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Matsuda Chiaki was a former head of the American section of Japanese naval intelligence and commanded the battleship Hyuga at the outbreak of war. He was captain of Hyuga during the Midway operation, where he was so impressed with the experimental Type 21 radar set that he became a champion of radar. He became captain of Yamato in 1943.
By August 1944 Matsuda was a rear admiral in command of Carrier Division 4, which consisted of two hybrid battleship-carriers, the Hyuga and Ise, which had had their after gun turrets replaced with small flight decks. He participated in the battle of Leyte Gulf as part of Ozawa's decoy force, both his battleship-carriers surviving the battle.
Postwar Matsuda was interrogated by American historians, who regarded him as highly cooperative.
| 1896-9-29 | born | |
| 1916-11-22 |
Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 14th in a class of 95. Assigned to CL Tokiwa |
| 1917-8-17 | BB Haruna |
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| 1917-12-1 | Ensign | BB Kawachi |
| 1918-8-15 | BB Haruna | |
| 1918-11-9 | CL Adzuma |
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| 1919-8-5 | CL Asama |
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| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Torpedo School Basic Course |
| 1920-5-31 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1920-12-1 | DD Yudachi |
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| 1921-12-1 | BB Kongo | |
| 1922-12-1 | Lieutenant | Gunnery School Advanced Course |
| 1923-12-1 | DD D-1 |
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| 1924-12-1 | BB Mutsu |
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| 1925-12-1 | Instructor, Gunnery School | |
| 1926-12-1 | Naval College A-Course | |
| 1928-12-10 | Lieutenant
commander |
Bureau of Personnel, Navy Ministry |
| 1929-5-1 | Resident officer, United States |
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| 1930-5-1 | Assistant attache, United States | |
| 1931-7-1 | CL Kiso |
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| 1931-9-7 | S1, N1, Navy General Staff |
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| 1933-11-15 | Commander | |
| 1935-4-1 | Executive officer, CL Abukuma |
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| 1935-11-21 | Instructor, Naval College | |
| 1937-8-16 | Staff, 3 Fleet |
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| 1937-12-1 | Captain | |
| 1937-12-15 | Staff, China Area Fleet |
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| 1938-2-25 | N1, Navy General Staff |
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| 1938-8-25 | Commander, AS Kamoi | |
| 1939-1-14 | S5, N3, Navy General Staff |
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| 1940-5-22 | Trip to Europe, United States |
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| 1940-10-1 | Staff, Total Warfare Resarch Laboratory | |
| 1941-9-1 | Commander, Target Ship Settsu | |
| 1942-2-20 | Commander, BB Hyuga | |
| 1942-12-17 | Commander, BB Yamato | |
| 1943-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1943-9-7 | Joint General Staff |
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| 1944-5-1 | Commander, Carrier Division 4 |
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| 1945-3-20 | Commander, Yokosuka
Air Group |
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| 1945-11-1 | Retires |
References
Materials of IJN (accessed 2008-5-20)
OPNAV-P-03-100 (1945-11-12; accessed 2012-7-13)
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