The IJN 2nd Fleet (第二艦隊 (日本海軍) Dai-ni Kantai) was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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First established on 28 December 1903, the IJN 2nd Fleet was created by the Imperial General Headquarters as a mobile strike force of cruisers and destroyers to pursue the Imperial Russian Navy's Vladivostok-based cruiser squadron while the remaining bulk of the Japanese fleet (the IJN 1st Fleet) continued to blockade Port Arthur in hopes of luring the battleships of the Russian Pacific Fleet out into a classic line-of-battle confrontation.
As the main mobile force in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the IJN 2nd Fleet saw the bulk of all future combat operations from the time of its inception until this dissolution at the end of World War II.
Commander in chief [1]
| Rank | Name | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admiral | Baron Hikonojo Kamimura | 27 Oct 1903 – 20 Dec 1905 |
| 2 | Admiral | Baron Dewa Shigeto | 20 Dec 1905 – 22 Nov 1906 |
| 3 | Fleet Admiral | Baron Ijuin Gorō | 22 Nov 1906 – 26 May 1908 |
| 4 | Admiral | Baron Dewa Shigeto | 26 May 1908 – 1 Dec 1909 |
| 5 | Fleet Admiral | Baron Shimamura Hayao | 1 Dec 1909 – 1 Dec 1911 |
| 6 | Admiral | Yoshimatsu Motaro | 1 Dec 1911 – 1 Dec 1912 |
| 7 | Vice Admiral | Ijichi Suetaka | 1 Dec 1912 – 1 Dec 1913 |
| 8 | Admiral | Baron Kato Sadakichi | 1 Dec 1913 – 5 Feb 1915 |
| 9 | Admiral | Nawa Matahachiro | 5 Feb 1915 – 13 Dec 1915 |
| 10 | Admiral | Baron Yashiro Rokuro | 13 Dec 1915 – 1 Dec 1917 |
| 11 | Fleet Admiral | Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito | 1 Dec 1917 – 13 Jun 1918 |
| 12 | Admiral | Yamaya Tanin | 13 Jun 1918 – 1 Dec 1919 |
| 13 | Fleet Admiral | Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu | 1 Dec 1919 – 1 Dec 1920 |
| 14 | Admiral | Baron Suzuki Kantaro | 1 Dec 1920 – 1 Dec 1921 |
| X | X | Disbanded | 1 Dec 1921 – 1 Dec 1922 |
| 15 | Vice Admiral | Naoe Nakano | 1 Dec 1922 – 1 Jun 1923 |
| 16 | Admiral | Hiroharu Kato | 1 Jun 1923 – 1 Dec 1924 |
| 17 | Vice Admiral | Hanroku Saito | 1 Dec 1924 – 16 Sep 1925 |
| 18 | Admiral | Saburo Hyakutake | 16 Sep 1925 – 10 Dec 1926 |
| 19 | Vice Admiral | Yasuhira Yoshikawa | 10 Dec 1926 – 16 May 1928 |
| 20 | Vice Admiral | Koshiro Otani | 16 May 1928 – 10 Dec 1928 |
| 21 | Admiral | Baron Mineo Ōsumi | 10 Dec 1928 – 11 Nov 1929 |
| 22 | Vice Admiral | Nobutaro Iida | 11 Nov 1929- 1 Dec 1930 |
| 23 | Admiral | Ryozo Nakamura | 1 Dec 1930 – 1 Dec 1931 |
| 24 | Admiral | Nobumasa Suetsugu | 1 Dec 1931 – 15 Nov 1933 |
| 25 | Admiral | Sankichi Takahashi | 15 Nov 1933 – 15 Nov 1934 |
| 26 | Admiral | Mitsumasa Yonai | 15 Nov 1934 – 2 Dec 1935 |
| 26 | Admiral | Takayoshi Kato | 2 Dec 1935 – 1 Dec 1936 |
| 27 | Admiral | Zengo Yoshida | 1 Dec 1936 – 1 Dec 1937 |
| 28 | Admiral | Shigetarō Shimada | 1 Dec 1937 – 15 Nov 1938 |
| 29 | Admiral | Soemu Toyoda | 15 Nov 1938 – 21 Oct 1939 |
| 30 | Fleet Admiral | Mineichi Koga | 21 Oct 1939 – 1 Sep 1941 |
| 31 | Admiral | Nobutake Kondō | 1 Sep 1941 – 9 Aug 1943 |
| 32 | Vice Admiral | Takeo Kurita | 9 Aug 1943 – 23 Dec 1944 |
| 33 | Admiral | Seiichi Ito | 23 Dec 1944 – 7 Apr 1945 |
| X | X | not filled | 7 Apr 1945 – 20 Apr 1945 |
Chief of Staff [1]
| Rank | Name | Date | |
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| 1 | Fleet Admiral | Viscount Tomazaburo Kato | 28 Dec 1903 – 12 Jan 1905 |
| 2 | Admiral | Koichi Fujii | 12 Jan 1905 – 20 Dec 1905 |
| 3 | Admiral | Tanin Yamaya | 20 Dec 1905 – 14 Jan 1907 |
| X | X | not filled | 14 Jan 1907 – 28 Sep 1907 |
| 4 | Admiral | Isamu Takeshita | 28 Sep 1907 – 17 Dec 1907 |
| 5 | Admiral | Ryokitsu Arima | 17 Dec 1907 – 20 Nov 1908 |
| 6 | Vice-Admiral | Tatsuo Matsumura | 20 Nov 1908 – 1 Feb 1909 |
| X | X | not filled | 1 Feb 1908 – 1 Dec 1909 |
| 7 | Rear Admiral | Shichitaro Takagi | 1 Dec 1909 – 22 Jan 1911 |
| 8 | Vice-Admiral | Kiyokaze Yoshida | 22 Jan 1911 – 1 Dec 1911 |
| 9 | Admiral | Baron Kiyokazu Abo | 5 Dec 1911 – 1 Dec 1912 |
| 10 | Vice-Admiral | Kiyokaze Yoshida | 1 Dec 1912 – 1 Feb 1915 |
| 11 | Admiral | Hiroharu Kato | 1 Feb 1915 – 13 Dec 1915 |
| 12 | Vice-Admiral | Yasujiro Nagata | 13 Dec 1915 – 1 Dec 1916 |
| 13 | Vice-Admiral | Nobutaro Shimamura | 1 Dec 1916 – 15 Sep 1917 |
| 14 | Admiral | Saburo Hyakutake | 15 Sep 1917 – 10 Nov 1918 |
| 15 | Rear Admiral | Shigeushi Nakagawa | 10 Nov 1918 – 1 Dec 1919 |
| 16 | Vice Admiral | Yasuhira Yoshikawa | 1 Dec 1919 – 1 Dec 1920 |
| 17 | Vice Admiral | Kikuo Matsumura | 1 Dec 1920 – 1 Dec 1921 |
| 18 | Admiral | Ryozo Nakamura | 1 Dec 1922 – 6 Nov 1923 |
| 19 | Vice Admiral | Masataka Ando | 6 Nov 1923 – 1 Dec 1924 |
| 20 | Vice Admiral | Yukichi Shima | 1 Dec 1924 – 1 Dec 1925 |
| 21 | Admiral | Mitsumasa Yonai | 1 Dec 1925 – 1 Dec 1926 |
| 22 | Vice Admiral | Shigeru Matsuyama | 1 Dec 1926- 1 Dec 1927 |
| 23 | Vice Admiral | Ken Terajima | 1 Dec 1927 – 10 Dec 1928 |
| 24 | Vice Admiral | Teikichi Hori | 10 Dec 1928 – 6 Sep 1929 |
| 25 | Admiral | Koichi Shiozawa | 6 Sep 1929 – 1 Dec 1929 |
| 26 | Admiral | Shigetarō Shimada | 1 Dec 1929 – 1 Dec 1930 |
| 26 | Rear Admiral | Wasuke Komaki | 1 Dec 1930 – 10 Oct 1931 |
| 27 | Vice Admiral | Kamezaburo Nakamura | 10 Oct 1931 – 15 Nov 1933 |
| 28 | Vice Admiral | Jugoro Arichi | 15 Nov 1933 – 15 Nov 1934 |
| 29 | Rear Admiral | Taichi Miki | 15 Nov 1934 – 15 Nov 1935 |
| 30 | Vice Admiral | Shunzo Mito | 15 Nov 1935 – 1 Apr 1936 |
| 31 | Vice Admiral | Masaichi Niimi | 1 Apr 1936 – 1 Dec 1936 |
| 32 | Vice Admiral | Gunichi Mikawa | 1 Dec 1936 – 15 Nov 1937 |
| 33 | Admiral | Seiichi Ito | 15 Nov 1937 – 15 Nov 1938 |
| 34 | Admiral | Takeo Takagi | 15 Nov 1938 – 1 Nov 1939 |
| 35 | Vice Admiral | Yoshio Suzuki | 1 Nov 1939 – 30 Aug 1941 |
| 36 | Vice Admiral | Kazutaka Shiraishi | 30 Aug 1941 – 2 Jul 1943 |
| 37 | Vice Admiral | Tomiji Koyanagi | 2 Jul 1943 – 25 Nov 1944 |
| 38 | Rear Admiral | Nobuei Morishita | 25 Nov 1944 – 20 Apr 1945 |
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