Complete Records - Ryujo

[ijnfleetadmiral]

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

RYUJO
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - CAPT HARA Goro (35) - 2 April 1931 - 1 December 1931
(CEO) - CAPT MATSUNAGA Toshio (37) - 1 December 1931 - 9 May 1933
CAPT MATSUNAGA Toshio (37) - 9 May 1933 - 20 October 1933
CAPT KUWABARA Torao (37) - 20 October 1933 - 15 November 1934
CAPT ONO Ichiro (38) - 15 November 1934 - 31 October 1935
CAPT KIRA Shunichi (40) - 31 October 1935 - 16 November 1936
CAPT ABE Katsuo (40) - 16 November 1936 - 1 December 1937
CAPT OKADA Jisaku (42) - 1 December 1937 - 15 December 1938
CAPT KOSAKA Kanae (43) - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
CAPT HASEGAWA Kiichi (42) - 15 November 1939 - 21 June 1940
CAPT SUGIMOTO Ushie (44) - 21 June 1940 - 25 April 1942
CAPT KATO Tadao (45) - 25 April 1942 - 24 August 1942

Executive Officers
(EO) - CDR KIRA Shunichi (40) - 2 April 1931 - 9 May 1933
CDR KIRA Shunichi (40) - 9 May 1933 - 25 August 1933
CDR TAKENAKA Ryuzo (39) - 25 August 1933 - 1 November 1934
??? - 1 November 1934 - 15 October 1935
CDR HASEGAWA Kiichi (42) - 15 October 1935 - 1 December 1936
CDR FURUKAWA Tamotsu (43) - 1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937
CDR / CAPT OKADA Tametsugu (45) - 1 December 1937 - 5 December 1938 (CAPT on 15 November 1938.)
CDR TOYAMA Katsuo (44) - 5 December 1938 - 1 June 1940
CDR KONDO Saburo (46) - 1 June 1940 - 15 April 1941
CDR HORIE Tomoshige (??) - 15 April 1941 - ???
CDR / CAPT* KISHI Hisaichi (49) - 15 April 1941 - 24 August 1942 (KIA)

Operations Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 21 February 1942
LCDR INOKUMA Seijiro (??) - 21 February 1942 - 24 August 1942

Gunnery Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 10 October 1933
LCDR KONISHI Seizo (46) - 10 October 1933 - 22 October 1934
??? - 22 October 1934 - 1 December 1938
LCDR OTANI Ryuzo (51) - 1 December 1938 - 5 October 1940
LCDR GONDAIRA Masao (52) - 5 October 1940 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 January 1942
LCDR AKITA Yoshio (??) - 15 January 1942 - 24 August 1942

Navigators
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 December 1937
LCDR HORI Yoshifusa (50) - 1 December 1937 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 November 1940
LCDR TADOKORO Shotaro (??) - 15 November 1940 - ???
??? - ??? - 24 August 1942

Chief Engineers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 December 1936
(E) CDR YATSUGI Arito (Eng. 27) - 1 December 1936 - 20 November 1937
(E) CDR MORITA Teizo (Eng. 27) - 20 November 1937 - 1 December 1938
(E) CDR MIMASA Takeo (??) - 1 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
(E) CDR NAKAGAWA Takeo (??) - 15 November 1939 - 5 October 1940
(E) CDR MORIYAMA Masakuni (??) - 5 October 1940 - 15 September 1941
(E) CDR KUNIYOSHI Takeharu (??) - 15 September 1941 - 15 July 1942
(E) CDR KABAYAMA Kazuo (??) - 15 July 1942 - 24 August 1942

Maintenance Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 15 November 1935
(E) LCDR YAMADA Jiro (??) - 15 November 1935 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 November 1937
(E) LCDR KUWAHARA Mutsumi (??) - 15 November 1937 - 1 December 1938
(E) LCDR MORIKAWA Toshihito (??) - 1 December 1938 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 October 1940
(E) LCDR OKADA Heiichiro (??) - 15 October 1940 - ???
??? - ??? - 20 April 1942
(E) LCDR NAKAGAWA Takanori (??) - 20 April 1942 - 24 August 1942

Damage Control Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 November 1941
(E) LT ASHIYA Takeo (??) - 1 November 1941 - 5 May 1942
(E) LT HIRAKAWA Takeo (??) - 5 May 1942 - 24 August 1942

Surgeons
??? - 9 May 1933 - 15 November 1934
(S) LCDR OTAGAWA Hajime (1920) - 15 November 1934 - 15 November 1935
(S) LCDR KAKISAKA Kensuke (??) - 15 November 1935 - ???
??? - ??? - 1 December 1937
(S) LCDR NODA Tetsuo (??) - 1 December 1937 - ???
??? - ??? - 20 September 1941
(S) LCDR KAWASHIMA Kiyoshi (??) - 20 September 1941 - ???
??? - ??? - 10 August 1942
(S) LCDR USUDA Masao (??) - 10 August 1942 - 24 August 1942

Paymasters
??? - 9 May 1933 - 15 November 1934
(P) LCDR SATO Sho (??) - 15 November 1934 - 15 November 1935
??? - 15 November 1935 - 15 November 1938
(P) LCDR SHIMAO Heihichi (??) - 15 November 1938 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 October 1940
(P) LT AKITA Mitsuyoshi (??) - 15 October 1940 - 20 September 1941
(P) LT SENO Morio (??) - 20 September 1941 - ???
??? - ??? - 5 August 1942
(P) LT TACHIBANA Tadateru (??) - 5 August 1942 - 24 August 1942

Communications Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 December 1937
LCDR YOSHINE Hiroo (51) - 1 December 1937 - 15 December 1938
LCDR IDEURA Kan (52) - 15 December 1938 - ???
??? - ??? - 15 November 1940
LCDR TAKAHASHI Eiichi (??) - 15 November 1940 - ???
??? - ??? - 20 April 1942
LT GAMO Ichiro (61) - 20 April 1942 - 23 June 1942
LT FUJIWARA Hiromichi (66) - 23 June 1942 - 24 August 1942

Air Officers
(EO) - LCDR BABA Atsuma (46) - 11 April 1933 - 9 May 1933
LCDR BABA Atsuma (46) - 9 May 1933 - 3 October 1933
LCDR KAMEI Yoshio (46) - 3 October 1933 - 1 November 1934
LCDR SAITO Masahisa (47) - 1 November 1934 - ???
LCDR KOBAYASHI Yoshito (49) - ??? - 1 December 1937
LCDR YANAGIMURA Yoshitane (49) - 1 December 1937 - 15 December 1938
LCDR / CDR UCHIDA Sadagoro (50) - 15 December 1938 - 1 November 1940 (CDR on 15 November 1939.)
LCDR / CDR AMAGAI Takehisa (51) - 1 November 1940 - 1 September 1941 (CDR on 15 November 1940.)
CDR KAWAGUCHI Susumu (52) - 1 September 1941 - 20 April 1942
LCDR YOSHITOMI Shigema (55) - 20 April 1942 - 24 August 1942

[fontessa]

Hello ijnfleetadmiral,

I can fill in some blanks.

Executive Officers
CDR TOYAMA Katsuo (44) - 5 December 1938 - 1 June 1940
CDR HORIE Tomoshige (??) - 15 April 1941 - ???

According to page 39 of JACAR C13072074700, CDR TOYAMA Katsuo was appointed on 5 December 1938.
According to page 39 of JACAR C13072076700, CDR MAEHARA Tomiyoshi was appointed on 15 November 1939.
According to page 10 of JACAR C13072080800, CDR HORIE Tomoshige was appointed on 15 April 1941.
According to page 28 of JACAR C13072082100, CAPT UMETANI Kaoru was appointed on 15 September 1941.

Operations Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 21 February 1942

According to page 39 of JACAR C13072074800, LCDR KITAMURA Yosaku was appointed Unyocho on 15 December 1938.
According to page 6 of JACAR C13072078900, LT SAKURABA Kyuemon was appointed Unyocho on 25 September 1940.
According to page 10 of JACAR C13072081800, LT WATABE Kaoru was appointed Unyocho on 20 August 1941.
According to page 4 of JACAR C13072083200, LCDR UDO Eikichi was appointed Unyocho on 19 November 1941.

Gunnery Officers
LCDR KONISHI Seizo (46) - 10 October 1933 - 22 October 1934
??? - 22 October 1934 - 1 December 1938
LCDR OTANI Ryuzo (51) - 1 December 1938 - 5 October 1940
??? - ??? - 15 January 1942

According to page 24 of JACAR C12070345600, LCDR SADOHARA Chikamitsu was appointed on 15 November 1934.
According to page 28 of JACAR C12070352500, LCDR NAKANO Toyohiko was appointed on 15 November 1935.
According to page 8 of JACAR C13072074700, LCDR OTANI Ryuzo was appointed on 1 December 1938.
According to page 21 of JACAR C13072077700, LCDR YANAGA Tsuneto was appointed on 20 February 1940.
According to page 9 of JACAR C13072081800, LCDR TANI Tetsuo was appointed on 20 August 1941.

Navigators
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 December 1937
??? - ??? - 15 November 1940
LCDR TADOKORO Shotaro (??) - 15 November 1940 - ???
??? - ??? - 24 August 1942

According to page 27 of JACAR C12070345600, LCDR SHIMOMURA Shuzo was appointed on 15 November 1934.
According to page 22 of JACAR C13072075700, LCDR IKEDA Sadae was appointed on 15 May 1939.
According to page 49 of JACAR C13072076700, LCDR TSUYUGUCHI Misao was appointed on 15 November 1939.
According to page 18 of JACAR C13072079500, LCDR FUDOKORO Kotaro (52) was appointed on 15 November 1940.
According to page 9 of JACAR C13072081800, LCDR SUMIYAMA Masamitsu was appointed on 20 August 1941.

Chief Engineers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 December 1936
(E) CDR MORIYAMA Masakuni (??) - 5 October 1940 - 15 September 1941

According to page 38 of JACAR C12070345600, CDR KISHI Heiji was appointed on 15 November 1934.
According to page 40 of JACAR C12070352500, CDR KAWAOKA Sanjuro was appointed on 15 November 1935.
According to page 17 of JACAR C13072079100, CDR MORIYAMA Masakuni was appointed on 15 October 1940.
According to page 35 of JACAR C13072080600, CDR MASUDA Kiyoshi was appointed on 1 April 1941.

Maintenance Officers
??? - ??? - 20 April 1942

According to page 14 of JACAR C13072082000, LCDR (Eng.) SETOGUCHI Kumasuke was appointed on 5 September 1941.

Damage Control Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 November 1941
(E) LT ASHIYA Takeo (??) - 1 November 1941 - 5 May 1942

According to page 25 of JACAR C13072072100, LT (Eng.) TORII Takeo was appointed Kosakucho on 28 July 1937.
According to page 39 of JACAR C13072072500, LT (Eng.) NARASAKI Seisuke was appointed Kosakucho on 15 November 1937.
According to page 2 of JACAR C13072074400, LT (Eng.) HAYASHIZAKI Morizo was appointed Kosakucho on 1 October 1938.
According to page 24 of JACAR C13072079300, LT (Res.) YOSHIDA Hisashi was appointed Kosakucho on 1 November 1940.
No one was appointed on 1 November 1941.

Surgeons
??? - 9 May 1933 - 15 November 1934
??? - ??? - 20 September 1941

According to page 43 of JACAR C12070339100, CDR ARAI Hajime was appointed on 15 November 1933.
According to page 41 of JACAR C13072074900, LCDR MIURA Toshio was appointed on 15 December 1938.
According to page 14 of JACAR C13072076900, LT SHIMIZU Tadao was appointed on 15 November 1939.
According to page 39 of JACAR C13072078000, LT NAGAHASHI Daisuke was appointed on 1 May 1940.
According to page 28 of JACAR C13072079300, LCDR SHIMOBAYASHI Yoshimasa was appointed on 1 November 1940.

Paymasters
??? - 9 May 1933 - 15 November 1934
??? - 15 November 1935 - 15 November 1938
??? - ??? - 15 October 1940
(P) LT AKITA Mitsuyoshi (??) - 15 October 1940 - 20 September 1941

(EO) According to page 7 of JACAR C12070335000, LCDR YAMADA Hisakichi was appointed on 1 December 1932.
No one was appointed on 15 November 1935.
According to page 11 of JACAR C13072072900, LCDR ASANO Shinji was appointed on 1 December 1937.
According to page 35 of JACAR C13072075700, LCDR KAWAMURA Naoe was appointed on 15 May 1939.
According to page 25 of JACAR C13072076900, LCDR SHIMAO Heishichi was appointed on 15 November 1939.
According to page 45 of JACAR C13072078000, LTJG MATSUNAGA Seiryu was appointed on 1 May 1940.
According to page 14 of JACAR C13072082000, LCDR (Eng.) SETOGUCHI Kumasuke was appointed on 5 September 1941.

Communications Officers
LCDR YOSHINE Hiroo (51) - 1 December 1937 - 15 December 1938
??? - ??? - 15 November 1940
LCDR TAKAHASHI Eiichi (??) - 15 November 1940 - ???
??? - ??? - 20 April 1942

According to page 41 of JACAR C13072072700, LCDR YOSHINE Hiroo was appointed on 1 December 1937.
According to page 14 of JACAR C13072074300, LCDR NAGAMATSU Masatoshi was appointed on 10 September 1938.
According to page 21 of JACAR C13072077700, LCDR TAKAHASHI Eiichi was appointed on 20 February 1940. This was his first appointment.
According to page 21 of JACAR C13072078400, LT YAJIMA Gentaro was appointed on 10 July 1940.
According to page 19 of JACAR C13072079500, LCDR TAKAHASHI Eiichi was appointed on 15 November 1940. This was his second appointment.
According to page 47 of JACAR C13072081900, LT SHIMOMAI Tadashi was appointed on 5 September 1941.

Air Officers
LCDR / CDR UCHIDA Sadagoro (50) - 15 December 1938 - 1 November 1940 (CDR on 15 November 1939.)

According to page 30 of JACAR C13072074800, LCDR UCHIDA Sadagoro was appointed on 15 December 1938.
According to page 20 of JACAR C13072078400, CDR UCHIDA Teigoro was appointed on 10 July 1940.

OinC Flying Unit (Hikotaicho)
According to page 32 of JACAR C13072072500, LT TANAKA Hajime was appointed on 15 November 1937.
According to page 22 of JACAR C13072074300, LCDR FUCHIDA Mitsuo was appointed on 15 September 1938.
According to page 36 of JACAR C13072074800, LCDR KAWAGUCHI Eki was appointed on 15 December 1938.
According to page 10 of JACAR C13072079300, LCDR KOBAYASHI Tetsuo was appointed on 1 November 1940.
According to page 23 of JACAR C13072081800, LT MURATA Choji was appointed on 25 August 1941.
According to page 38 of JACAR C13072083000, LT AIOI Takahide was appointed on 10 November 1941.
According to page 14 of JACAR C13072085900, LT NOTOMI Kenjiro was appointed on 20 June 1942.

＊According to 定員表 (Organization Table) of RYUJO (page 3 of JACAR C13071996600), authorized strength of Hikotaicho was 2 men.


fontessa

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Awesome...thanks! I have a few discrepancies about two of RYUJO's Paymasters...could you shed any light? TIA if you can!

KAWAMURA Naoe
Paymaster HAGURO - 11/15/34 - ???
Paymaster ASHIGARA - 11/15/34 - ???
Paymaster Omura AG - 12/01/36 - 07/11/37
Paymaster 13th AG - 07/11/37 - 06/27/38
Paymaster TAKAO - 11/15/37 - ??? (possibly incorrect?)
Paymaster CHOGEI - 06/27/38 - 11/15/38
Paymaster ATAGO - 07/07/38 - 05/15/39 (posting date possibly incorrect? Should it be 11/15/38?)
Paymaster RYUJO - 05/15/39 - 11/15/39
Paymaster ISE - 11/15/39 - 11/01/40

SHIMAO Heishichi
Paymaster RYUJO - 11/15/38 - 05/15/39
Paymaster SUZUYA - 05/15/39 - 09/11/39
Paymaster HOSHO - 11/15/40 - 09/20/41
Paymaster 5th Base Force - 03/01/44 - 04/25/44
Paymaster 55th Guard Unit - 03/01/44 - ???
Paymaster TransportDiv 5 - 03/20/44 - 07/18/44

[fontessa]

Hello ijnfleetadmiral,

KAWAMURA Naoe
Paymaster HAGURO - 11/15/34 - ??? → I can’t confirm the appointment in 1934.
Paymaster ASHIGARA - 11/15/34 - ??? → I can’t confirm the appointment in 1934
Paymaster Omura AG - 12/01/36 - 07/11/37 → I can’t confirm the appointment in 1936
Paymaster 13th AG - 07/11/37 - 06/27/38 → Appointment date is correct.
Paymaster TAKAO - 11/15/37 – 05/15/39 → Appointment date is correct.
Paymaster CHOGEI - 06/27/38 - 11/15/38 → Appointment date is correct. (Additional post)
Paymaster ATAGO - 07/07/38 - 05/15/39 → Appointment date is correct. (Additional post)
Paymaster RYUJO - 05/15/39 - 11/15/39 → Appointment date is correct.
Paymaster ISE - 11/15/39 - 11/01/40 → Appointment date is correct.

SHIMAO Heishichi
Paymaster RYUJO - 11/15/38 - 05/15/39 → Appointment date is correct.
Paymaster SUZUYA - 05/15/39 - 09/11/39 → Appointment date is not correct.
Paymaster HOSHO - 11/15/40 - 09/20/41 → Appointment date is correct.
Paymaster 5th Base Force - 03/01/44 - 04/25/44 → Appointment / Relief date is correct. (Regular post)
Paymaster 55th Guard Unit - 03/01/44 - ??? → Appointment date is correct. (Additional post)
Paymaster TransportDiv 5 - 03/20/44 - 07/18/44 → Appointment date is not correct. (should be 04/25/44) (I couldn't confirm the relief date.)


fontessa

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Thanks for clarifying!

[fontessa]

Hello ijnfleetadmiral,

This is additional post.

RYUJO
Commanding Officers
CAPT MATSUNAGA Toshio (37) - 9 May 1933 - 20 October 1933

According to page 8 of Official Gazette No. 1875 dated 4 April 1933, CAPT MATSUNAGA Toshio was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Executive Officers
CDR KIRA Shunichi (40) - 9 May 1933 - 25 August 1933

According to page 8 of Official Gazette No. 1875 dated 4 April 1933, CDR KIRA Shun'ichi was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Operations Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 21 February 1942

No one was appointed Unyocho on 3 April 1933.

Gunnery Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 10 October 1933

According to page 8 of Official Gazette No. 1875 dated 4 April 1933, LCDR NAGAYA Shigeru was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Navigators

No one was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Chief Engineers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 December 1936

According to page 8 of Official Gazette No. 1875 dated 4 April 1933, LCDR SAITO Motokata was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Maintenance Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 15 November 1935

According to page 8 of Official Gazette No. 1875 dated 4 April 1933, LCDR (Eng.) MIYAZAKI Yukitake was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Damage Control Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 November 1941

No one was appointed Kosakucho on 3 April 1933.

Surgeons
??? - 9 May 1933 - 15 November 1934

No one was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Paymasters
??? - 9 May 1933 - 15 November 1934

According to page 8 of Official Gazette No. 1875 dated 4 April 1933, LCDR YAMADA Hisayoshi was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Communications Officers
??? - 9 May 1933 - 1 December 1937

No one was appointed on 3 April 1933.

Air Officers
LCDR BABA Atsuma (46) - 9 May 1933 - 3 October 1933

According to page 8 of Official Gazette No. 1875 dated 4 April 1933, LCDR BABA Atsuma was appointed on 3 April 1933.

fontessa

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Awesome...thanks!

[Eugen Pinak]

fontessa - I can only second ijnfleetadmiral's admiration! You did a great job of proof-reading those lists.

ijnfleetadmiral - and to you I thank for starting this huge project! Don't know about other forum members, but I've learned a lot about IJN ship officers thanks to your hard work.

Thank you, guys!

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Eugen - Thanks for your support! You've probably known of this project of minefor some time. I'm on the j-aircraft.com IJN Message Board under my real name of Matthew Jones.

[Eugen Pinak]

Eugen - Thanks for your support! You've probably known of this project of minefor some time. I'm on the j-aircraft.com IJN Message Board under my real name of Matthew Jones.

I thought as much - just wasn't 100% sure
Any way I'm really grateful to you, that you've managed to complete your project.

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Actually, it's far from complete, but fontessa's translations - as well as the info I've gotten on j-aircraft.com - have helped immensely.

[Eugen Pinak]

Maybe it is far from complete to you, but to me it's already serious project, providing IJN researcher with a lot of data

[ijnfleetadmiral]

One more question:

(E) LCDR NARASAKI Seisuke is listed as Damage Control Officer of both RYUJO and KAGA from 15 November 1937 - 1 October 1938. Was one an additional posting?

[fontessa]

Hello ijnfleetadmiral,

LCDR NARASAKI Seisuke was the Kosakucho of KAGA. "That of RYUJO" is mistake. I would like to withdraw it.

fontessa

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Thanks for clarifying!