maru
Minelayer Tokiwa
Fast Minelayer Okinoshima
Fast Minelayer Tsugaru17th Minelayer Division
(3rd Fleet)12th Squadron
(Direct Report of 3rd China Expeditionary Fleet HQ)Coastal Escort Iwate
Auxiliary Torpedo Transport Shuri MaruMinelayer Itsukushima
Minelayer Yaeyama
Auxiliary Minelayer Tatsumiya MaruTorpedo Boat Kasasagi
Torpedo Boat Hiyodori
River Gunboat Hashidate
River Gunboat Saga
4th Minesweeper DivisionSome sources state that minesweepers were not attached to these torpedo boats, or that it was instead the 2nd Minesweeper Division that was attached.According to The Phantom Decisive Battle: Main Fleet (4), this division was assembled on 12/10, but some sources state that the division was assembled prior to the war.Secret
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A Catalog of the Battle Squadrons at the Beginning of the War
(December 8, 1941)
Formations that are not carrier divisions (航空戦隊 koukuu sentai) or torpedo squadrons (水雷戦隊 suirai sentai) are simply squadrons (戦隊 sentai), regardless of component ship classes.
1st Battleship Division
(Reporting Directly to Combined Fleet HQ)
Torpedo Boat Kasasagi
Torpedo Boat Hiyodori
River Gunboat Hashidate
River Gunboat Saga
4th Minesweeper Division
Some sources state that minesweepers were not attached to these torpedo boats, or that it was instead the 2nd Minesweeper Division that was attached.
According to The Phantom Decisive Battle: Main Fleet (4), this division was assembled on 12/10, but some sources state that the division was assembled prior to the war.
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