| Shima (Landing convoy to Tulagi. Taken under fire by the Americain counter attack) |
 Kikuzuki  | Yuzuki  |
 Tama Maru | Wa 1  |
| Wa-2 | Okinoshima  |
 Koei Maru | Azumasan Maru  |
| Goto (Covering Force) |
 Shoho | Aoba  |
 Furutaka | Kako |
| Kinugasa | Sazanami  |
 Hiro |
27 aircraft | Fletcher (Task Force 17, that performed the raid) |
 Yorktown  | Astoria  |
 Chester | Chicago |
 Anderson | Hammann |
| Morris | Perkins II  |
| Sims | Walke II |
72 aircraft