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Owada Noboru commanded Submarine Squadron 7 at Truk in mid-1944. His submarines participated in the Leyte campaign but with little success. He commanded 10 Special Attack Squadron in Japan in 1945. This squadron was equipped with manned torpedoes and suicide boats.
| 1893-10-6 | born | |
| 1916-11-22
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Ensign | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 8th in a class of 95. Assigned to CL Yakumo |
| 1917-8-17 | BB Kongo |
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| 1917-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1918-5-1 | Staff, 2 Special Task Fleet | |
| 1918-7-5 | CL Idzumo |
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| 1919-8-5 | BB Katori |
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| 1919-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
| 1920-5-31 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1920-12-1 | DD Take |
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| 1921-5-20 | CL Idzumo | |
| 1922-5-1 | BB Fuso |
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| 1922-12-1 | Lieutenant | Torpedo School Advanced Course |
| 1923-12-1 | DD Tachikaze |
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| 1924-12-1 | Submarine School B-Course | |
| 1925-4-1 | SS Ro-29 |
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| 1925-12-1 | Commander, SS Ro-5 |
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| 1926-12-1 | Naval College A-Course | |
| 1928-12-10 | Lieutenant
commander |
Commander, Ro-55 |
| 1929-5-15 | Commander, I-54 |
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| 1930-11-1 | Staff, Submarine Squadron 2 |
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| 1932-11-15 | 1 Naval
District |
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| 1933-5-20 | S1, Bureau of Naval Affairs, Navy
Ministry |
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| 1933-11-15 | Commander | |
| 1935-12-11 | Trip to Europe, United States |
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| 1936-11-2 | Staff, Combined
Fleet |
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| 1937-12-1 | Captain | Commander, Submarine Division 20 |
| 1938-11-15 | Adjutant, Navy General Staff |
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| 1940-11-10 | Commander, CL Iwate | |
| 1941-1-6 | Commander, CL Katori |
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| 1942-7-1 | 1 Naval District | |
| 1942-9-1 | Commander, BB Yamashiro |
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| 1943-3-10 | Staff, 5 Fleet |
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| 1943-3-19 | Chief of staff, 5 Fleet |
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| 1943-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1943-11-17 | Staff, Southeast
Area Fleet |
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| 1943-12-4 | Commander, Submarine
Squadron 7 |
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| 1945-3-20 | Commander, 10
Special Attack Squadron |
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| 1945-10-15 | Retires |
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| 1960-9-30 | Dies |
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