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Oku commanded 10 Base Force in early 1942. He appears to have been a Navy bureaucrat, having never commanded a seagoing unit larger than a destroyer.
| 1889-12-22 |
born | |
| 1910-7-18 | Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 37th in a class of 149. Assigned to CL Asama |
| 1911-3-23 | BB Aki |
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| 1911-12-1 | Ensign | |
| 1913-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
| 1914-5-27 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1914-12-1 | DD Oite |
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| 1915-5-26 | CL Iwate |
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| 1916-12-1 | Lieutenant |
Naval College B-Course |
| 1917-5-1 | Gunnery School Advanced Course | |
| 1917-12-1 | BB Fuso |
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| 1918-3-20 | DD Enoki |
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| 1919-12-1 | DD Tokitsukaze |
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| 1920-5-21 | CL Kasuga |
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| 1920-11-12 | Commander, DD Matsukaze |
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| 1921-12-1 | Naval College A-Course | |
| 1922-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1923-10-15 | 2 Naval District |
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| 1923-12-10 | Staff, Bureau of Personnel, Kure |
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| 1926-3-1 | Navy General Staff |
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| 1926-5-1 | Aide-de-campe, Fleet Admiral Togo | |
| 1927-12-1 | Commander | |
| 1928-4-15 | Trip to Europe and United States |
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| 1929-3-25 | Instructor, Yokosuka Sailor Corps |
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| 1929-9-15 | S2, Bureau of Personnel, Navy Ministry |
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| 1932-3-10 | Chief, S2, Bureau of Personnel, Navy Ministry | |
| 1932-12-1 | Captain | |
| 1935-11-15 | Chief, Bureau of Personnel, Kure |
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| 1938-11-15 | Rear admiral |
Chief Supervisor for Construction and
Ordnance, Naval Shipbuilding Command |
| 1942-1-15 | Commander, 10 Base Force |
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| 1942-5-1 | Vice admiral |
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| 1942-12-2 | Navy
General Staff |
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| 1943-2-11 | Dies from disease contracted at the front |
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