Battle of the Java Sea

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Order of battle

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  • Allied Forces
    • ABDA Combined Striking Force, Rear Admiral Karel Doorman, Royal Netherlands Navy
      • USS Houston CA Capt. A.H. Rooks USN
      • HMS Exeter (1929) Capt. O.L. Gordon RN
      • HNLMS Java
      • HNLMS De Ruyter (1935) (F) Cdr. E.E.B. Lacomblé RNN
      • HMAS Perth Capt. H.M.L. Waller RAN
      • Destroyer Division 58, Cdr. T.H. Binford USN
        • USS John D. Edwards, Lt. Cdr. H.E. Eccles USN
        • USS Paul Jones, Lt. Cdr. J.J. Hourihan USN
      • Destroyer Division 59, Cdr. E.N. Parker USN
        • USS John D. Ford Cdr. Parker
        • USS Alden Lt. J.E. Cooper USN
        • USS Pope Lt. Cdr. W.C. Blinn USN
      • British Destroyers Cdr. C.W. May, RN
        • HMS Electra Cdr. C.W. May
        • HMS Jupiter Lt. Cdr. N.V.J.T. Thew, RN
        • HMS Encounter Lt.Cdr. E.V. St. J. Morgan, R
      • Destroyer Group 3. Evertsen Lt. Cdr. W.M. de Vries RNN
      • Destroyer Group 1, Lt. Cdr. F.J.E. Krips
        • Witte De With (F) Lt. Cdr. P. Schotel RNN
        • Kortenaer Lt. Cdr. A. Kroese, RNN
  • Imperial Japanese Navy
    • Eastern Attack Group, Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura
      • Destroyer Squadron 4
        • CL Naka (F)
        • DesDiv 2, Capt. Masao Tachibana
          • IJN Yudachi
          • IJN Samidare
          • IJN Murasame
          • IJN Harusame
        • DesDiv 9, Capt. Yasuo Sato
          • IJN Minegumo
          • IJN Asagumo
    • Eastern Covering Group, Rear Admiral Takeo Takagi
      • Cruiser Division 5
      • IJN Nachi (F)
      • IJN Haguro
      • Desron 4, Desdiv 24
        • IJN Yamakaze Lt. Comm. Shuichi Hamanaka
        • IJN Kawakaze
      • Desdiv 7
        • IJN Sazanami Lt. Comm. Hiroshi Uwai
        • IJN Ushio Comm. Yoshitake Uesugi
      • Destroyer Squadron 2, Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka
      • Desdiv 16, Capt. Shiro Shibuya
        • IJN Yukikaze—Comm. Kenjiro Tobita
        • IJN Tokitsukaze—Comm. Giichiro Nakahara
        • IJN Amatsukaze—Lt. Comm. Tameichi Hara
        • IJN Hatsukaze—Comm. Kameshirou Takahashi
  1. Stephen King, Jan Visser, Richard Worth and Tony DiGiulian (18 May 2008), Order of Battle:Battle of the Java Sea, 27-28 February 1942, CombinedFleet.com