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Shimazaki Toshio was commanding officer
of Kongo
and had been recently promoted to rear admiral when Kongo was torpedoed by Sealion
on 21 November 1944. Shimazaki went down with his ship.
1896-1-7 | born | |
1916-11-22 |
Midshipman | Graduate from Naval Academy, standing 61st in a class of 95 |
1917-12-1 | Ensign | BB Kawachi |
1918-8-15 | CL Iwate |
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1918-10-9 | CL Nisshin |
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1919-8-1 | BB Fuso |
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1919-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
1920-11-1 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
1921-10-1 | BC Ikoma |
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1922-3-9 | Corvette Musashi |
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1922-12-1 | Lieutenant | DD Yamakazeé |
1926-2-1 | DD-6 |
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1926-11-1 | CL Oi |
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1927-12-1 | CL Tenryu |
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1928-12-10 | Lieutenant
commander |
Commander, DD Fuji |
1930-12-1 | Commander, DD Isokazeé | |
1931-7-16 | Instructor, Torpedo School | |
1933-11-15 | Commander, DD Kikuzuki |
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1934-11-15 | Commander | Staff, Ominato Guard
District |
1936-12-1 | Commander, DD Uranami |
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1937-12-1 | Commander, Destroyer Division 16 |
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1938-12-15 | Commander, Destroyer Division 21 |
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1939-11-15 | Captain | 2 Naval District |
1940-1-27 | Commander, Destroyer Division 16 | |
1940-7-15 | Commander, CL Sendai |
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1941-5-10 | Chief of staff, Mako Guard District |
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1943-4-1 | Chief of staff, Takao Guard District |
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1943-7-7 | Staff, 3 Fleet |
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1943-7-17 | Commander, BB Kongo |
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1944-10-15 | Rear admiral |
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1944-11-21 | Vice admiral |
Killed in action |
References
Materials of IJN (accessed 2008-7-1)
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