USN had 3 carriers and 50 support vessels; IJN had 4 carriers, 7 battlehips and 150 support vessels.
In the direct line of fire, at least 4 carriers, 2 battleships and 9 cruisers and destroyers.
Japanese battlewagons were present only at a distance; Midway was a battle between aircraft carriers.
Kaga, Soryu, Akagi and Hiryu.No Japanese battleships were sunk at Midway, the four mentioned above were sunk but they were Aircraft Carriers, not battleships.
Main weapons used were Destroyers, Cruisers and Aircraft Carriers coleman
About 200 planes, 3 carriers, and about 15 other warships (cruisers, destroyers, submarines, etc.).
In the direct line of fire, at least 4 carriers, 2 battleships and 9 cruisers and destroyers.
Japanese battlewagons were present only at a distance; Midway was a battle between aircraft carriers.
Kaga, Soryu, Akagi and Hiryu.No Japanese battleships were sunk at Midway, the four mentioned above were sunk but they were Aircraft Carriers, not battleships.
Destroyers, Cruisers and Aircraft Carriers
No it wasn't whoever asked this, there's were more aircraft carriers then actual battleships retard!
Main weapons used were Destroyers, Cruisers and Aircraft Carriers coleman
About 200 planes, 3 carriers, and about 15 other warships (cruisers, destroyers, submarines, etc.).
The U.S. naval forces at Midway consisted of 3 aircraft carriers, 8 cruisers, 16 destroyers, and 19 submarines.
Nimitz directed the fight from Pearl Harbor; Yamamoto directed it from his flagship, the battleship YAMATO; "Yamato" and the other battleships were trailing the carriers by several hundred miles during the sea battle. Midway was a carrier engagement.
What was special was that Midway was a "decisive victory" and that it was "decided" by two opposing fleets of "aircraft carriers." This was new for history; prior to Midway...decisive sea battles were decided by surface warships such as battleships or cruisers.
If one excludes the forces used for the "Aleutian Feint" (which, historians are now seeing as not a feint, but a separate, coordinated attack), the Japanese forces at Midway consisted of:Main Force - this was the invasion force intended to occupy and hold the island of Midway itself. It consisted of 5 battleships, 2 light carriers, and about 40 transport and light screening forces (light cruisers and destroyers).Strike Force - this was the main offensive group, built around the fleet carriers, whose purpose was to cripple Midway's air strength, and then locate and sink any US carriers which it could locate. The Strike Force consisted of 4 heavy carriers, 2 battleships, and 15 escorts (cruisers and destroyers).In addition, there were about a half-dozen or so submarines acting as scouts for the Japanese forces.So, all told, that would be approximately 75 ships of all sorts used by the Japanese.
US SHIPS: * Three aircraft carriers: Hornet, Enterprise, Yorktown * Eight cruisers * Fourteen Destroyers * Some submarines shielding the fleet (but not in the battle itself)