Tomoshige Samejima

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Tomoshige Samejima
April 8, 1889 - September 13, 1966
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Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Naval flag of Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service 1909-1946
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held Seito, Kitakami, Mogami, Haguro, Nagato
IJN 4th Fleet,
IJN 8th Fleet[1]
Battles/wars World War II
oNew Guinea campaign
oSolomon Islands campaign
In this Japanese name, the family name is Samejima.

Vice Admiral Baron Tomoshige Samejima (鮫島 具重? 1889-04-08 - 1966-09-13) was a member of the nobility in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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[edit] Career

Samejima graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1909. At several points in his career, he served as a Gunnery Officer aboard various ships, and then as Executive Officer of heavy cruiser Haguro (30 November 1929 - 15 November 1930).

Promoted to Captain, he commanded light cruiser Kitakami (1 December 1932 - 14 March 1934), before becoming Chief Equipping Officer (14 November 1934 - 1 February 1935) and then first Commanding Officer of heavy cruiser Mogami (1 February 1935 - 15 November 1935). He then returned to heavy cruiser Haguro as her Commanding Officer (15 November 1935 - 1 December 1936) before becoming Commanding Officer of the battleship Nagato (1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937).

As a Rear Admiral, he commanded a carrier division (Carrier Division 4 (1 December 1937 - 1 August 1938)), followed by a cruiser division (CruDiv 13 (1 August 1938 - 1 September 1938)), and then a second carrier division (CarDiv 2 (1 September 1938 - 20 October 1939)). As a Vice Admiral, he spent much of the war in command of fleets (4th Fleet (26 October 1942 - 1 April 1943); 8th Fleet (1 April 1943 - 15 August 1945)).

[edit] List of promotions

Promotions

Midshipman - 19 November 1909

Ensign - 15 December 1910

Sublieutenant - 1 December 1912

Lieutenant - 13 December 1915

Lieutenant Commander - 1 December 1921

Commander - 1 December 1926

Captain - 1 December 1931

Rear Admiral - 1 December 1937

Vice Admiral - 15 October 1941

Titles

Baron - 5 December 1910

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Nishida, Materials of IJN

[edit] Books

  • D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 081595302X. 
  • Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-097-1. 
  • Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992). The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. HarperCollins Publishers. 
  • Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai. London: Arms and Armor. ISBN: 1-85409-151-4. 
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Castle Books. 0785813071. 
  • Prados, John (1995). Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 

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