Below is the order of battle for the Amoy Operation fought May 10–12, 1938, part of a campaign by the Imperial Japanese Navy to blockade the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Japan
5th Fleet Vice Admiral Koichi Shiozawa 9th Sentai 1 Myōkō-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots) Myōkō 1 Kuma-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 31.75 knots): Tama 10th Sentai 2 Tenryū-class light cruisers (4 × 5.5-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 33 knots): Tenryū Tatsuta 1st Gunboat Unit 4 gunboats(?) 1st Air Sentai Fleet carrier Kaga 90 aircraft Fighter Daitai: Nakajima A2N, Type 95 Mitsubishi A5M Bomber Daitai: Aichi D1A1s, A2's dive bombers Attack Daitai: Mitsubishi B2M, Type 96 Yokosuka B4Y1 torpedo bombers 3rd Air Sentai Kamoi seaplane tender 12 aircraft (probably Nakajima E8N Type 95 "Dave" Recon Seaplane) 2nd Combined SNLF Yokosuka 2nd SNLF Kure 3rd SNLF Sasebo 7th SNLF Kinmen (Quemoy) Garrison 1st Garrison Unit
Notes Earlier in the Shanghai campaign the 1st Air Sentai had an escort of a 30th Tai of 4 destroyers. Formerly Kamoi had an escort of 28th Tai of 4 destroyers also. It is likely they had similar if not the same escorts here. From: History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 5/10 11 Ships and 18 planes bombarded Ho-to and Ao-tou. 20 motor boats landed infantry at Wu-tung. 5/11 More landings at Huang-tso and Ta-tao. 3 destroyers and 2 Gunboats attacked the fortress there to cover the landings. This indicates there was at least one Tai of destroyers with this operation.
China
Amoy Area Chen Yi, Director, Fukien Pacification HQ 75th Division – Han Wen-ying Amoy fortress Command – Kao Hsien-shen Pai-shih Fortress Yu-tse-wei Fortress (naval garrison) 2 batteries of fortress garrison forces Hui-li-shan battery Pan-shih battery
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