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Miwa Shigeyoshi was a rear admiral in command of Submarine Squadron 3 at the outbreak of the Pacific War. His boats formed part of the submarine force that tried to draw a net around Pearl Harbor following the aerial attack on 7 December 1941. He was promoted to the rank of vice admiral and command of the 6 Fleet, Japan's submarine fleet, on 13 July 1944. By then, Japanese submarines were taking catastrophic losses to United States destroyer flotillas equipped with sophisticated antisubmarine equipment and directed to their targets by the code breakers.
Miwa was an advocate of the use of Kaiten manned suicide torpedoes from December 1944 onwards. However, he was replaced as commander of 6 Fleet in May 1945.
| 1892-5-15 | born | |
| 1911-7-18 | Midshipman |
Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 59th in a class of 148. Assigned to Aso |
| 1912-3-29 | Mikasa | |
| 1912-12-1 | Ensign | Chikuma |
| 1913-12-1 | Torpedo
School Basic Course |
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| 1914-5-27 | Gunnery
School Basic Course |
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| 1914-12-1 | Lieutenant junior
grade |
Iwami |
| 1915-5-26 | Adzuma | |
| 1916-9-1 | Submarine Division 1 |
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| 1916-12-1 | Submarine Division 2 |
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| 1917-12-1 | Lieutenant | Naval College B Course |
| 1918-4-15 | Torpedo School Advanced Course |
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| 1918-12-1 | Commander, Submarine Division 11 |
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| 1919-12-1 | Commander, Submarine Division 13 |
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| 1920-12-1 | Staff, Submarine Squadron 1 |
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| 1921-11-10 | Instructor, Submarine School |
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| 1922-5-30 | Commander, SS-22 | |
| 1922-12-1 | Naval College A Course |
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| 1923-12-1 | Lieutenant commander |
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| 1924-12-1 | Commander, Ro-26 | |
| 1925-7-21 | Commander, Ro-60I-47 | |
| 1925-12-1 | Staff, Submarine Squadron 1 |
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| 1926-12-1 | Staff, Submarine Squadron 2 |
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| 1927-12-1 | I-473 Naval District |
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| 1928-1-15 | Instructor, Submarine School |
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| 1928-12-10 | Commander | |
| 1929-11-1 | Instructor, Naval College | |
| 1931-8-1 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1931-10-1 | Staff, Training Fleet | |
| 1932-8-31 | 1 Naval District | |
| 1932-11-10 | Commander, Submarine Division 30 |
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| 1932-12-1 | Captain | |
| 1933-11-15 | Staff, Naval Shipbuilding Command |
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| 1935-11-15 | Commander, Kinu | |
| 1936-12-1 | Chief of staff, Mako Guard District |
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| 1938-11-15 | Rear admiral |
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| 1938-12-15 | Commander, Sasebo Defense Squadron |
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| 1939-11-15 | Commander, Submarine Squadron 3 |
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| 1942-4-26 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1942-11-1 | Vice admiral |
Chief, B7, Naval Shipbuilding Command |
| 1943-5-1 | Director, Submarine Division, Department
of Navigation |
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| 1944-7-10 | Commander, 6 Fleet |
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| 1945-5-1 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1945-9-6 | Retires | |
| 1959-2-27 | Died |
References
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