Battle of the Coral Sea order of battle
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This is an order of battle for the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Japanese Forces
Task Force "MO"
- Carrier Striking Force - Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi
Carrier Division 5 - Rear Admiral Chuichi Hara, Officer in Tactical Command - Tulagi Invasion Group - Rear Admiral Kiyohide Shima
- Port Moresby Invasion Group - Rear Admiral Sadamichi Kajioka
- Support Group - Rear Admiral Kuninori Marumo
- Covering Group - Rear Admiral Goto
- Submarine Force - Captain Noburu Ishizaki
Allied Forces
Task Force 17 - Rear 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 Crace
- Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group) - Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch, Officer in Tactical Command (OTC)
- 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