The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
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| Table of Contents |
| Unit |
Commander |
Start |
Administrative Assignment |
Operational Assignment |
Notes |
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| 20
Depot
Division |
Abe Heisuke |
Activated 1941 (Seoul) |
General
Defense
Command |
Supporting at least two
divisions by the end of the war. |
|
| CM Hoko |
Completed 1941-12 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1943-9-28 off Buka |
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| DMS W-20 | Completed 1941-12-15 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Torpedoed 1945-5-4 off Korea by Trepang |
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| AO Genyo Maru |
Completed 1941-12-15 at Sasebo Navy
Yard |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft
1944-6-20 in the Philippine
Sea |
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| DD Yugumo |
Completed 1941-12-15 (Maizuru) |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by gunfire 1943-11-6/7 in the Solomon Islands | ||
| BB Yamato | Completed 1941-12-16 (Kure)
|
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1945-4-7 | ||
| CX Kiyozumi Maru |
Completed 1941-12-18 (Osaka) |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft 1944-2-17 at Truk | ||
| SC Ch-24 |
Completed 1941-12-20 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1944-2-17 off Truk by
gunfire from Burns |
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| SC Ch-26 | Completed 1941-12-20 | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-30 off Korea | ||
| SC Ch-25 |
Completed 1941-12-29 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1942-7-15 off Kiska by
Grunion |
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| 51
Air
Division |
Abe Tetsujo |
Activated 1942 |
Army General Staff | Initially a training division |
|
| 18 Air Brigade |
Kitajima
Kumao |
Activated 1942 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 20
Air
Brigade |
Harada Uichiro |
Activated 1942 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 22
Air
Brigade |
Mikami Kizo |
Activated 1942 |
Army General Staff | ||
| CVL Shoho |
Arrived 1942-1 (Nagasaki) |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1942-5-7 off Woodlark Island | ||
| LSD Akitsu Maru |
Completed 1942-1 (Harima) | Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1944-11-15 by Queenfish off Korea | ||
| 65 Guard Force |
Activated 1942-1? (Wake) |
4
Fleet? |
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| CX Akagi Maru |
Converted 1942-1-1 (Osaka) |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-2-17 off Truk | ||
| 3 Southern
Expeditionary Fleet |
Sugiyama Rokuzo |
Activated 1942-1-3 |
Combined Fleet | ||
| 31 Special Base Force |
Kobayashi Tetsuri |
Activated 1942-1-3 (Manila) |
3 Southern
Expeditionary Fleet |
Or 31
Base
Force |
|
| 56 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Sakaguchi Shizuo |
Activated 1942-1-7 (Borneo) |
Army General Staff | ||
| 10 Special Base Force |
Oku Nobukazu |
Activated 1942-1-15 (Singapore) |
Combined Fleet | ||
| SC Ch-27 |
Completed 1942-1-28 |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1942-7-15 off Kiska by Grunion | ||
| AMc Wa-1 |
Completed 1942-1-31 | Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1942-5-4 at Tulagi |
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| 58
Division |
Shimotsuke Ichiko | Activated 1942-2-2 (Hupeh, China) |
11 Army |
Organized around 18
Independent Mixed Brigade. A Type C division. Composed
of 51 and 52
Brigades. |
|
| 59
Division |
Yanagawa Yasushi | Activated 1942-2-2 (Shantung, China) | 12 Army |
Organized around 10 Independent Mixed Brigade. A Type C division. Composed of 53 and 54 Brigades. | |
| 60
Division |
Kobayashi Nobuo |
Activated 1942-2-2 (Shanghai) |
13 Army | Organized around 11
Independent Mixed Brigade. A Type C division. Composed
of 55 and 56
Brigades |
|
| 68
Division |
Nakayama Makoto |
Activated 1942-2-2 (Hupeh, China) | 11 Army |
Created from 14 Independent Mixed Brigade. A Type C division. Composed of 57 and 58 Brigades. | |
| 69
Division |
Inoue Sadae |
Activated 1942-2-2 (Taiyuan) | 1 Army | Created from 16 Independent Mixed Brigade. A Type C division. Composed of 59 and 60 Brigades. | |
| 70
Division |
Uchida Takayuki |
Activated 1942-2-2 (Ninghsien) | 13 Army | Created from 20 Independent Mixed Brigade. A Type C division. Composed of 61 and 62 Brigades. | |
| 43 Guard Force |
Activated <1942-2 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 8
Base Force |
Kanazawa Masao |
Activated 1942-2-1 (Rabaul) |
8 Fleet |
Redesignated 8 Special Base Force
1942-4-10 |
|
| SS I-28 | Completed 1942-2-6 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1942-5-17 off Truk by Tautog | ||
| 4
Air Group |
Activated 1942-2-10 |
24 Air Flotilla |
Mixed group |
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| 12 Special Base Force |
Ishikawa Shigeru |
Activated 1942-2-15 (Port Blair) |
1
Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
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| Singapore
Garrison Army |
Kawamura
Saburo |
Activated 1942-2-17 (Singapore) |
25
Army |
||
| SS I-27 | Completed 1942-2-24 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-2-12 by Paladin and Petard | ||
| SS I-29 | Completed 1942-2-27 (Yokosuka) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-7-26 north of Luzon by Sawfish | ||
| CM Ma-1 | Completed 1942-2-28 (Uraga Dock-Tokyo)
|
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-3-27 off Sumatra |
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| AMc Wa-2 |
Completed 1942-2-28 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft 1942-5-4 at Tulagi | ||
| CM Ishizaki |
Completed 1942-2-28 |
Navy General Staff | History.
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| SS I-30 | Completed 1942-2-28 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History. Mined 1942-1-13 off Singapore | ||
| 68 Air Regiment |
Activated 1942-3 (Harbin) |
Army General Staff | Ki-27 Nate Participated in the Solomons, New Guinea, and Halmahera campaigns |
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| 78 Air Regiment |
Activated 1942-3 (Hsingshu) |
Army General Staff | Ki-27 Nate Participated in New Guinea campaign |
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| Submarine Squadron 8 |
Ishizaki
Noboru |
Activated 1942-3-10 |
6
Fleet |
||
| Submarine Division 14 |
Activated 1942-3-10 |
Submarine Squadron 8 |
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| 21 Special Base Force |
Kubo Kyuji |
Activated 1942-3-10 (Surabaya) | 2
Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
Also known simply as 21 Base Force |
|
| 22 Special Base Force |
Hirose Sueto |
Activated 1942-3-10 (Balikpapan) | 2
Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
Also known simply as 22 Base Force. |
|
| 23 Special Base Force |
Mori Kunizo |
Activated 1942-3-10 (Makassar) | 2
Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
Also known simply as 23 Base Force. |
|
| 24 Special Base Force |
Hatakeyama Kouchiro |
Activated 1942-3-10 (Ambon) | 2
Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
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| Hong Kong Base Force |
Yasuba Yasuo |
Activated 1942-3-10 (Hong Kong) |
2 Fleet |
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| DD Makigumo |
Completed 1942-3-14 (Fujinagata) |
Navy General Staff | History.
Mined 1943-2-1 off Savo Island |
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| DD Kazakumo |
Completed 1942-3-18 (Uraga) |
Navy General Staff | History.
Torpedoed 1944-6-8 by Rake in Davao
Gulf. |
||
| CM Takashima |
Completed 1942-3-28 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1944-10-10 off Okinawa |
||
| CX Ukishima Maru |
Completed 1942-4 |
Navy General Staff | Converted to a transport in 1945. | ||
| 63 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Uchida Takayuki |
Activated 1942-4? |
Army General Staff | ||
| Nagoya
Air
Group |
Activated 1942-4 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| Oi
Air Group |
Activated 1942-4 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| Tokushima
Air
Group |
Activated 1942-4 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 19
Air
Brigade |
Furuya Kenzo |
Activated 1942-4 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 204 Air
Regiment |
Activated 1942-4 (Chenhsi) |
Army General Staff | Ki-27 Nate Participated in Burma, second Philippines, and Okinawa campaigns. |
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| 25
Air
Flotilla |
Yamada Sadayoshi |
Activated 1942-4-1 (Rabaul) |
8_Fleet | Initially composed of Tainan,
1, 4, and Yokohama
Air Groups. |
|
| 26
Air
Flotilla |
Yamagata Seigo |
Activated 1942-4-1 |
Navy General Staff | Initially composed of 6,
Misawa, and Kisarazu
Air Groups. |
|
| 6
Air Group |
Activated 1942-4-1 |
26 Air Flotilla |
Fighter group. Redesignated 204 Air Group 1942-11. Carried
out a limited number of night
fighter operations over Rabaul. |
||
| Misawa Air
Group |
Activated <1942-4-1 |
26 Air Flotilla | |||
| 13 Combined Air Group |
Imamura Osamu |
Activated 1942-4-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| CM Ma-2 |
Completed 1942-4-10 (Uraga Dock-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | Mined 1942-12-31 at Surabaya |
||
| Southwest Area Fleet |
Takahashi Ibo |
Activated 1942-4-10 (Surabaya) |
Navy General Staff | Comprised of 1,
2,
and 3
Southern Expeditionary Fleets and 1
Surface Escort Fleet. Redesignated 10 Area Fleet on 1945-2-5. |
|
| 1 Maritime Escort Fleet |
Inoue Yasuo |
Activated 1942-4-10 |
Southwest Area Fleet | Also known as 1 Surface Escort Fleet |
|
| 2 Maritime Escort Fleet |
Moizumi Shinichi |
Activated 1942-4-10 |
Southwest Area Fleet | Also known as 2 Surface Escort Fleet | |
| 6
Auxiliary Base Force |
Activated 1942-4-10 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| DesRon10 |
Kimura
Susumu |
Activated 1942-4-10 |
1
Fleet |
Flagship Nagara |
|
| Borneo Garrison Army |
Maeda Toshitami |
Activated 1942-4-11 (Borneo) |
Southern
Expeditionary
Army |
Also known as Borneo Defense Army.
Redesignated 37 Army on 1944-9-22. |
|
| 71
Division |
Toyama Noboru |
Activated 1942-4-16 (Hunchun, Manchuria: 130.358E 42.868N) | Kwantung Army | Created from Hunchun Garrison
and 140
Regiment. A "special" or wartime division composed
mostly of reservists. Composed of 140, 87, and 88
Regiments. |
|
| AV Akitsushima |
Completed 1942-4-19 (Kawasaki-Kobe) |
Navy General Staff | |||
| SC Ch-29 |
Completed 1942-4-20 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1944-2-18 off Truk |
||
| CM Saishu |
Completed 1942-4-25 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| SS I-32 | Completed 1942-4-26 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk off Wotje by Manlove and aircraft | ||
| 3
Kure SNLF |
Activated <1942-5 (Rabaul) | 4 Fleet |
Assigned to Tulagi and Port Moresby invasions,
May 1942 |
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| 17 Army |
Hyakutake Haruyoshi |
Activated 1942-5-2 (Rabaul) |
Army General Staff | Initially consisted of 35 Brigade,
4 Regiment,
41 Regiment,
an engineer regiment, and supporting elements. |
|
| CV Junyo |
Completed 1942-5-3 |
Navy General Staff | History. Crippled 1944-12-9 by Redfish and Sea Devil off Nagasaki and not returned to service | ||
| SC Ch-30 |
Completed 1942-5-13 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1944-12-24 off Kuching
by Barbero |
||
| SC Ch-28 |
Completed 1942-5-15 | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1945-2-2 off Mindanao | ||
| SS I-11 | Completed 1942-5-16 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Missing from 1944-1-11 off Samoa | ||
| AMc Wa-3 |
Completed 1942-5-30 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1945-7-24 at Surabaya |
||
| SS I-31 | Completed 1942-5-30 (Yokosuka) | Navy General Staff | History. Missing from 1943-5-13 off Attu | ||
| CVE Unyo |
Completed 1942-5-31 |
Navy General Staff | History. Yawata Maru until named changed 1942-7-31. Torpedoed 1944-9-16 by Barb 220nm SE of Hong Kong | ||
| 2
Air Group |
Activated 1942-5-1 |
Combined Fleet |
Mixed group. Redesignated 582 Air Group in late 1942. |
||
| 2 Armored Division |
Yamaji Hideo |
Activated 1942-6 (Tungan) |
1 Area Army | "Geki". Created from 2 Tank Group. Composed
of 2 Mobile Regiment, 3 Tank Brigade (6
and 7
Tank Regiments), and 4
Tank Brigade (10
and 11
Tank Regiments.) Possibly triangularized 1944-1 with
detachment of 11 Tank Regiment. Redeployed to Luzon 1944-8 and was destroyed
in the second Philippines campaign. |
|
| Chichi Jima Base Force |
Fujimori Seiichiro |
Activated 1942-6 (Ominato) |
5 Fleet |
||
| 1
Air Army |
Yasuda Takeo |
Activated 1942-6-1 (Japan) |
Army General Staff | ||
| 2
Air Army |
Suzuki Yorimichi |
Activated 1942-6-1 (Manchuria) |
Army General Staff | ||
| SS I-33 | Completed 1942-6-10 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk accidentally on 1944-6-13 off Matsuyama | ||
| DD Akizuki | completed 1942-6-11 (Maizuru) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-10-25 during the Battle of Cape Engano | ||
| SC Ch-31 |
Completed 1942-6-15 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1945-1-12 off Indochina |
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| 1
Armored Division |
Hoshino Toshimoto |
Activated 1942-6-24 (Ningan:
129.433E 44.383N) |
1 Area Army |
"Taku." Created from 1 Tank Group. Composed
of 1 Mobile Regiment, 1 Tank Brigade (1
and 5
Tank Regiments) and 2 Tank
Brigade (3
and 9
Tank Regiments.) Part of the division redeployed to the Marianas 1944-3 and
the rest to Japan 1945-3. |
|
| 3
Armored Division |
Nishihara Issaku |
Activated 1942-6-24 (Paotao) |
1 Area Army | "Taki" ("Waterfall")
Division. Composed of 3
Mobile Regiment, 5 Tank
Brigade (8
and 12 Tank Regiments), and
6 Tank Brigade (13
and 17 Tank Regiments).
Participated in Ichi-go. |
|
| Mechanized
Army |
Yoshida Shin |
Activated 1942-6-26 (Manchuria) |
Kwantung Army | Disbanded 1943-10-301 |
|
| AMc Wa-4 |
Completed 1942-6-29 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1944-7-19 at Dili |
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| DD Naganami |
Completed 1942-6-30 (Fujinagata) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-11-11 northeast of Cebu | ||
| AMc Wa-5 |
Completed 1942-6-30 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| DMS W-21 | Completed 1942-6-30 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| CM Ma-3 |
Completed 1942-6-30 (Uraga Dock-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | |||
| 11
Construction Unit |
Activated <1942-7 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 13
Construction Unit |
Activated <1942-7 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 1
Area Army |
Yamashita Tomoyuki |
Activated 1942-7-1 (Mutanchiang) |
Kwantung Army | Comprised of 1, 4, and 5 Armies |
|
| 2
Area Army |
Anami Korechika |
Activated 1942-7-1 (western Manchuria) | Kwantung Army | Comprised of 6 and 18 Armies.
Redeployed to New Guinea
and Netherlands
East Indies 1943-10 |
|
| Tank
Training Brigade |
Nagura
Shiori |
Activated 1942-7-1 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 2 Army |
Kozuki Yoshio |
Activated 1942-7-4 |
2 Area
Army |
Redeployed to Idori,
northwest New Guinea,
ca. 1943-10 |
|
| 3
Air Army |
Obata Hideyoshi |
Activated 1942-7-9 (New Guinea) |
Army General Staff | ||
| South
Seas
Area |
Tsukahara Nishizo |
Activated 1942-7-14 (Truk) |
Combined Fleet | Consisting of 4 Fleet and 8 Fleet |
|
| 8 Fleet |
Mikawa Gunichi |
Activated 1942-7-14 (Rabaul) |
South
Seas
Area |
Consisting of Cruiser Division 6
and Cruiser Division
8 |
|
| CV Hiyo |
1942-7-31 |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 20 June 1944 in the Philippine Sea | ||
| DMS W-22 | Completed 1942-7-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Mined 1944-11-11 at Palau |
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| 5
Kure SNLF |
Activated <1942-8 |
Navy General Staff | Saw action in New Guinea |
||
| 5
Air Group |
Activated 1942-8 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 246 Air
Regiment |
Activated 1942-8 (Kakogawa) |
Army General Staff | Ki-27 Nate Participated in the second Philippines campaign. |
||
| 248 Air
Regiment |
Activated 1942-8 (Ashiya) |
Army General Staff | Ki-27 Nate Participated in the New Guinea campaign. |
||
| SS I-176 |
Completed 1942-8-4 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk 1944-5-17 near 146.5E 4.0S by Franks, Haggard, and Johnston |
||
| BB Musashi | Completed 1942-8-5 (Mitsubishi-Nagasaki)
|
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-10-24 | ||
| SC Ch-33 |
Completed 1942-8-14 |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1945-3-21 off Indochina | ||
| DD Makinami |
Completed 1942-8-18 (Maizuru) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by gunfire and torpedoes 1943-11-25 off Cape St. George | ||
| SC Ch-32 |
Completed 1942-8-19 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1944-12-24 off Mindoro |
||
| CM Ma-4 |
Completed 1942-8-20 (Uraga Dock-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | Sunk 1944-11-20 off Great
Nicobar by British
submarine Tally-Ho |
||
| Kure
Submarine Squadron |
Diago
Tadashige |
Activated 1942-8-31 (Kure) |
2
Naval District |
||
| SS I-35 | Completed 1942-8-31 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Kure Submarine Squadron |
History. Sunk on 1943-11-22 off Tarawa by Frazier | ||
| SC Ch-34 |
Completed 1942-8-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1945-3-26 off Andaman
Islands by Saumarez,
Volage, Vigilant and Virago |
||
| CM Niizaki |
Completed 1942-8-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| DD Teruzuki | Completed 1942-8-31 (Nagasaki) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1942-12-12 by PT-37 and PT-40 off Guadalcanal | ||
| DD Takanami |
Completed 1942-8-31 (Uraga) | Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by gunfire 1942-12-1 off Guadalcanal |
||
| SS I-34 | Completed 1942-8-31 (Sasebo) | Kure Submarine
Squadron |
History. Torpedoed 1943-11-13 off Penang by Taurus | ||
| AF Hayasaki |
Completed 1942-8-31 (Sakurajima-Osaka)
|
Navy General Staff | |||
| SS Ro-100 |
Completed 1942-9-23 (Kure) |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft
or mine 1943-11-25 off Omai |
||
| CX Gokoku Maru |
Completed 1942-9-25 (Kure) |
Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-11-10 by Barb near 129.3E 33.5N | ||
| SS I-36 | Completed 1942-9-30 (Yokosuka) | Kure Submarine
Squadron |
History.
|
||
| 751
Air
Group |
Activated 1942-10 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 753
Air
Group |
Activated 1942-10 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 26 Air Regiment |
Activated 1942-10 (Yamentun) |
Army General Staff | Ki-27 Nate Participated in the Wewak, second Philippine, and Okinawa campaigns. |
||
| SC Ch-36 |
Completed 1942-10-15 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1944-11-19 at Subic Bay |
||
| SS Ro-103 | Completed 1942-10-21 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History. Missing from 1943-7-28 off Vanganu | ||
| AMc Wa-6 |
Completed 1942-10-30 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| SS Ro-101 | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1943-9-15 off San Cristobal Island by Saufley | |||
| CL Agano | Completed 1942-10-31 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-2-17 near Truk by Skate. | ||
| SC Ch-39 |
Completed 1942-10-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1944-2-16 off New Ireland |
||
| SC Ch-37 |
Completed 1942-10-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1945-5-22 near 129.2E 29.8N |
||
| 6
Air Division |
Itahana Giichi |
Activated 1942-11 (Solomons) |
Army
General Staff |
||
| 14
Air
Flotilla |
Senda Sadatoshi |
Activated 1942-11 (Formosa) |
Navy General Staff | Also designated 14
Combined Air Group. A training command specializing in
advanced training. |
|
| 452
Air
Group |
Activated 1942-11 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 752
Air
Group |
Activated 1942-11 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 934
Air
Group |
Activated 1942-11 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 6
Sasebo SNLF |
Activated <1942-11 (Sasebo) |
Navy General Staff | Morison has this
unit sweeping the Munda area
in 1942-11. |
||
| 18
Construction Battalion |
Arrived < 1942-11 |
Navy General Staff | Deployed to Shortland Islands on this date |
||
| 18 Combined Air Group |
Kondo Kazuma |
Activated 1942-11-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 8
Area Army |
Imamura Hitoshi |
Activated 1942-11-9 (Rabaul) |
Army General Staff | Comprised of 17 Army and 4 Air Army |
|
| 18 Army |
Adachi Hatazo |
Activated 1942-11-9 |
8 Area Army |
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| Indochina Garrison Army |
Machijiri Kazumoto |
Activated 1942-11-10 (French Indochina) |
Southern
Expeditionary
Army |
Redesignated 38 Army on 1944-12-11. |
|
| CM Nuwashima |
Completed 1942-11-15 |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| Ryojun
Special Base Force |
Hara
Kenzaburo |
Activated 1942-11-15 (Port Arthur) |
Ryojun
Guard District |
||
| Cruiser Division 14 |
Kiyota
Takahito |
Activated 1942-11-16 |
Navy General Staff | Light cruisers Isuzu, Naka |
|
| SS Ro-102 | Completed 1942-11-17 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1943-5-14 off Vitiaz Strait (147.5E 6.9S) by PT-150 and PT-152 | ||
| 8
Combined SNLF |
Ota Minoru |
Activated 1942-11-20 |
4 Fleet | Composed of 6 Kure SNLF and 7 Yokosuka SNLF | |
| CM Yurijima |
Completed 1942-11-25 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Torpedoed 1945-1-14 off Kota Baharu by Cobia |
||
| CVE Chuyo |
Completed 1942-11-25 |
Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1943-12-4 by Sailfish off Japan | ||
| CVL Ryuho |
Completed 1942-11-28 |
Navy General Staff | History. Crippled by aircraft 1945-3-19 at Kure and not repaired. | ||
| LSD Mayasan
Maru |
Completed 1942-12 (Mitsui-Tamano)
|
Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1944-11-17 in
East China Sea by Picuda |
||
| 25 Special Base Force |
Suzuki Chozo |
Activated 1942-12 (Ambon) | 2
Southern Expeditionary Fleet |
Renamed 25 Base Force early in 1945. |
|
| 705
Air
Group |
Activated 1942-12 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| Karafuto
Mixed Brigade |
Inamura
Toyojiro |
Activated 1942-12-1 |
Northern
District Army |
||
| SC Ch-38 |
Completed 1942-12-10 |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| 19 Army |
Tominaga Nobumasa |
Activated 1942-11-9 (western
New Guinea) |
2 Area Army |
||
| 22 Independent
Mixed Brigade |
Yoneyama Yoneshika |
Activated 1942-12 (Hainan) |
Army General Staff | ||
| 10
Base
Force |
Yamaguchi Gisaburo |
Activated 1942-12-2? |
Navy General Staff | ||
| DD Suzutsuki | completed 1942-12-20 (Nagasaki) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
||
| Southeast Area Fleet |
Kusaka Junichi |
Activated 1942-12-24 (Rabaul) |
Navy General Staff | Comprised of 1,
2,
and 3
Southern Expeditionary Fleets and 1
Surface Escort Fleet |
|
| SS Ro-106 | Completed 1942-12-26 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-5-22 off Kavieng by England | ||
| SS I-178 | Completed 1942-12-26 | Navy General Staff | Sunk 1943-5-28 off Espiritu Santo by SC-669 | ||
| SS Ro-107 | Completed 1942-12-26 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1943-7-12 off Kolombangara by Taylor | ||
| SS I-177 |
Completed 1942-12-28 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk 1944-10-3 off Angaur
by Samuel B. Miles |
||
| AMc Wa-7 |
Completed 1942-12-28 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| DD Hatsuzuki | completed 1942-12-29 (Maizuru) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by gunfire 1944-10-25 during the Battle of Cape Engano | ||
| DD Onami |
Completed 1942-12-29 (Fujinagata) | Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by gunfire and torpedoes 1943-11-25 off Cape St. George |
||
| AF Shirasaki |
Completed 1942-12-31 (Sakurajima-Osaka)
|
Navy General Staff |
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