ALLIED FORCES:
Task Force 5
Rear Admiral W.A. Glassford
S Marblehead did not participate due to a grounding incident and engine failure, respectively. Air support came from twenty Brewster Buffaloes, three B-17s (?), and nine (?) B-10 bombers.
Desdiv 59
Cdr. P.H. Talbot
USS John D. Ford ---- Lt. Cdr. E.N. Parker
USS Parrott
USS Paul Jones ---- Lt. Cdr. J.J. Hourihan
USS Pope ---- Lt. Cdr. W.C. Blinn
USS Submarines:
USS S 40
USS Pickerel
USS Porpoise
USS Saury
USS Spearfish
USS Sturgeon
Dutch Submarines:
K XVIII ---- Lt. Cdr. C.A.J. van Well Groeneveld
Damaged by Cha 11
K XIV ---- Lt. Cdr. P.A. Mulock van der Vlies Bik
JAPANESE FORCES
Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura
Desron 4
CL Naka (F)
Desdiv 2:
Yudachi
Samidare
Harusame
Murasame
Desdiv 9:
Minegumo
Natsugumo
Desron 2:
Desdiv 24:
Yamakaze
Suzukaze
Kawakaze
Umikaze
Base Force:
PC-36
PC-37 (damaged by K XVIII and by Desdiv 59, beached)
PC-38
AM-15
AM-16
AM-17
AM-18
Ch 10
Ch 11
Ch 12
Transport Force
AVP Sanyo Maru ---- Damaged by bombs
Army Transports
Sumanoura Maru ---- Torpedoed and sunk by Pope
Kuretake Maru ---- Torpedoed and sunk by John D. Ford
Kumagawa Maru ---- Damaged
Toei Maru ---- Damaged
Ashiyama Maru ---- Damaged
Yukka Maru ---- Damaged by bombs, flooded and sunk
Navy Transports
Tatsukami Maru ---- Damaged by bombs, torpedoed and sunk by Paul Jones and Parrott
Tsuruga Maru ---- sunk by K XVIII
Nana Maru ---- damaged by bombs, sunk
Sources:
1. Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy by Paul S. Dull
2. Zij vochten op de zeven zee�n by K.W.L. Bezemer
3. De Koninklijke Marine in de Tweede Wereldoorlog by Ph.M. Bosscher
4. Onze vliegers in Indi� by C.C. K�pfer
5. The Netherlands East Indies 1941-42 web site