Kaigun Jirei Koho 1945(2) - Part 32

[fontessa]

Hello ijnfleetadmiral and Wellgunde,

Part 32; Land Transport Units


According to JACAR C08030203100 (Wartime Diary of the 2nd Land Transport Unit), the organization of the 2nd Land Transport Unit was as follows.
Composition
- CO
- Adjutant
- HQ Company
- 1st Company consisted of 2 platoons
- 2nd Company consisted of 2 platoons
- 3rd Company consisted of 2 platoons
- Medical Unit
- Supply Unit
Personnel
- Officers and NCOs: 23 men
- Line Branch: 180 men
- Maintenance Branch: 564 men
- Engineer Branch: 309 men
- Construction and Repair Branch: 66 men
- Medical Branch: 8 men
- Supply Branch: 44 men
- Others: 6 men
- Total: 1,200 men
Equipment
- Large trucks: 30
- Small trucks: 3
- Large passenger cars: 2
- Small passenger cars: 3


1st Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 11 of JACAR C13072105100, CDR WATANABE Tadashi was appointed on 15 May 1945.

2nd Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 11 of JACAR C13072105100, CDR ZANAMI Tetsuzo was appointed on 15 May 1945.

3rd Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 15 of JACAR C13072105300, LCDR ONO Akizo was appointed on 1 June 1945.

5th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 25 of JACAR C13072106100, CDR SAITO Akira was appointed on 5 July 1945.

6th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 53 of JACAR C13072105500, LCDR TANAKA Kyozo was appointed on 15 June 1945.

7th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 49 of JACAR C13072106200, LCDR HATTORI Yotsuya was appointed on 10 July 1945.
According to page 19 of JACAR C13072106400, CDR SOJIMA Choshiro was appointed on 15 July 1945.

8th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 30 of JACAR C13072106800, CDR KADOWAKI Kanji appointed on 1 August 1945.

11th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 25 of JACAR C13072105200, LCDR MAKINOUCHI Kenzowas appointed on 20 May 1945.

12th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 26 of JACAR C13072105200, LCDR OKADA Kenichi was appointed on 25 May 1945.
According to page 15 of JACAR C13072105300, LCDR DOI Sakari was appointed on 1 June 1945.

13th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 17 of JACAR C13072105300, CDR AWAIHARA Takashi was appointed on 1 June 1945.

14th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 53 of JACAR C13072105500, LCDR KAWANAKA Isoji (Mustered) was appointed on 15 June 1945.

15th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 30 of JACAR C13072106800, LCDR FUKUI Ichitaro appointed on 1 August 1945.

16th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 20 of JACAR C13072106400, CDR UNO Juzaburo was appointed on 15 July 1945.

22nd Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 15 of JACAR C13072105300, LCDR TAKESHITA Takeshi was appointed on 1 June 1945.

31st Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 15 of JACAR C13072105300, LCDR NIBE Tsunejiro was appointed on 1 June 1945.

32nd Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 53 of JACAR C13072105500, LCDR IGUCHI Hirosuke (Mustered) was appointed on 15 June 1945.

34th Land Transport Unit
CO
According to page 31 of JACAR C13072106800, LCDR (Res.) SATO Ganjiro was appointed on 1 August.

fontessa

[Wellgunde]

Does anyone have any information on the distribution and employment of the Navy's land transportation units? TIA

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[fontessa]

Hello Wellgunde,

Land Transport Units were subordinate to Naval Distinct or Guard Distinct. There is no perfect list on it. But their wartime diary says part of their subordination.

1st and 2nd Land Transport Units: Yokosuka Naval Distinct
6th Land Transport Unit: Ominato Guard Distinct
11th Land Transport Unit: Osaka Guard Distinct
13th Land Transport Unit: Kure Naval Distinct

fontessa

[Wellgunde]

Thank you, Fontessa

Little by little we are learning more about these very obscure Navy organizations.

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Awesome...thanks!

[Wellgunde]

I am going to go out on a limb and speculate that the Navy Land Transport Units were:
1. All formed after May 1945
2. That they were all formed in Japan and that they all remained there
3. That they were formed as part of Ketsu Go
4. That they were formed to engage in the preparation, construction, and repair of defensive works.

By the way, what is the Japanese for Land Transport Unit (kanji/romaji)?

[fontessa]

Hello Wellgunde,

I am going to go out on a limb and speculate that the Navy Land Transport Units were:
1. All formed after May 1945
2. That they were all formed in Japan and that they all remained there
3. That they were formed as part of Ketsu Go
4. That they were formed to engage in the preparation, construction, and repair of defensive works.

According to JACAR C08030203100 (Wartime Diary of the 2nd Land Transport Unit), the activity of this unit was as follows.
Duties contents in July 1945
(1) Urgent evacuation of Toyokawa Naval Arsenal by 10 trucks
(2) Urgent evacuation of 2nd Naval Fuel Depot by 12 trucks
(3) Urgent evacuation of Aichi Aircraft Eitoku Factory by 12 trucks
Total of transport volume: 10,786 tons
- Number of total number of men: 5,239 men
- Number of total number of trucks: 514
- I think land transportation units engage in the transportation for urgent evacuation.

By the way, what is the Japanese for Land Transport Unit (kanji/romaji)?

It was 陸上輸送隊 (Rikujo Yuso Tai).

fontessa