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Inoguchi Toshihira was a former
captain of the cruiser Takao
and had a reputation as the best
gunnery theorist in the Japanese
Imperial
Navy. He was given command of Musashi
on
12 August 1944.
Promoted to rear admiral just before the Battle
of Leyte Gulf, he remained in command of the ship on its last voyage.
He was
wounded in an air
attack that knocked out the main antiaircraft
director, and
chose to go down with the ship.
Inoguchi allegedly advocated seeking a negotiated peace in 1944. When he decided to go down with his ship, he gave an ensign his sword and a letter asking for the Emperor's forgiveness.
| 1896-8-11 | Born | |
| 1918-11-21 |
Midshipman |
CL Tokiwa |
| 1919-8-1 | Ensign |
CL Tatsuta |
| 1919-12-1 | Gunnery School Basic Course |
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| 1920-5-31 | Torpedo School Basic Course |
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| 1920-12-1 | DD Hakaze | |
| 1921-5-7 | CL Yakumo | |
| 1921-12-1 | Lieutenant junior
grade |
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| 1922-5-15 | CL Oi | |
| 1922-11-20 | DD Nashi | |
| 1923-9-22 | PG Katata | |
| 1923-12-1 | Gunnery School Advanced Course |
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| 1924-12-1 | Lieutenant | BB Hyuga |
| 1925-12-1 | Gunnery School Specialized Course |
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| 1926-11-15 | Instructor, Gunnery School |
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| 1929-11-30 | Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1930-11-1 | CL Kinu | |
| 1931-12-1 | Staff, Destroyer Squadron 2 |
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| 1932-12-1 | Instructor, Gunnery School |
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| 1934-11-15 | Commander | |
| 1934-11-20 | Instructor, Gunnery School |
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| 1935-11-15 | BB Fuso | |
| 1936-12-1 | Staff, Combined Fleet |
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| 1937-12-1 | Executive Officer, CL Kuma | |
| 1938-4-1 | Instructor, Gunnery School | |
| 1939-11-15 | Captain | |
| 1940-10-1 | Instructor, Gunnery School |
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| 1940-10-15 | Commander, AO Iro | |
| 1941-5-24 | Chief Instructor, Gunnery School |
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| 1942-5-5 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1942-7-1 | Commander, CL Natori | |
| 1943-1-20 | 1 Naval District | |
| 1943-2-15 | Staff, 2 Fleet |
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| 1943-2-23 | Commander, CA Takao | |
| 1943-10-28 | 1 Naval District | |
| 1943-12-1 | Chief Instructor, Yokosuka Gunnery School |
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| 1944-8-1 | Staff, Battleship Division 1 |
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| 1944-8-12 | Commander, BB Musashi | |
| 1944-10-15 | Rear admiral |
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| 1944-10-24 | Vice admiral |
Killed in action |
References
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2007-11-28)
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