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Kuwabara commanded
Carrier Division 3 when war
broke out in the Pacific. He was a rarity in the Imperial Navy: A carrier commander who was
actually a qualified pilot.
As one of the first qualified pilots in the Imperial Navy, he had
helped pioneer torpedo bomber
tactics in the 1920s. He had also
been part of the Japanese delegation
to the Washington
Naval Conference.
| 1887-10-26 |
Born | |
| 1909-11-19 | Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 125th in a class of 179. Assigned to CL Soya |
| 1910-7-16 | BB Hizen |
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| 1911-2-27 | Ensign | AS Toyohashi |
| 1911-12-20 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1912-4-24 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1912-8-9 | BC Kurama |
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| 1912-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
AS Toyohashi |
| 1912-12-25 | AS Karasaki |
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| 1913-12-1 | Submarine Division 2 |
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| 1915-2-1 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1915-6-1 | AV Wakamiya |
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| 1916-4-1 | Yokosuka
Air Group |
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| 1916-12-1 | Lieutenant | |
| 1917-7-26 | Trip to Europe, United States |
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| 1917-12-1 | Instructor, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1921-9-19 | Trip to United States | |
| 1922-4-15 | Staff, Naval Shipbuilding Command |
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| 1922-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1923-8-13 | Instructor, Kasumigaura Air Group |
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| 1924-12-1 | Naval Shipbuilding Commande |
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| 1925-2-7 | Staff, Bureau of Ordnance, Yokosuka Navy Yard |
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| 1926-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1927-4-5 | Staff, Technical Bureau, Naval Air
Commande |
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| 1928-12-10 | Executive officer, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1929-11-1 | Executive officer, CV Kaga |
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| 1930-11-1 | Executive officer, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1932-12-1 | Captain | Commander, AO Notoro |
| 1933-10-20 | Commander, CVL Ryujo |
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| 1934-11-15 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1935-6-12 | Executive officer, Kasumigaura Air Group | |
| 1936-12-1 | Chief, Bureau of Flight Research, Air
Arsenal |
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| 1937-12-25 | Commander, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1938-11-15 | Rear admiral |
Commander, 2 Combined Air Group |
| 1939-10-19 | Commander, 1 Combined Air Group |
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| 1940-1-15 | Commander, Yokosuka Air Group | |
| 1940-11-15 | Commander, 11 Combined Air Group |
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| 1941-4-10 | Commander, Carrier Division 4 |
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| 1941-9-1 | Commander, Carrier Division 3 | |
| 1942-4-5 | Staff, China
Area
Fleet |
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| 1942-4-10 | Commander, Seito Area Base Unit |
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| 1942-5-1 | Vice admiral |
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| 1943-11-10 | Navy
General Staff |
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| 1943-12-20 | Retired then recalled |
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| 1943-12-27 | Member, Bureau of Naval Affairs, Navy
Ministry |
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| 1944-4-1 | Hokuriku area inspector, Department of Military Supply | |
| 1945-9-1 | Retires |
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| 1975-6-5 | Dies |
References
Materials
of IJN (accessed 2008-4-2)
Peattie (2001)
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