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Mito was chief of staff of 6 Fleet when hostilities broke
out, where his experience and resourcefulness were of considerable
value to his commander, Shimizu
Mitsumi, who had no experience in submarines. Mito was given
command of Submarine Squadron 1 on 22
October 1942, which carried out supply operations (mogura, "mule", operations) in the Solomons and New Guinea. He was transferred to other duty in 1943.
1891-11-9 | born | |
1914-12-19 |
Midshipman | Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 30th in a class of 117. Assigned to CL Soya |
1915-8-27 | CL Tone | |
1915-12-13 | Ensign | |
1916-12-1 | BB Hizen |
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1917-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
Gunnery School Basic Course |
1918-5-20 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
1918-12-1 | Submarine Division 13 |
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1918-12-13 | 1 Naval District | |
1919-7-24 | Yokosuka
Defense Squadron |
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1919-10-8 | Kure
Defense Squadron |
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1920-12-1 | Lieutenant | Torpedo School Advanced Course |
1921-12-1 | SS-29 |
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1922-12-1 | Executive officer, SS-68 | |
1923-12-1 | Commander, SS-35 |
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1924-12-1 | Commander, Ro-27 |
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1925-12-1 | Naval College A-Course | |
1926-12-1 | Lieutenant
commander |
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1927-12-1 | Commander, Ro-67 |
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1928-12-15 | Commander, I-51 |
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1929-11-5 | Staff, Combined Fleet |
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1930-12-1 | Staff, Bureau of Personnel, Navy Ministry |
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1931-12-1 | Commander | |
1933-12-20 | Trip to Europe and the United States |
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1934-11-15 | Staff, Bureau of Personnel, Navy MinistryCarpenter and Polmar (1986) | |
1936-11-2 | Commander, Submarine Division 7 |
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1936-12-1 | Captain | |
1937-11-15 | Staff, Naval Shipbuilding Command |
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1938-11-15 | Chief, S2, Bureau of Personnel, Navy
Ministry |
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1940-10-15 | Commander, CL Katori |
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1941-1-6 | Chief of staff, 6 Fleet |
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1942-10-22 | Commander, Submarine Squadron 1 |
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1942-11-1 | Rear admiral |
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1943-3-29 | Navy
General Staff |
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1943-6-15 | Director, Bureau of Personnel, Navy Ministry |
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1945-5-7 | Commander, 4
Special Attack Squadron |
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1945-9-15 | Navy
General Staff |
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1945-11-1 | Vice admiral |
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1945-11-20 | Navy Vice Minister |
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1945-11-30 | Moved to reserve status |
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1945-12-1 | Vice Minister of 2nd Demobilization | |
1946-6-15 | Retires | |
1967-5-17 | Dies |
References
Boyd
and Yoshida (1995)
Carpenter and Polmar (1986) Fuller (1992)
Materials of IJN (accessed 2008-6-2)
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