The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
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| Table of Contents |
| Unit |
Commander |
Start |
Administrative Assignment |
Operational Assignment |
Notes |
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| CVS Kunikawa Maru | Completed 1943 |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1945-4-30 in Makassar Straits | ||
| 4 Independent Tank Brigade |
Naganuma Toshio |
Activated 1943 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 25
Air Brigade |
Sanchu
Hanmo |
Activated 1943 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 1 Independent Mixed Regiment |
Activated <1943 |
Army General Staff | |||
| 12 Independent Garrison Unit |
Yamamuro Hyoe |
Activated 1943? |
Army General Staff | ||
| 16 Independent Garrison Unit |
Kawada Tsuchitato |
Activated 1943 |
Army General Staff | ||
| 1 INA Division |
Mohammed Zaman Kiyani | Activated 1943? |
Burma Area Army |
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| 23 Independent Mixed Brigade | Watari
Sakon | Activated 1943-1 (Kwangchowan: 110.418N 21.177S) | Army General Staff | ||
| Hyakurihara
Air
Group |
Activated 1943-1 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 7
Air Division |
Hakugin Shigeji |
Activated 1943-1 (Ambon) |
Southern Expeditionary Army | ||
| Thailand
Garrison
Army |
Nakamura Akita |
Activated 1943-1-4 (Bangkok) |
Southern
Expeditionary
Army |
Redesignated 39
Army
on
1944-12-11. |
|
| SS I-180 | Completed 1943-1-15 | Navy General Staff | Sunk 1944-4-26 off Kodiak by Gilmore | ||
| 50
Air Flotilla |
Sakamaki Munetaka |
Activated 1943-1-15 (CVL Hosho) |
Navy General Staff | ||
| DMS W-24 |
Completed 1943-1-25 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1945-7-15
near 141.0E 41.6N |
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| DD Kiyonami |
Completed 1943-1-25 (Uraga) | Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1943-7-20 off Kolombangara |
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| AOG Ashizuri |
Completed 1943-1-30 (Mitsubishi-Nagasaki) | Navy General Staff | Torpedoed
1944-6-5 off Basilan Island
by Puffer |
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| AMc Wa-8 |
Completed 1943-1-31 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1944-10-21
off Panay |
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| SS I-38 | Completed 1943-1-31 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-11-12 off Yap by Nicholas | ||
| SC Ch-41 |
Completed 1943-1-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
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| 63 Air Regiment |
Activated 1943-2 (Hachinohe) |
Army General Staff | Ki-27 Nate Participated in New Guinea campaign. |
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| 3
Special
Base
Force |
Tomonari Saichiro |
Activated 1943-2-15 (Tarawa) |
4 Fleet |
According to Rottman (2008),
this was the renamed 6 Yokosuka SNLF. |
|
| 281
Air Group |
Activated 1943-2-20 |
4 Naval District |
Fighter group |
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| SS Ro-104 | Completed 1943-2-25 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-5-23 off Kavieng by England | ||
| SC Ch-35 |
Completed 1943-2-28 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1945-2-23 near n109.0E 11.5N |
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| PB Oki | Completed 1943-3-31 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
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| LSD Nigitsu Maru | Completed 1943-3 (Harima) | Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1944-1-12 by Hake near Rasa Island (132.85E 23.25N) | ||
| AO Kazahaya |
Completed 1943-3 |
Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1943-10-6 off Truk by Tinosa
and Steelhead. |
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| 7
Sasebo SNLF |
Activated <1943-3 (Sasebo) |
Navy General Staff | Morison has this unit
deploying to Tarawa in 1943-3 |
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| SS Ro-105 | Completed 1943-3-5 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-5-31 off Kavieng by England | ||
| SS I-37 | Completed 1943-3-10 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-11-19 off Kossol Roads by Conklin and McCoy Reynolds | ||
| 61
Division | Tanaka Tsutomu | Activated 1943-3-13 (Tokyo) | 13 Army | Formed from 61 Independent Infantry Group. Activated as a special or wartime division, | |
| Burma
Area
Army |
Kawabe Masakazu |
Activated 1943-3-18 (Rangoon) |
Southern Army |
Comprised of 15, 28, and 33 Armies |
|
| 31
Division | Sato
Kotoku | Activated 1943-3-22 (China) | 15 Army | Composed of 58, 124, and 138 Regiments. Activated as a special or wartime division, with an artillery regiment but no reconnaissance regiment. Redeployed to Burma 1943-9 | |
| PB Etorofu |
Completed 1943-3-25 (Hitachi-Sakurajima)
|
Navy General Staff | History.
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| SC Ch-40 |
Completed 1943-3-31 |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-2-19 off New Ireland | ||
| SS Ro-35 |
Completed 1943-3-31 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1943-8-25 off San
Cristobal Island
by Patterson |
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| DD Niizuki | Completed 1943-3-31 (Nagasaki) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by gunfire 1943-7-6 at Kula Gulf | ||
| DMS W-26 |
Completed 1943-3-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft
1944-2-17 at Rabaul |
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| DMS W-23 | Completed 1943-3-31 | Navy General Staff | |||
| Atsugi
Air
Group |
Activated 1943-4 |
1 Naval District |
Initially a training unit. |
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| Izimi
Air
Group |
Activated 1943-4 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| Submarine Squadron 11 |
Daigo Tadashige |
Activated 1943-4-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| PB Matsuwa |
Completed 1943-4-1 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-8-22 off Manila by Harder | ||
| PB Sado | Completed 1943-4-1 (Tsurumi) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-8-22 off Manila by Haddo | ||
| Takao
Guard
District |
Takagi
Takeo |
Activated 1943-4-1 (Takao) |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 19
Air Flotilla |
Asaakira
Kuni |
Activated 1943-4-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| Destroyer Squadron 11 |
Kimura Susumu |
Activated 1943-4-1 |
1 Fleet |
Composed of CL Tatsuta, Destroyer Division 6. Appears to have been largely a training command for newly commissioned second-class destroyers (destroyer escorts). |
|
| SC Ch-43 |
Completed 1943-4-7 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1945-1-12 at Cam Ranh |
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| AMc Wa-9 |
Completed 1943-4-14 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AMc Wa-13 | Completed 1943-4-14 | Navy General Staff | |||
| SS Ro-108 | Completed 1943-4-20 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-5-26 off Manus by England | ||
| 7
Combined SNLF |
Katsuno Minoru |
Activated 1943-4-20 |
8 Fleet |
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| SS I-39 | Completed 1943-4-22 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Missing from 1943-12-3 | ||
| SS Ro-109 | Completed 1943-4-30 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1945-5-29 off Okinawa by aircraft from Tulagi | ||
| DD Tamanami |
Completed 1943-4-30 (Fujinagata) | Navy General Staff | History.
Torpedoed
1944-7-7 by Mingo off Manila |
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| DMS W-25 | Completed 1943-4-30 | Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft 1944-7-4 141.1E 28.6N | ||
| 52
Base Force |
Mizui
Seiji |
Activated 1943-5 |
Navy General Staff | Also known as 52 Auxiliary Base Force |
|
| Mie
Air Group |
Activated 1943-5 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| SC Ch-42 |
Completed 1943-5-1 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1945-8-10 at Onagawa Wan |
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| 61 Guard Force |
Activated 1943-5-1 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 62
Division | Hongo
Yoshio | Activated 1943-5-1 (Shansi, China) | 12 Army | Created from 4 and and elements of 6
Independent
Mixed
Brigades. A Type C division. Composed of 63 and 64 Brigades. Redeployed to Okinawa 1944-4
and
destroyed. | |
| 64
Division | Funabiki Masayuki | Activated 1943-5-1 (China) | 13 Army | Created from 12 Independent Mixed Brigade. Type C division. Composed of 69 and 70 Brigades. | |
| 65
Division | Ota
Yoneo | Activated 1943-5-1 (Hsuchow) | 6 Army | Created from 13 Independent Mixed Brigade. Type C division. Composed of 71 and 72 Brigades. | |
| 46
Division | Kayashima Taka | Activated 1943-5-4 (Kumamoto) | Army General Staff | Created from 66 Independent Infantry Group.
A "special" or wartime division composed mainly of reservists. Reorganized as an ocean division, deployed to Netherlands East Indies
1943-12 and redeployed to Malaya
1944-12 | |
| DD Shimakaze |
Completed 1943-5-10 |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-11-11 northeast of Cebu. |
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| SS I-182 | Completed 1943-5-10 | Navy General Staff | Sunk 1943-9-1 off Espiritu Santo by Wadsworth | ||
| AMc Wa-14 |
Completed 1943-5-14 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| AMc Wa-10 |
Completed 1943-5-14 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by gunfire
1945-1-11 off Vigan |
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| SC Ch-44 |
Completed 1943-5-15 |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
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| 12
Air Fleet |
Totsuka Michitaro |
Activated 1943-5-18 (Kuriles) |
Northeast
Area
Fleet |
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| SS I-181 | Completed 1943-5-24 | Navy General Staff | Sunk 1944-1-16 off New Guinea | ||
| AF Arasaki |
Completed 1943-5-29 (Sakurajima-Osaka)
|
Navy General Staff | |||
| SS Ro-36 |
Completed 1943-5-31 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) |
Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-6-13 off Saipan by Melvin | ||
| DD Wakatsuki | Completed 1943-5-31 (Nagasaki) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-11-11 off Ormoc | ||
| Southeast Detachment |
Sasaki Minoru |
Activated 1943-5-31 (Kolombangara) |
17 Army |
8 Fleet |
Organized for defense of New Georgia. Built around 229 Regiment. |
| 1 Imperial Guards Division |
Teshima Fusataro |
Activated 1943-6 (Tokyo) |
Army General Staff | Created from Imperial Guards
Mixed Brigade. At the same time, the old Imperial Guards Division
was redesignated 2 Imperial
Guards
Division. This was probably a calculated insult for the
latter’s behavior
in Malaya. Infantry group consisted of 1, 2, and 6 Imperial Guards Regiments. The division apparently never left Tokyo. |
|
| 43
Division |
Kaya Tsunenori |
Activated 1943-6 (Nagoya) | Army General Staff | Created from 63 Independent Infantry Group. Deployed to Marianas 1944-3 and destroyed
on Saipan |
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| 2 Imperial Guards Depot
Division |
Kuribayashi Tadamichi |
Activated 1943-6 (Tokyo) |
Eastern
District
Army |
Supporting at least 13 divisions and 8 brigades by the end of the war. |
|
| 66 Guard Force |
Activated 1943-6 (Mili) |
6 Base Force |
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| 261
Air Group |
Activated 1943-6-1 |
1
Air
Fleet |
Fighter group. Also known as Tora Group. |
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| 30
Division |
Kobayashi Asasaburo |
Activated 1943-6-10 (Korea) |
Korea
Army |
Manned mostly by Koreans. Composed of 41, 74 and 77 Regiments.
Redeployed to Philippines
1944-5 and
destroyed in Leyte and Mindanao. |
|
| AMc Wa-21 |
Completed 1943-6-15 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 100
Division | Harada
Jiro | Activated 1943-6-15 (Mindanao) | Southern Army | Created from 30
Independent
Mixed
Brigade. Type C division. Composed of 75 and 76 Brigades. Destroyed on Mindanao | |
| SS I-179 | Completed 1943-6-18 | Navy General Staff | Sunk accidentally 1943-7-14 off Akizaki | ||
| DMS W-28 |
Completed 1943-6-28 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Torpedoed
1944-8-29 off Menado by Jack |
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| CL Noshiro | Completed 1943-6-30 (Yokosuka) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by carrier aircraft 1944-10-26 during the Leyte campaign. | ||
| SS Ro-37 | Completed 1943-6-30 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-1-22 off San Cristobal Island by Buchanan | ||
| 63
Division | Nozoe Masanori | Activated 1943-6-30 (Peiping) | 12 Army | Created from 15 and elements of 6 Independent Mixed Brigades. Type C division. Composed of 66 and 67 Brigades. Redeployed to Korea 1945-7. | |
| 501
Air Group |
Activated 1943-7 |
8
Fleet |
Carrier bomber group |
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| 936
Air Group |
Activated 1943-7 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 30 Air Regiment |
Activated 1943-7 (Tungchingchen) |
Army General Staff | Ground attack but soon switched to fighter Participated in the second Philippine and Burma campaigns. |
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| 48 Air Regiment |
Activated 1943-7 (Yenchi) |
Army General Staff | Ki-27 Nate Participated in the Ichi-go campaign. |
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| 331
Air Group |
Activated 1943-7-1 |
Southwest
Area
Fleet |
24 A6M
Zero 24 B5N Kate |
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| 93
Division | Suefuji Tomofumi | Activated 1943-7-6 (Kanazawa) | Army General Staff | Composed of 202, 203, and 204 Regiments. A "special" or wartime division. Never left Japan | |
| SS Ro-110 | Completed 1943-7-10 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-2-11 near 83.3E 17.5N by Jumna, Ipswich, and Launceston | ||
| PB Fukue | Completed 1943-7-15 (Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
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| SS Ro-111 | Completed 1943-7-20 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-6-10 off Kavieng by Taylor | ||
| Maizuru
Air
Group |
Activated 1943-7-20 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| DD Suzunami |
Completed 1943-7-27 (Uraga) | Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1943-11-11 at Rabaul |
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| 4 Air
Army |
Teramoto Kumaichi |
Activated 1943-7-28 (Rabaul) |
Army General Staff | Disbanded 1945-2-13 |
|
| CM Maeshima |
Completed 1943-7-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
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| DD Hayanami |
Completed 1943-7-31 (Maizuru) | Navy General Staff | History.
Torpedoed
1944-6-7 by Harder east of Borneo |
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| SS I-40 |
Completed 1943-7-31 (Kure) |
Navy General Staff | History.
Missing from 1943-12 off Gilberts |
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| DMS W-33 |
Completed 1943-7-31 |
Navy General Staff | Sunk by aircraft
1945-8-9 at
Onagawa Bay |
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| DMS W-27 | Completed 1943-7-31 | Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1945-7-10 near 142.1E 39.3N by Runner | ||
| SC Ch-48 |
Completed 1943-7-31 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-14 off Kamaishi |
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| SS Ro-38 | Completed 1943-7-31 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Lost to unknown cause 1943-11-19 between Truk and the Gilbert Islands | ||
| DD Fujinami |
Completed 1943-7-31(Fujinagata) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-10-27 off Iloilo | ||
| Northeast
Area
Fleet |
Totsuka Michitaro |
Activated 1943-8-5 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 52 Division | Mugikura Shunsaburo | Activated 1943-8-10 (Kanazawa) | Eastern District Army | A "special" or wartime division activated from 52 Depot Division. Converted to ocean division in 1943-10, deployed to Truk 1943-12 and never saw combat. | |
| PB Tsushima | Completed 1943-8-15 (Tsurumi) | Navy General Staff | History.
|
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| PB Mutsure | Completed 1943-8-15 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1943-9-2 off Truk by Snapper | ||
| SC Ch-47 |
Completed 1943-8-21 |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
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| PB Wakamiya |
Completed 1943-8-25 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1943-11-23 off China (122.2E 28.8N) by Gudgeon | ||
| SS Ro-42 | Completed 1943-8-27 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1943-6-11 off off Kwajalein by Bangust | ||
| 954
Air Group |
Activated 1943-9 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 27
Air Flotilla |
Sugimoto Ushie |
Activated 1943-9-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| 28
Air Flotilla |
Kogure
Gunji |
Activated 1943-9-1 |
Navy General Staff | ||
| AOG Takasaki | Completed 1943-9-2 (Mitsubishi-Yokohama) | Navy General Staff | Torpedoed
1944-6-5 off Basilan Island
by Puffer |
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| SS Ro-39 | Completed 1943-9-12 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-2-2 off Wotje by Walker | ||
| SS Ro-44 | Completed 1943-9-12 (Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-6-16 off Eniwetok by Burden R. Hastings | ||
| SS Ro-112 | Completed 1943-9-12 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1945-2-11 off Camiguin by Batfish | ||
| SS I-41 | Completed 1943-9-18 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-11-18 off Samar by Lawrence C. Taylor and aircraft from Anzio | ||
| 13
Air Fleet |
Takasu
Shiro |
Activatd 1943-9-20 (Singapore) |
Southwest
Area
Fleet |
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| SS I-185 | Completed 1943-9-23 | Navy General Staff | Sunk 1944-6-22 off Saipan by Newcomb and Chandler | ||
| SS Ro-40 | Completed 1943-9-28 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-2-16 off Kwajalein by Phelps and Sage | ||
| SC Ch-46 |
Completed 1943-9-30 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1944-11-25 off Masbate |
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| 29 Independent Mixed Brigade |
Tanaka
Nobuo |
Activated 1943-10 (Thailand) |
Southern
Army |
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| 30 Independent Mixed Brigade | Takahashi Masao | Activated 1943-10? (Mindanao) | 14 Army | Deactivated 1944-7 to provide cadre for 100 Division. | |
| 31 Independent Mixed Brigade | Kono Takeishi | Activated 1943-10? (Cebu) | 14 Army | Deactivated 1944-6 to provide cadre for 102 Division. | |
| 32 Independent Mixed Brigade |
Araki Masatsugu |
Activated 1943-10 (Luzon) |
14 Army | Deactivated 1944-7 to provide cadre for 107 Division. | |
| 33 Independent Mixed Brigade | Kenjo Gohachi | Activated 1943-10? (Luzon) | 14 Army | Deactivated 1944-7 to provide cadre for 105 Division. | |
| 802
Air Group |
Activated 1943-10 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 254
Air Group |
Activated 1943-10-1 |
Hainan Guard District |
24 A6M
Zero 4 B5N Kate 1 transport aircraft |
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| 263
Air Group |
Activated 1943-10-1 |
1
Air
Fleet |
Night fighter group. Equipped
with J1N Irving. |
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| 321
Air Group |
Activated 1943-10-1 |
Hainan Guard District |
24 A6M
Zero 4 B5N Kate 1 transport aircraft |
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| 381
Air Group |
Activated 1943-10-1 |
23 Air Flotilla |
Carrier fighters and night
fighters |
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| 13
Auxiliary Base Force |
Tanaka
Raizo |
Activated 1943-10-1 (Rangoon) |
Combined Fleet | ||
| 94
Division | Shidei Tsunamasa | Activated 1943-10-14 (Singapore) | Southern Army | A "special" or wartime division composed mostly of reservists. Composed of 256, 257, and 258 Regiments. | |
| DD Hamanami |
Completed 1943-10-5 (Maizuru) | Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1944-11-11
northeast of Cebu |
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| SS Ro-113 | Completed 1943-10-15 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1945-2-11 off Babuyah by Batfish | ||
| SS I-184 | Completed 1943-10-15 | Navy General Staff | Sunk 1944-6-15 off Guam by aircraft from Suwanee | ||
| SC Ch-45 |
Completed 1943-10-15 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1944-11-29 off Leyte |
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| AMc Wa-22 |
Completed 1943-10-20 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| DMS W-29 |
Completed 1943-10-22 |
Navy General Staff | Mined 1945-5-7
near 34.0N 130.9E |
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| 3 Area
Army |
Ushiroku
Jun |
Activated 1943-10-29 (Tsitsihar) |
Kwantung
Army |
Comprised of 30, 34, and 44 Armies and 2 Air Army |
|
| PB Kanju | Completed 1943-10-30 Uraga-Tokyo) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by Russian aircraft 1945-8-15 off Wonsan | ||
| PB Mikura |
Completed 1943-10-30 (Tsurimi)
|
Navy General Staff | History. Missing from 1945-5-2 off Formosa | ||
| AK Yamamiya
Maru |
Completed 1943-10-31 |
Navy General Staff | Torpedoed
1944-6-25 by Bashaw
off Celebes |
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| SS I-183 | Completed 1943-10-31 | Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1944-4-29 near 133.0E 32.1N by Pogy | ||
| 26
Base Force |
Yokokawa Ichihei |
Activated 1943-11 (Kau Island) |
Navy General Staff | Also known as 26 Special Base Force |
|
| Tsingtao Special Base Force |
Fujita Ruitaro |
Activated 1943-11 (Tsingtao) |
3 China Fleet |
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| 25 Independent Mixed Brigade | Yahagi
Nakao | Activated 1943-11 (Sumatra) | Army General Staff | ||
| 26 Independent Mixed Brigade | Kawada Tsuchitato | Activated 1943-11? (Sumatra) | Army General Staff | ||
| 27 Independent Mixed Brigade | Kunikata Keizo | Activated 1943-11? (Java) | 16 Army | ||
| 28 Independent Mixed Brigade | Iwabe
Shigeo | Activated 1943-11? (Java) | 16 Army | ||
| 34 Independent Mixed Brigade | Nagano Kameichiro | Activated 1943-11 (French Indochina) | 38 Army | ||
| PB Hirado | Completed 1943-11-1 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-9-12 off Hainan by Growler | ||
| SS I-42 | Completed 1943-11-3 (Kure) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-3-23 off Angaur by Tunny | ||
| SS I-43 | Completed 1943-11-5 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-2-15 off Guam by Aspro | ||
| 301
Air Group |
Activated 1943-11-5 |
1 Naval District |
Equipped with A6M Zero and J2M Jack |
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| SC Ch-51 |
Completed 1943-11-8 |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
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| AOG Shioya |
Completed 1943-11-9 (Mitsubishi-Nagasaki) | Navy General Staff | Torpedoed
1944-6-8 off Menado by Rasher |
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| SC Ch-54 |
Completed 1943-11-12 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1944-3-25 off Chichi
Jima by Pollack |
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| 265
Air Group |
Activated 1943-11-15 |
1
Air
Fleet |
36 A6M
Zero |
||
| 341
Air Group |
Activated 1943-11-15 |
1
Air
Fleet |
36 N1K George. Also known as Shishi
("Lion") Group. |
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| Maritime
Escort
Fleet |
Oikawa Koshiro |
Activated 1943-11-15 |
Navy General Staff | Comprised of 1
and 2
Surface Escort Fleets, 3,
4,
5,
and
8
Maritime Escort Forces, and 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
and
8
Convoy Headquarters. Given such low priority for ships and matériel
that a Japanese staff officer described it in a postwar assessment as
"miserably slighted." |
|
| 9 Fleet |
Endo Yoshikazu |
Activated 1943-11-15 (Hollandia) |
Southeast
Area
Fleet |
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| 53 Division | Baba
Masao | Activated 1943-11-19 (Kyoto) | Central District Army | A "special" or wartime division composed mostly of reservists. Mostly older men from the Kyoto area. Activated from 53 Depot Division. Deployed to Burma 1944-1 | |
| PB Amakusa | Completed 1943-11-20 (Hitachi-Sakurajima) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1945-8-9 at Onagawa | ||
| CVE Kaiyo |
Completed 1943-11-23 |
Navy General Staff | History.
|
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| SS Ro-114 | Completed 1943-11-25 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-6-17 off Tinian by Melvin and Wadleigh | ||
| SS Ro-115 | Completed 1943-11-25 (Kawasaki-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1945-2-31 off Manila by Jenkins, O'Bannon, Bell, and Ulvert M. Moore | ||
| SS Ro-41 | Completed 1943-11-26 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1943-3-23 off Okinawa by Haggard | ||
| DD Asashimo |
Completed 1943-11-27 (Fujinagata) | Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft 1945-5-7 150
miles southwest of Nagasaki |
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| PB Miyake |
Completed 1943-11-30 (Tsurumi) | Navy General Staff | History.
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| SC Ch-50 |
Completed 1943-11-30 |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1944-7-18 off Chichi Jima
by Plaice |
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| SC Ch-52 |
Completed 1943-11-30 |
Navy General Staff | History.
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| PB Manju | Completed 1943-11-30 (Mitsui-Tamano) | Navy General Staff | History.
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| 4 Southern Expeditionary
Fleet |
Yamagata Seigo |
Activated 1943-11-30 |
Combined Fleet | ||
| 20 Air Regiment |
Activated 1943-12 (Itami) |
Army General Staff | Ki-43 Oscar Participated in the second Philippines and Okinawa campaigns. Provided kamikazes during the Okinawa campaign. |
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| 14
Base Force |
Ota
Minoru |
Activated 1943-12-1 (Kavieng) |
Combined Fleet | ||
| DD Kishinami |
Completed 1943-12-3 (Uraga) | Navy General Staff | History.
Torpedoed
1944-12-4 by Flasher in Luzon Straits |
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| AOG Sunosaki | Completed 1943-12-10 (Mitsubishi-Yokohama) | Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk by aircraft
1944-9-21 at Manila |
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| DD Okinami |
Completed 1943-12-10 (Maizuru) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1944-11-13 off Manila | ||
| CVE Shinyo |
Completed 1943-12-15 |
Navy General Staff | History. Torpedoed 1944-11-17 by Spadefish 140 nautical miles northeast of Shanghai. | ||
| SS Ro-43 | Completed 1943-12-16 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by aircraft 1945-2-26 off Iwo Jima | ||
| SS I-52 |
Completed 1943-12-18 (Kure) |
Navy General Staff | History.
Sunk 1944-6-24 off the Azores by aircraft from Bogue |
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| AK Enoshima
Maru |
Completed 1943-12-20 |
Navy General Staff | |||
| 51
Air Flotilla |
Kira
Sunichi |
Activated 1943-12-21 (CVL Hosho) |
Navy General Staff | ||
| AK Eijyo
Maru |
Completed 1943-12-23 |
Navy General Staff | Run aground 1945-3-1 near Tsingtao |
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| AK Jinyo
Maru |
Completed 1943-12-27 |
Navy General Staff | Torpedoed 1944-4-6 by Trepang off Luzon | ||
| SS I-45 | Completed 1943-12-28 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk 1944-10-28 off Surigao by Whitehurst | ||
| CL Yahagi | Completed 1943-12-29 (Sasebo) | Navy General Staff | History. Sunk by carrier aircraft 1945-4-7 in company with Yamato. | ||
| LSD Kibitsu
Maru |
Completed 1943-12-29 (Hitachi-Inoshima)
|
Navy General Staff | Mined
and run aground 1945-8-7 near Kobe |
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