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Though a gunnery expert rather than an aviator, Yokokawa commanded Zuikaku during the Pearl Harbor raid. He later
commanded 26 Base Force, from late 1943 to
spring of 1944. Goldstein and Dillon assessed him as a "rather ordinary [man]."
| 1893-4-24 | born in Okayama Prefecture |
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| 1915-12-16 |
Midshipman |
Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 20th in a class of 95. Assigned to CL Iwate |
| 1916-8-22 | BB Fuso |
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| 1916-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1917-12-1 | BB Fuji |
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| 1918-10-1 | CL Tokiwa |
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| 1918-12-1 | Lieutenant junior
grade |
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| 1919-8-5 | DD Hayate |
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| 1919-12-1 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1920-5-31 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1920-12-1 | BB Nagato |
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| 1921-12-1 | Lieutenant | Gunnery School Advanced Course |
| 1922-12-1 | BB Hyuga |
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| 1924-12-1 | DD-6 |
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| 1925-12-1 | AS Chogei |
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| 1926-12-1 | Instructor, Gunnery School |
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| 1927-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1929-11-30 | CL Yura |
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| 1930-12-1 | CA Furutaka |
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| 1931-11-14 | Instructor, Gunnery School | |
| 1933-5-20 | BB Fuso | |
| 1933-11-15 | Commander | |
| 1935-11-15 | Instructor, Gunnery School | |
| 1937-10-25 | Staff, 3 Fleet |
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| 1937-12-1 | Captain | Staff, Combined Fleet |
| 1938-9-1 | Commander, AV Kamikawa Maru | |
| 1939-11-15 | Commander, CV Hiryu | |
| 1940-11-15 | Commander, CV Zuikaku |
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| 1942-6-5 | Commander, Tsukuba
Air Group |
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| 1942-12-19 | Chief, D3, Bureau of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce and Industry | |
| 1943-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1943-11-1 | Commander, 26 Base Force |
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| 1944-5-25 | Navy
General Staff |
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| 1945-9-6 | Retires |
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| 1979-1-7 | Dies |
References
Materials of IJN (accessed 2009-5-16)
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