Complete Records - Abukuma

[ijnfleetadmiral]

ABUKUMA
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - CAPT TOKUDA Inosuke (30) - 20 October 1924 - 26 May 1925
CAPT TOKUDA Inosuke (30) - 26 May 1925 - 1 December 1925
CAPT OTANI Shiro (31) - 1 December 1925 - 1 November 1926
CAPT NAGAI Minoru (32) - 1 November 1926 - 15 November 1927
CAPT TOYODA Teijiro (33) - 15 November 1927 - 10 December 1928
CAPT IRIE Fuchitsune (33) - 10 December 1928 - 30 November 1929
CAPT NOHARA Shinji (34) - 30 November 1929 - 1 December 1930
CAPT KOGA Shichisaburo (36) - 1 December 1930 - 1 December 1931
CAPT IWAMURA Seiichi (37) - 1 December 1931 - 15 November 1932
CAPT KOJIMA Kentaro (36) - 15 November 1932 - 15 November 1933
CAPT KOHASHI Yoshiaki (37) - 15 November 1933 - 15 November 1934
CAPT KURITA Takeo (38) - 15 November 1934 - 15 November 1935
CAPT FUJITA Ruitaro (38) - 15 November 1935 - 1 December 1936
CAPT SHIMIZU Iwao (39) - 1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937
CAPT AKIYAMA Katsuzo (40) - 1 December 1937 - 1 December 1938
CAPT TANAKA Kikumatsu (43) - 1 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
CAPT SAKIYAMA Shakao (42) - 15 November 1939 - 1 November 1940
CAPT MURAYAMA Seiroku (42) - 1 November 1940 - 20 September 1942
CAPT SHIBUYA Shiro (44) - 20 September 1942 - 18 August 1943
CAPT KONISHI Kaname (44) - 18 August 1943 - 26 March 1944
CAPT HANADA Takuo (48) - 26 March 1944 - 26 October 1944

Executive Officers
(EO) - CDR IKEDA Keinosuke (34) - 1 December 1924 - 26 May 1925
CDR IKEDA Keinosuke (34) - 26 May 1925 - 1 December 1925
??? - 1 December 1925 - 1 April 1935
CDR MATSUDA Chiaki (44) - 1 April 1935 - 21 November 1935
CDR Baron IJUIN Matsuji (43) - 21 November 1935 - 2 November 1936
??? - 2 November 1936 - 15 November 1940
CDR TAKASHIMA Hideo (47) - 15 November 1940 - 11 August 1941
CDR SHIMAZAKI Shigeichi (50) - 11 August 1941 - ???
??? - ??? - 26 October 1944

Gunnery Officers
??? - 26 May 1925 - 1 December 1926
LCDR KAMATA Michiaki (39) - 1 December 1926 - 1 December 1927
??? - 1 December 1927 - 10 December 1928
LCDR NISHIDA Heishiro (44) - 10 December 1928 - 15 April 1929
??? - 15 April 1929 - 15 October 1931
LCDR IWABUCHI Sanji (43) - 15 October 1931 - 15 November 1932
??? - 15 November 1932 - 1 December 1932
LCDR TOMA Ryo (47) - 1 December 1932 - 20 October 1933
??? - 20 October 1933 - 15 November 1935
LCDR KOYANAGI Tokumatsu (49) - 15 November 1935 - ???
??? - ??? - 1 December 1937
LCDR ANDO Norihide (51) - 1 December 1937 - 30 January 1938
??? - 30 January 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR NAKAO Kumataro (51) - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
LCDR NAKA Shigeo (??) - 15 November 1939 - ???
LT / LCDR SHIMIZU Yoshihito (60) - ??? - 26 October 1944

Navigators
??? - 26 May 1925 - 1 November 1926
LCDR JOJIMA Takatsugu (40) - 1 November 1926 - 20 November 1928
??? - 20 November 1928 - 1 December 1931
LCDR ISHIHARA Itsu (46) - 1 December 1931 - 1 December 1932
LCDR KITAMURA Fumio (47) - 1 December 1932 - 15 January 1934
??? - 15 January 1934 - 25 October 1935
LCDR ONO Itaru (50) - 25 October 1935 - 1 December 1936
??? - 1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937
LCDR TAGAHARA Yoshitaro (50) - 1 December 1937 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 October 1940
LCDR SHIBATA Otokichi (54) - 15 October 1940 - 10 September 1941
LCDR YANO Fusao (51) - 10 September 1941 - 15 April 1942
??? - 15 April 1942 - 26 October 1944
LT ORIKASA Shigeyasu (64) - ??? - ???

Torpedo Officers
??? - 26 May 1925 - 1 December 1926
LT / LCDR MONZEN Tei (42) - 1 December 1926 - 15 February 1928 (LCDR on 1 December 1927.)
??? - 15 February 1928 - 1 December 1932
LT SHIRAISHI Nagayoshi (49) - 1 December 1932 - ???
??? - ??? - 1 December 1937
LCDR KAMIURA Junnari (53) - 1 December 1937 - 15 November 1938
??? - 15 November 1938 - 15 November 1939
LCDR MINAMI Iwao (57) - 15 November 1939 - 15 November 1940
LT TOMITA Toshihiko (59) - 15 November 1940 - 10 September 1941
LT NAGAKURA Yoshiharu (60) - 10 September 1941 - 1 May 1942
LT IWABUCHI Goro (61) - 1 May 1942 - 25 October 1942
LT ISHIDA Sueto (64) - 25 October 1942 - 1943
??? - 1943 - 26 October 1944

Chief Engineers
??? - 26 May 1925 - 10 December 1928
(E) LCDR TAKESHITA Eigoro (Eng. 20) - 10 December 1928 - 15 November 1929
??? - 15 November 1929 - 1 December 1932
(E) CDR SHIMAMOTO Mantaro (Eng. 22) - 1 December 1932 - 15 November 1933
(E) CDR NAGASHIMA Kunosuke (??) - 15 November 1933 - ???
??? - ??? - 21 October 1935
(E) LCDR / (E) CDR ISE Sadayoshi (Eng. 26) - 21 October 1935 - 1 December 1936 ((E) CDR on 15 November 1935.)
??? - 1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937
(E) LCDR TANAKA Shigeo (??) - 1 December 1937 - 15 December 1938
(E) CDR NAKAYAMA Sakae (??) - 15 December 1938 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 October 1940
(E) CDR NAKANE Ganjiro (??) - 15 October 1940 - 25 September 1941
(E) LCDR KINOSHITA Takeshi (??) - 25 September 1941 - ???
??? - ??? - 26 October 1944

Surgeons
??? - 26 May 1925 - 26 December 1928
(S) LT SHIMAZAKI Tadashi (1918) - 26 December 1928 - 10 April 1929
??? - 10 April 1929 - 1 May 1929
(S) LT MATSUO Masamichi (1918) - 1 May 1929 - 30 November 1929
(S) LT FUKUHARA Fumio (1924) - 30 November 1929 - 1 December 1930
(S) LT TERAKADO Masafumi (1921) - 1 December 1930 - 17 March 1931
??? - 17 March 1931 - 1 December 1937
(S) LCDR WATANABE Takichi (??) - 1 December 1937 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 November 1939
(S) LT KAYASHIMA Kazuo (??) - 15 November 1939 - ???
??? - ??? - 26 October 1944

Paymasters
??? - 26 May 1925 - 1 December 1927
(P) LT NONOGAKI Seiji (??) - 1 December 1927 - ???
??? - ??? - 30 November 1929
(P) LT MATSUBARA Eizo (??) - 30 November 1929 - 1 December 1930
(P) LT OKASHIWA Naoe (??) - 1 December 1930 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 November 1934
(P) LT WAKATSUKI Eisho (??) - 15 November 1934 - ???
??? - ??? - 1 November 1939
(P) LT KOBAYASHI Kanichi (??) - 1 November 1939 - 15 October 1940
(P) LTJG SATO Shoho (??) - 15 October 1940 - ???
??? - ??? - 26 October 1944

Communications Officers
??? - 26 May 1925 - 1 December 1925
LT OIE Goichi (46) - 1 December 1925 - 1 December 1926
LT SAMEJIMA Motonao (??) - 1 December 1926 - ???
??? - ??? - 1 December 1937
LT UMEZAKI Minoru (??) - 1 December 1937 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 November 1939
LT ICHIKIZAKI Hidemaru (58) - 15 November 1939 - ???
??? - ??? - 26 October 1944

Air Officers
??? - 26 May 1925 - 1 December 1941
LTJG OTA Tadashi (64) - 1 December 1941 - 21 July 1942
LT SANO Akiro (67) - 21 July 1942 - ???
??? - ??? - March 1944
Aircraft catapult removed - March 1944

[fontessa]

Hello ijnfleetadmiral,

Executive Officers
??? - 1 December 1925 - 1 April 1935

According to page 23 of JACAR C12070299800, CDR ISHII Saburo was appointed on 1 December 1925.
According to page 7 of JACAR C12070316700, CDR OSAKI Norinobu was appointed on 1 December 1928.
According to page 20 of JACAR C12070323200, CDR CHIJIWA(?) Choji was appointed on 1 December 1929.
According to page 20 of JACAR C12070339100, CDR SAEKI Koji was appointed on 15 November 1930.
According to page 3 of JACAR C13072076600, CDR AMAYA Yoshishige was appointed on 15 November 1930.

Gunnery Officers
??? - 1 December 1927 - 10 December 1928
??? - 15 April 1929 - 15 October 1931
??? - 30 January 1938 - 15 December 1938

According to page 3 of JACAR C12070311100, LCDR OI Yoshio was appointed on 1 December 1927.
According to page 24 of JACAR C12070323200, LCDR HORI Kuro was appointed on 30 November 1929.
According to page 34 of JACAR C13072073300, LCDR TAKETANI Kiyoshi was appointed on 30 January 1938.

Navigators
??? - 15 April 1942 - 26 October 1944

According to page 19 of JACAR C13072085100, LT TANAKA Shigeru was appointed on 10 April 1942.

Torpedo Officers
??? - 15 November 1938 - 15 November 1939

No one was appointed on 15 November 1938.

Chief Engineers
??? - 26 May 1925 - 10 December 1928

According to page 37 of JACAR C12070305500, LCDR UEHARA Keido(?) was appointed on 1 December 1926.

Surgeons
??? - 26 May 1925 - 26 December 1928

According to page 17 of JACAR C12070299900, LT KOGATA Jiroichi was appointed on 1 December 1925.
According to page 40 of JACAR C12070311100, LCDR YUKI Jun was appointed on 1 December 1927.

Paymasters

According to page 7 of JACAR C12070335000, LCDR ARAI Minoru was appointed on 1 December 1932.

Air Officers
LTJG OTA Tadashi (64) - 1 December 1941 - 21 July 1942
LT SANO Akiro (67) - 21 July 1942 - ???

Light cruisers didn’t have the post of Hikocho (Air Officer). Above 2 officers were appointed as Buntaicho (Division Officer). This Division Officer performed the task of Air Officer.

fontessa

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Awesome...thanks! One note:

1) AMAYA Yoshishige (47) could not have been posted XO of ABUKUMA on 15 November 1930, as he was only a LT at the time. SAEKI Koji was a LCDR, so his assignment seems the most plausible.

[fontessa]

Hello jnfleetadmiral,

There were 2 mistakes.

1) AMAYA Yoshishige (47) could not have been posted XO of ABUKUMA on 15 November 1930, as he was only a LT at the time.

CDR AMAYA Yoshinari was posted on 1 November 1939

SAEKI Koji was a LCDR, so his assignment seems the most plausible.

CDR SAEKI Koji was posted on 15 November 1938.

fontessa

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Thanks for clarifying!