Which Japanese Ships Attacked Pearl Harbor?

    All sources agree which IJN capital ships were in the attack on Pearl Harbor, but sources disagree on a few of the destroyers and tankers.
    Cruiser, Flag ClassITOSEM OOB FTE USNPHA ADI
    Abukuma Nagara1 1 1 1 1 1
    Nagara Nagara (-2) 2
    Destroyers Class ITOSEM OOBFTEUSNPHA ADI
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    DD Urakaze Kagero3 4 2 2 1
    DD Isokaze Kagero- 7 3 3 2
    DD Tanikaze Kagero1 1 4 1 3
    DD Hamakaze Kagero2 2 5 4 4
    DD Kagero Kagero7 3 6 7 5
    DD Shiranuhi Kagero8 6 7 8 6
    DD Arare Asashio68 8 6 7
    DD Kasumi Asashio55 9 5 8
    DD Akigumo 9 9 1 9 9 1
    DD Asakaze 4 - - - -
    Midway
    DD Ushio FubukiM2M2 M1 M2 M1M2
    DD Akebono M1 m? M1 M1
    DD Sazanami Fubuki M1 M2 M2
    Tankers
    Kyokuto 1 1 P A
    Kenyo 3 2 P A
    Kokuyo 4 3 P A
    Shinkoku 5 4 P A
    Toho 6 6 P A
    Toei 7 7 P A
    Nippon 8 8 P A
    Akebono - 5 P A
    Kyokuyo 2 - P -
      Sources:
    • ITO - "End of the Imperial Japanese Navy" by Masanori Ito
    • SEM - "Rising Sun in the Pacific" by Samuel Eliot Morison
    • PHA - Pearl Harbor Attack Planing
    • OOB - Order of Battle OOB
    • FTE - Fates of IJN PH
    • USN - [ Forgot the address, not much there.]
    • ADI - A Day of Infamy
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    About this page: PearlDD - Display of several sources that differ on the names of the destroyers and tankers in the Japanese Pearl Harbor Attack Force.
    Last updated on May 15, 2001
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