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Harada was a captain
in command of the Japanese midget submarine
force when
war broke out. He later commanded the seaplane
carrier force at the battle of Midway.
He was promoted to rear admiral and given command of Submarine Squadron 7 in
January
1943 and employed his force in the Solomons with only
limited
success.
By August 1944 Harada commanded 33 Special Base Force
in the central Philippines
and was nominally in charge of preparing the defense of Cebu, although he left the
direction of the preparations to the commander of the Army
garrison, Manjome Takeo.
| 1890-10-12
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born | |
| 1913-12-19 | Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 47th in a class of 118. Assigned to CL Asama |
| 1914-8-11 | BB Hiei |
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| 1914-12-11 | Ensign | |
| 1915-10-1 | CL Chikuma |
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| 1916-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Torpedo School Basic Course |
| 1917-6-1 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1917-12-1 | Submarine Division 2 |
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| 1918-11-2 | Submarine Division 1 |
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| 1918-12-13 | AR Kanto |
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| 1919-7-24 | Yokosuka
Defense Unit |
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| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant | Torpedo School Advanced Course |
| 1920-12-1 | SS-23 |
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| 1921-11-1 | SS-41 |
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| 1922-12-1 | Commander, SS-16 |
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| 1923-4-1 | Kure
Defense Unit |
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| 1923-12-1 | Commander, SS-19 | |
| 1924-11-1 | Commander, Ro-11 |
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| 1925-12-1 | Commander, Ro-26 |
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| 1926-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
Commander, Ro-18 |
| 1928-6-15 | Commander, I-24 |
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| 1929-6-1 | Commander, I-3 |
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| 1932-12-1 | Commander | Commander, Submarine Division 6 |
| 1934-10-22 | Commander, Submarine Division 9 |
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| 1935-11-15 | Commander, Submarine Division 29 |
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| 1937-12-1 | Captain | Commander, Submarine Division 8 |
| 1938-12-15 | Commander, AS Taigei | |
| 1939-11-15 | Commander, CVL Hosho |
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| 1940-8-20 | Commander, CVS Chiyoda |
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| 1942-11-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1943-1-12 | Commander, Submarine
Squadron 7 |
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| 1943-12-27 | Commander, Yokosuka
Local
Defense Squadron |
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| 1944-8-5 | Commander, 33 Special Base Force | |
| 1945-9-25 | Vice admiral |
Died
from disease
contracted at the
front |
References
Materials of IJN (accessed 2008-3-8)
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