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Complete Records - Chiyoda

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Post by ijnfleetadmiral » 21 Aug 2015, 19:08

Here's what I have for her...TIA to anyone who can fill in any blanks!

CHIYODA
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - CAPT MIZUI Seiji (40) - 20 November 1937 - 10 September 1938
CAPT MIZUI Seiji (40) - 10 September 1938 - 15 December 1938
CAPT KAKU Tomeo (42) - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
CAPT YOKOI Tadao (47) - 15 November 1939 - 20 August 1940
CAPT / RADM HARADA Kaku (41) - 20 August 1940 - 9 January 1943 (RADM on 1 November 1942.)
CAPT BEPPU Akitomo (38) - 9 January 1943 - 15 February 1944
CAPT / RADM* JYO Eiichiro (47) - 15 February 1944 - 25 October 1944 (KIA)

Executive Officers
(EO) - CDR IMAZATO Hiroshi (45) - 2 May 1938 - 10 September 1938
CDR IMAZATO Hiroshi (45) - 10 September 1938 - 11 March 1939
CDR SHIMIZU Shousen (43) - 11 March 1939 - 15 November 1939
CDR KAWAGUCHI Masao (47) - 15 November 1939 - 15 October 1940
CDR HIROSE Sadatoshi (47) - 15 October 1940 - 10 April 1941
??? - 10 April 1941 - 20 September 1941
CDR SAITO Fujiro (49) - 20 September 1941 - ???
??? - ??? - 10 January 1944
CDR / CAPT / RADM* KUMON Shigenori (50) - 10 January 1944 - 25 October 1944 (KIA) (CAPT on 15 October 1944.)

Operations Officers
(EO) - LT MIYASHITA Akira (??) - ??? - 10 September 1938
LT MIYASHITA Akira (??) - 10 September 1938 - 15 November 1939
LCDR KAWASAKI Kihei (??) - 15 November 1939 - ???
??? - ??? - 25 October 1944

Gunnery Officers
(EO) - LCDR IDE Motoo (51) - ??? - 10 September 1938
LCDR IDE Motoo (51) - 10 September 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR KOSHINO Kimitake (51) - 15 December 1938 - 1 November 1939
LCDR YANO Minoru (51) - 1 November 1939 - 5 October 1940
LT / LCDR SAKAI Tatsuo (56) - 5 October 1940 - 1 April 1941 (LCDR on 15 November 1940.)
LT / LCDR TACHIKAWA Hideo (57) - 1 April 1941 - ??? (LCDR on 15 October 1941.)
??? - ??? - 25 October 1944

Navigators
(EO) - LT MATSUMOTO Masaru (54) - ??? - 10 September 1938
LT / LCDR MATSUMOTO Masaru (54) - 10 September 1938 - 5 October 1940
LT NAKANO Nobuyuki (59) - 5 October 1940 - 10 September 1941
LT SUZUKI Masato (60) - 10 September 1941 - 10 April 1942
LT NARAMURA Tadao (61) - 10 April 1942 - ???
??? - ??? - 20 November 1943
LCDR IKI Mitsu (??) - 20 November 1943 - ???
LT / LCDR / CDR* URABE Takeo (62) - ??? - 25 October 1944 (KIA) (LCDR on 15 October 1944.)

Chief Engineers
(EO) - (E) LCDR OSUZU Hideo (??) - ??? - 10 September 1938
(E) LCDR OSUZU Hideo (??) - 10 September 1938 - 15 December 1938
(E) CDR SHIMANA Masao (??) - 15 December 1938 - 5 October 1940
(E) CDR TOYA Yoshikuni (??) - 5 October 1940 - 10 April 1941
(E) CDR YOSHIMURA Kishaku (Eng. 30) - 10 April 1941 - 11 August 1941
??? - 11 August 1941 - 25 November 1942
CDR SHIMIZU Yoshitaka (??) - 25 November 1942 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 August 1944
CDR / CAPT* TAKIGAWA Susumu (??) - 15 August 1944 - 25 October 1944 (KIA)

Maintenance Officers
??? - 10 September 1938 - 1 December 1939
(E) LCDR FUJII ??? (??) - 1 December 1939 - ???
??? - ??? - 25 October 1944

Surgeons
(EO) - (S) LCDR SAEKI Hisashi (??) - ??? - 10 September 1938
(S) LCDR SAEKI Hisashi (??) - 10 September 1938 - ???
??? - ??? - 20 September 1941
(S) LT SHOJI Masayoshi (??) - 20 September 1941 - ???
??? - ??? - 25 October 1944

Paymasters
??? - 10 September 1938 - 15 October 1940
(P) LT ASANO Hisao (??) - 15 October 1940 - 20 September 1941
??? - 20 September 1941 - 31 July 1942
(P) LT IUCHI Tatsuzo (??) - 31 July 1942 - ???
??? - ??? - 25 October 1944

Communications Officers
??? - 10 September 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR SANO Jushi (??) - 15 December 1938 - 1 November 1939
LT OKAJIMA Jiro (59) - 1 November 1939 - ???
??? - ??? - 25 October 1944

Air Officers
(EO) - LCDR UCHIBORI Yoshiro (50) - ??? - 10 September 1938
LCDR UCHIBORI Yoshiro (50) - 10 September 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR SHIMODA Tsuneo (50) - 15 December 1938 - ???
??? - ??? - 25 October 1944
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Re: Complete Records - Chiyoda

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Post by fontessa » 22 Aug 2015, 09:56

Hello ijnfleetadmiral,

I can fill in some blanks.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote:
Executive Officers
??? - 10 April 1941 - 20 September 1941
No one was appointed on 10 April 1941.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: Gunnery Officers
LT / LCDR SAKAI Tatsuo (56) - 5 October 1940 - 1 April 1941 (LCDR on 15 November 1940.)
??? - ??? - 25 October 1944
According to page 41 of JACAR C13072079000, LT SAKAI Tatsuo was appointed on 15 October 1940.
According to page 28 of JACAR C13072082000, LT MIYAUCHI Tsuneto was appointed on 10 September 1941.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: Navigators
LT NAKANO Nobuyuki (59) - 5 October 1940 - 10 September 1941
LT / LCDR / CDR* URABE Takeo (62) - ??? - 25 October 1944 (KIA) (LCDR on 15 October 1944.)

According to page 3 of JACAR C13072079100, LT NAKANO Nobuyuki was appointed on 15 October 1940.
According to page 6 of JACAR C13072094700, LT URABE Takeo was appointed on 1 December 1943.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: Chief Engineers
(E) CDR TOYA Yoshikuni (??) - 5 October 1940 - 10 April 1941
??? - 11 August 1941 - 25 November 1942
According to page 16 of JACAR C13072074300, LCDR OSUZU Hideo was appointed on 10 September 1938.
According to page 18 of JACAR C13072079100, CDR TOYA Yoshikuni was appointed on 15 October 1940.
According to page 28 of JACAR C13072081700, CDR UDAKA Tadatoshi was appointed on 11 August 1941.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: Maintenance Officers
??? - 10 September 1938 - 1 December 1939
According to page 16 of JACAR C13072074300, LCDR (Eng.) FUKUDA Michio was appointed on 10 September 1938.
According to page 31 of JACAR C13072074900, LCDR (Eng.) MIYAKAWA Ozuki was appointed on 15 December 1938.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: Surgeons
(S) LCDR SAEKI Hisashi (??) - 10 September 1938 - ???
According to page 17 of JACAR C13072074300, LCDR SAEKI Hisashi was appointed on 10 September 1938. This was his additional post. His regular post was Surgeon of MOGAMI.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: Paymasters
??? - 10 September 1938 - 15 October 1940
??? - 20 September 1941 - 31 July 1942
According to page 17 of JACAR C13072074300, LCDR FUJINO Shigekichi was appointed on 10 September 1938.
According to page 4 of JACAR C13072075000, LT IWASAKI Yoshitoshi was appointed on 15 December 1938.
No one was appointed on 20 September 1941.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: Communications Officers
??? - 10 September 1938 - 15 December 1938
According to page 14 of JACAR C13072074300, LT OTAGURO Yasuo was appointed on 10 September 1938.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: Air Officers
LCDR SHIMODA Tsuneo (50) - 15 December 1938 - ???
According to page 31 of JACAR C13072074800, LCDR SHIMODA Hisao was appointed on 15 December 1938.

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Re: Complete Records - Chiyoda

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Post by ijnfleetadmiral » 23 Aug 2015, 01:05

Awesome...thanks! One question:

I'm guessing (P) LCDR FUJINO Shigekichi's posting to both CHITOSE and CHIYODA were additional duties? I have the following for him now:

CP SETTSU - ??? - ???
CP MOGAMI - 12/01/37 - 11/15/38
EO CHITOSE - 03/10/38 - 07/25/38
CP CHIYODA - 09/10/38 - 12/15/38
CP KUMANO - 11/15/38 - 11/15/39
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Post by fontessa » 23 Aug 2015, 04:39

Hello ijnfleetadmiral,
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: I'm guessing (P) LCDR FUJINO Shigekichi's posting to both CHITOSE and CHIYODA were additional duties?
Yes it was.
ijnfleetadmiral wrote: I have the following for him now:
CP SETTSU - ??? - ???
CP MOGAMI - 12/01/37 - 11/15/38
EO CHITOSE - 03/10/38 - 07/25/38
CP CHIYODA - 09/10/38 - 12/15/38
CP KUMANO - 11/15/38 - 11/15/39
I would like to rewrite his "history". There are a few “new facts”.
unknown date - 12/01/37: SETTSU
12/01/37 - 3/10/38: MOGAMI
3/10/38 - unknown date: MOGAMI and CHITOSE (not EO)
unknown date - 9/10/38: MOGAMI
(LCDR TOI Joichi was appointed Supply Officer of CHITOSE on unknown date.
And he was relieved on 25 July 1938.)
9/10/38 - 11/15/38; MOGAMI and CHIYODA
11/15/38 - 12/15/38: KUMANO, MOGAMI ans CHIYODA
12/15/38 - unknown date: KUMANO
unknown date - 11/15/39: TONE
11/15/29- : HARUNA, KINUGASA and NOTORO
(Kaigun Jirei Koho says his previous post was Supply Officer of TONE.)
The crew of Chitose was appointed on 10 March 1938. These are not postings for EO.

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Post by ijnfleetadmiral » 23 Aug 2015, 05:09

Thanks for clarifying!
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