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Sato commanded Yura at the battle of Midway and 27 Base Force in the final year of the war.
Indicted as a war criminal for the execution of a downed American pilot, Sato committed suicide to avoid trial.
| 1893-5-13 | born | |
| 1915-12-16 |
Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 49th in a clas of 95. Assigned to CL Iwate |
| 1916-8-22 | CL Otowa |
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| 1916-9-5 | CL Kasuga |
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| 1916-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1918-7-5 | CL Niitaka |
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| 1918-12-1 | Lieutenant junior
grade |
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| 1919-5-23 | DD Asakaze |
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| 1919-12-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1920-5-31 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1920-12-1 | Submarine School Basic Course | |
| 1921-5-25 | SS-20 |
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| 1921-12-1 | Lieutenant | |
| 1922-12-1 | Torpedo School Advanced Course | |
| 1923-12-1 | SS-68 |
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| 1924-5-10 | CL Idzumo |
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| 1925-4-15 | SS I-52 |
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| 1926-2-5 | SS I-1 |
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| 1926-12-1 | Commander, SS Ro-55 |
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| 1927-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1928-12-10 | Commander, SS I-21 |
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| 1930-11-15 | Commander, SS I-1 | |
| 1931-12-1 | Commander, SS I-5 |
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| 1933-11-15 | Commander | |
| 1934-8-25 | Commander, SS I-5 | |
| 1934-11-15 | Commander, Submarine Division 6 |
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| 1935-12-20 | Commander, Submarined Division 14 |
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| 1936-12-1 | Commander, Submarine Division 9 |
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| 1937-12-1 | Commander, Submarine Division 12 |
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| 1938-11-15 | Captain | Commander, Submarine Division 7 |
| 1939-10-15 | Commander, AO Shiriya |
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| 1940-4-5 | Commander, AV Notoro |
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| 1940-10-19 | Commander, AS Jingei | |
| 1942-4-20 | Commander, CL Yura |
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| 1943-1-3 | Staff, 1 China Fleet |
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| 1943-1-18 | Commander, Kyuko
Guard Force |
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| 1943-9-1 | Commander, 2 Sasebo Sailor Corps |
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| 1943-10-20 | Commander, 1 Sasebo Sailor Corps |
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| 1944-3-20 | Staff, 9 Fleet |
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| 1944-3-25 | Commander, 27 Base Force |
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| 1944-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1946-1-25 | Retires; remobilized; assigned to Yokosuka Area Demobilization Office | |
| 1946-3-31 | Retires | |
| 1946-8-16 | Dies |
References
Materials of IJN (accessed 2009-3-24)
Providence Journal (2014-9-9; accessed 2014-12-18)
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