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Complete Records - Torpedo Boats

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Post by ijnfleetadmiral » 31 Aug 2016, 17:39

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

CHIDORI
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR YAMADA Yusuke (48) - 25 May 1933 - 27 July 1933
LCDR YAMADA Yusuke (48) - 27 July 1933 - 15 November 1934
LCDR TANAKA Masao (50) - 15 November 1934 - 15 June 1935
LCDR AKAZAWA Shizuo (49) - 15 June 1935 - 15 June 1936
LT HAYASHI Koichi (51) - 15 June 1936 - 1 December 1936
LCDR AIKO Fumio (51) - 1 December 1936 - 20 March 1937
LCDR TSUTSUMI Kyozo (50) - 20 March 1937 - 28 July 1937
LT MATSUMOTO Hideshi (52) - 28 July 1937 - 1 December 1937
LCDR TSUTSUMI Kyozo (50) - 1 December 1937 - 30 January 1938
LCDR KUBOKI Hideo (51) - 30 January 1938 - 25 August 1938
LCDR SAKAMOTO Tsuneo (52) - 25 August 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR INABA Michimune (51) - 15 December 1938 - 20 March 1939
LT KIMOTSUKI Masaaki (56) - 20 March 1939 - 1 April 1940
LT NAKAO Kotaro (57) - 1 April 1940 - 15 October 1940
LCDR IKEDA Shunsaku (54) - 15 October 1940 - 10 September 1941
LT MORI Shinichi (59) - 10 September 1941 - 10 July 1942
LT NAKAMURA Katsuo (60) - 10 July 1942 - 1 February 1943
LT KUWAHARA Tetsuo (62) - 1 February 1943 - 15 May 1943
LCDR MATSUMURA Soichiro (Res.) - 15 May 1943 - 26 May 1944
LCDR / CDR* NAKAMURA Sadahiko (Res.) - 26 May 1944 - 22 December 1944 (KIA)

Torpedo Officers
??? - 27 July 1933 - 22 December 1944

Gunnery Officers
??? - 27 July 1933 - 22 December 1944

Navigators
??? - 27 July 1933 - 22 December 1944

Chief Engineers
??? - 27 July 1933 - 22 December 1944

MANAZURU
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR SHINOHARA Hiroshi (48) - 30 September 1933 - 1 January 1934
LCDR SHINOHARA Hiroshi (48) - 1 January 1934 - 15 November 1934
LT TSUKAMOTO Shutaro (50) - 15 November 1934 - 21 October 1935
LT / LCDR IWAHASHI Toru (51) - 21 October 1935 - 19 September 1936 (LCDR on 15 November 1935.)
LT HAYASHI Koichi (51) - 19 September 1936 - 1 December 1936
LCDR TSUTSUMI Kyozo (50) - 1 December 1936 - 26 March 1938
LCDR OGATA Tomoe (50) - 26 March 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR INABA Michimune (51) - 15 December 1938 - 20 March 1939
LT KIMOTSUKI Masaaki (56) - 20 March 1939 - 15 October 1940
LT HIRATA Masaaki (58) - 15 October 1940 - 20 September 1941
LT AONO Shigeo (59) - 20 September 1941 - 10 July 1942
LT TAKANE Yoshimine (Res.) - 10 July 1942 - 15 May 1943
LCDR HANYU Hidekazu (Res.) - 15 May 1943 - 1 March 1945

Torpedo Officers
??? - 1 January 1934 - 1 March 1945

Gunnery Officers
??? - 1 January 1934 - 1 March 1945

Navigators
??? - 1 January 1934 - 1 March 1945

Chief Engineers
??? - 1 January 1934 - 1 March 1945

TOMOZURU
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LT IWASE Okuichi (48) - 1 October 1933 - 24 February 1934
LT / LCDR* IWASE Okuichi (48) - 24 February 1934 - 12 March 1934 (DIA)
UNDER REPAIR - 12 March 1934 - 28 February 1935
LT / LCDR SUZUKI Yasuatsu (49) - 28 February 1935 - 1 December 1936 (LCDR on 15 November 1935.)
LT MAKINO Akira (51) - 1 December 1936 - 20 June 1938
LCDR SHIBUYA Tatsuwaka (52) - 20 June 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR INOUE Isoji (??) - 15 December 1938 - 5 October 1939
LT / LCDR ARA Teisaburo (56) - 5 October 1939 - 1 April 1940 (LCDR on 15 November 1939.)
LT SUGIHARA Yoshiro (57) - 1 April 1940 - 10 April 1941
LCDR SUGA Akiji (56) - 10 April 1941 - 20 July 1942
LT IMAMURA Kiyoshi (61) - 20 July 1942 - 1 February 1943
LT YOSHIDA Muneo (62) - 1 February 1943 - 15 October 1943
LCDR / CDR* SATO Choshiro (Res.) - 15 October 1943 - 24 March 1945 (KIA)

Torpedo Officers
??? - 24 February 1934 - 24 March 1945

Gunnery Officers
??? - 24 February 1934 - 24 March 1945

Navigators
??? - 24 February 1934 - 1 January 1937
LTJG FUKUYAMA Osamu (59) - 1 January 1937 - 1 May 1937
LTJG KADONO Tetsuo (62) - 1 May 1937 - 1 August 1937
LT SATO Masao (??) - 1 August 1937 - 1 September 1937
ENS ASAI Masao (63) - 1 September 1937 - 1 December 1937
??? - 1 December 1937 - 24 March 1945

Chief Engineers
??? - 24 February 1934 - 24 March 1945

HATSUKARI
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR YANAGAWA Masao (48) - 11 January 1934 - 15 July 1934
LCDR YANAGAWA Masao (48) - 15 July 1934 - 18 July 1935
LCDR KUMABE Tsutae (50) - 18 July 1935 - 1 December 1936
LCDR SUGITANI Nagahide (51) - 1 December 1936 - 20 May 1938
LCDR MINAMI Rokuemon (51) - 20 May 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR INOUE Isoji (??) - 15 December 1938 - 5 October 1939
LT / LCDR TAOKA Kiyoshi (55) - 5 October 1939 - 1 March 1940 (LCDR on 15 November 1939.)
LCDR YAMANA Hiro (55) - 1 March 1940 - 15 October 1940
LT / LCDR MORIOKA Masao (56) - 15 October 1940 - 20 August 1941 (LCDR on 15 November 1940.)
LT / LCDR NAKAO Kushuo (57) - 20 August 1941 - 15 October 1942 (LCDR on 1 June 1942.)
LT / LCDR KASUGA Hitoshi (59) - 15 October 1942 - 20 September 1943 (LCDR on 1 November 1942.)
LCDR OTA Yoshio (Res.) - 20 September 1943 - 15 July 1945
LT KANBARA Seiji (Res.) - 15 July 1945 - 15 September 1945

Torpedo Officers
??? - 15 July 1934 - 15 September 1945

Gunnery Officers
??? - 15 July 1934 - 15 September 1945

Navigators
??? - 15 July 1934 - 1 December 1936
LTJG IMAI Nobuhiko (60) - 1 December 1936 - 1 June 1937
ENS YOSHIMURA Kazutomo (62) - 1 June 1937 - 1 January 1938 (Estimate)
??? - 1 January 1938 - 15 September 1945

Chief Engineers
??? - 15 July 1934 - 15 September 1945

OTORI
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LT / LCDR TSUKAMOTO Shutaro (50) - 21 October 1935 - 10 October 1936 (LCDR on 15 November 1935.)
LCDR TSUKAMOTO Shutaro (50) - 10 October 1936 - 1 June 1937
LCDR SAKUMA Eiji (50) - 1 June 1937 - 10 May 1938
LCDR MINAGAWA Nobutoshi (??) - 10 May 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR SAKAMOTO Tsuneo (52) - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
LCDR TERAUCHI Saburo (52) - 15 November 1939 - 15 October 1940
LT KUWABARA Shinbei (57) - 15 October 1940 - 10 September 1941
LT / LCDR FURUYA Takuo (57) - 10 September 1941 - 10 July 1942 (LCDR on 15 October 1941.)
LT ISHIGE Chihuyu (61) - 10 July 1942 - 5 March 1943
LT SAKAWA Masami (62) - 5 March 1943 - 15 September 1943
LT OKABE Isao (Res.) - 15 September 1943 - 12 June 1944

Torpedo Officers
??? - 10 October 1936 - 12 June 1944

Gunnery Officers
??? - 10 October 1936 - 12 June 1944

Navigators
??? - 10 October 1936 - 12 June 1944

Chief Engineers
??? - 10 October 1936 - 12 June 1944

HAYABUSA
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR MIYAUCHI Shinichi (51) - 22 July 1936 - 7 December 1936
LCDR MIYAUCHI Shinichi (51) - 7 December 1936 - 1 December 1937
LCDR ISHII Ko (52) - 1 December 1937 - 26 September 1938
LT IUCHI Shiro (55) - 26 September 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR ARAI Yasuo (53) - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
LT UMAGOSHI Masahiro (57) - 15 November 1939 - 24 April 1940
LT HIRASATA Yasumi (57) - 24 April 1940 - 10 September 1941
LT TOMITA Toshihiko (59) - 10 September 1941 - 30 October 1942
LT SAKAWA Masami (62) - 30 October 1942 - 5 March 1943
LT / LCDR HAMAZAKI Chotaro (61) - 5 March 1943 - 1 March 1944 (LCDR on 1 June 1943.)
LT / LCDR* OKUBO Nakaji (65) - 1 March 1944 - 24 September 1944 (KIA)

Torpedo Officers
??? - 7 December 1936 - 24 September 1944

Gunnery Officers
??? - 7 December 1936 - 24 September 1944

Navigators
??? - 7 December 1936 - 24 September 1944

Chief Engineers
??? - 7 December 1936 - 24 September 1944

HIYODORI
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR ASHIDA Buichi (50) - 24 November 1936 - 20 December 1936
LCDR ASHIDA Buichi (50) - 20 December 1936 - 30 July 1938
LCDR IKEZAWA Masayuki (52) - 30 July 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR MAEKAWA Kazue (52) - 15 December 1938 - 15 October 1940
LT TAKEUCHI Hitoshi (58) - 15 October 1940 - 5 September 1941
LT / LCDR YAMAZAKI Nitaro (58) - 5 September 1941 - 25 July 1942 (LCDR on 15 October 1941.)
LT KADONO Tetsuo (62) - 25 July 1942 - 15 May 1943
LCDR / CDR* KOTANI Masaharu (Res.) - 15 May 1943 - 17 November 1944 (KIA)

Torpedo Officers
??? - 20 December 1936 - 17 November 1944

Gunnery Officers
??? - 20 December 1936 - 17 November 1944

Navigators
??? - 20 December 1936 - 17 November 1944

Chief Engineers
??? - 20 December 1936 - 17 November 1944

KASASAGI
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR ARIMOTO Terumichi (50) - 1 December 1936 - 15 January 1937
LCDR ARIMOTO Terumichi (50) - 15 January 1937 - 28 September 1937
LCDR ARIMA Takayasu (52) - 28 September 1937 - 1 August 1938
LCDR TANAKA Makio (52) - 1 August 1938 - 15 December 1938
LT / LCDR NAKAGAWA Minoru (55) - 15 December 1938 - 24 April 1940 (LCDR on 15 November 1939.)
LCDR MAKINO Akira (51) - 24 April 1940 - 27 September 1940
LCDR HIGASHI Hideo (52) - 27 September 1940 - 15 October 1940
LT IUCHI Gisaburo (58) - 15 October 1940 - 20 August 1941
LT INUZUKA Ietaka (58) - 20 August 1941 - 10 July 1942
LT HASHIGUCHI Momoji (62) - 10 July 1942 - 15 May 1943
LT / LCDR* TOYAMA Sakae (Res.) - 15 May 1943 - 26 September 1943 (KIA)

Torpedo Officers
??? - 15 January 1937 - 26 September 1943

Gunnery Officers
??? - 15 January 1937 - 26 September 1943

Navigators
??? - 15 January 1937 - 26 September 1943

Chief Engineers
??? - 15 January 1937 - 26 September 1943

KIJI
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR NAKASUGI Seiji (50) - 1 April 1937 - 31 July 1937
LCDR NAKASUGI Seiji (50) - 31 July 1937 - 1 December 1937
LCDR SOMA Masahira (50) - 1 December 1937 - 18 May 1938
LCDR SAKUMA Eiji (50) - 18 May 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR TANAKA Tadamasa (51) - 15 December 1938 - 1 December 1939
LCDR NISHIMURA Masao (54) - 1 December 1939 - 15 November 1940
LCDR WAKASUGI Jiichi (56) - 15 November 1940 - 10 September 1941
LT ISHIDO Isamu (60) - 10 September 1941 - 25 June 1942
LT / LCDR NAMIKI Hideo (59) - 25 June 1942 - 15 May 1943 (LCDR on 1 May 1942.)
LCDR HAKOMORI Jun (Res.) - 15 May 1943 - 10 July 1945
LCDR TAJIMA Taro (Res.) - 10 July 1945 - 28 December 1945
LCDR HIKICHI Yoshio (Res.) - 28 December 1945 - 31 March 1946
LT OBORI Tadashi (69) - 31 March 1946 - 8 October 1946
LT SAKAMOTO Doni (67) - 8 October 1946 - 5 September 1947
LCDR TAKADA Toshio (64) - 5 September 1947 - 3 October 1947

Torpedo Officers
??? - 31 July 1937 - 3 October 1947

Gunnery Officers
??? - 31 July 1937 - 3 October 1947

Navigators
(EO) - ENS HAGIWARA Tsutomu (63) - ??? - 31 July 1937
ENS HAGIWARA Tsutomu (63) - 31 July 1937 - 1 January 1938 (Estimate)
??? - 1 January 1938 - 3 October 1947

Chief Engineers
??? - 31 July 1937 - 3 October 1947

SAGI
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR MOTOKURA Masayoshi (51) - 10 April 1937 - 31 July 1937
LCDR MOTOKURA Masayoshi (51) - 31 July 1937 - 23 August 1938
LCDR SUGAWARA Rokuro (51) - 23 August 1938 - 15 December 1938
LCDR YAMAGUCHI Tatsuya (52) - 15 December 1938 - 10 January 1939
LCDR INOUE Isamu (51) - 10 January 1939 - 6 March 1939
LT / LCDR YANASE Yoshio (55) - 6 March 1939 - 15 October 1940 (LCDR on 15 November 1939.)
LT MATSUMOTO Shohei (59) - 15 October 1940 - 1 April 1942
LT IKUNAGA Kunio (60) - 1 April 1942 - 30 December 1942
LT KAWABATA Makoto (62) - 30 December 1942 - 1 February 1943
LT YOSHII Toshio (62) - 1 February 1943 - 18 May 1943
LCDR KITA Yasaburo (Res.) - 18 May 1943 - 28 August 1944
LT / LCDR / CDR* NAGAFUCHI Torao (Res.) - 28 August 1944 - 8 November 1944 (KIA) (LCDR on 1 November 1944.)

Torpedo Officers
??? - 31 July 1937 - 8 November 1944

Gunnery Officers
??? - 31 July 1937 - 8 November 1944

Navigators
??? - 31 July 1937 - 8 November 1944

Chief Engineers
??? - 31 July 1937 - 8 November 1944

HATO
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR OTARA Naoji (51) - 10 April 1937 - 7 August 1937
LCDR OTARA Naoji (51) - 7 August 1937 - 15 December 1938
LCDR SUGAWARA Rokuro (51) - 15 December 1938 - 15 January 1940
LCDR KAMO Kiyoshi (52) - 15 January 1940 - 15 October 1940
LT / LCDR MICHIKI Shozo (57) - 15 October 1940 - 10 September 1941 (LCDR on 15 November 1940.)
LT OKAMURA Yukio (59) - 10 September 1941 - 15 April 1942
LT ONISHI Yoshiharu (61) - 15 April 1942 - 15 May 1943
LT / LCDR KOJIMA Shuichi (Res.) - 15 May 1943 - 16 October 1944 (LCDR on 1 May 1944.)

Torpedo Officers
??? - 7 August 1937 - 16 October 1944

Gunnery Officers
??? - 7 August 1937 - 16 October 1944
LTJG YAMAOKA Taiji (63) - ??? - ???

Navigators
??? - 7 August 1937 - 16 October 1944

Chief Engineers
??? - 7 August 1937 - 16 October 1944

KARI
Commanding Officers
(CEO) - LCDR HIROSE Hiroshi (51) - 1 April 1937 - 20 September 1937
LCDR HIROSE Hiroshi (51) - 20 September 1937 - 15 November 1937
LCDR UESUGI Yoshitake (50) - 15 November 1937 - 15 September 1938
LT / LCDR YAMAGUCHI Tatsuya (52) - 15 September 1938 - 15 November 1939 (LCDR on 15 November 1938.)
LCDR NITTONO Suzuo (55) - 15 November 1939 - 5 December 1939
LT SUGIHARA Yoshiro (57) - 5 December 1939 - 15 October 1940
LT YOSHIDA Kengo (58) - 15 October 1940 - 15 September 1941
LT / LCDR FUKUYAMA Tsuyoshi (58) - 15 September 1941 - 25 September 1942 (LCDR on 15 October 1941.)
LT MORI Sakae (63) - 25 September 1942 - 15 May 1943
LT / LCDR / CDR* YAKOTA Shige (Res.) - 15 May 1943 - 16 July 1945 (KIA) (LCDR on 1 May 1944.)

Torpedo Officers
??? - 20 September 1937 - 1 April 1941
LTJG / LT SAKAMOTO Masanobu (Res.) - 1 April 1941 - 10 April 1943 (LT on 16 March 1942.)
??? - 10 April 1943 - 16 July 1945

Gunnery Officers
??? - 31 July 1937 - 8 November 1944

Navigators
(EO) - ENS FUKUI Toshinosuke (62) - ??? - 20 September 1937
ENS FUKUI Toshinosuke (62) - 20 September 1937 - 15 November 1937
LTJG SEKINE Hideo (61) - 15 November 1937 - 1 January 1938 (Estimate)
??? - 1 January 1938 - 16 July 1945

Chief Engineers
??? - 20 September 1937 - 16 July 1945
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Re: Complete Records - Torpedo Boats

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Post by fontessa » 16 Sep 2016, 06:35

Hello ijnfleetadmiral,

According to the Complement Table of Torpedo Boats (page 6 of JACAR C13071996800), major officers for them were as the below.

◇ CHIDORI, TOMOZURU, MANAZURU and HATSUKARI
Commanding Officer (LCDR or LT): 1
Line Officer (LT - ENS): 1
Line Officer (LTJG - ENS): 2
Engineer Branch Officer (LT - ENS): 1
Engineer Branch Officer (LTJG - ENS): 1
Special Duty Line Officer (LTJG - ENS): 1
Engineer Branch Special Duty Officer (LTJG - ENS): 1
◇ OTORI, HAYABUSA, KASASAGII, HIYODORI, KIJI, SAGI, HATO and KARI
Commanding Officer (LCDR or LT): 1
Line Officer (LT - ENS): 2
Line Officer (LTJG - ENS): 1
Engineer Branch Officer (LT - ENS): 1
Engineer Branch Officer (LTJG - ENS): 1
Special Duty Line Officer (LTJG - ENS): 1
Engineer Branch Special Duty Officer (LTJG - ENS): 1

In other words, torpedo boats didn’t have the post of Torpedo Officer, Gunnery Officer, Navigation Officer and Engineer Officer.

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 17 Sep 2016, 22:18

fontessa wrote: In other words, torpedo boats didn’t have the post of Torpedo Officer, Gunnery Officer, Navigation Officer and Engineer Officer.
According to the Complement Table of Torpedo Boats, note 1 (page 7 of JACAR C13071996800), both classes of torpedo-boats had official positions of Navigation Officer and Engineer Officer.

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Post by fontessa » 17 Sep 2016, 23:21

Hello Eugen,
Eugen Pinak wrote: According to the Complement Table of Torpedo Boats, note 1 (page 7 of JACAR C13071996800), both classes of torpedo-boats had official positions of Navigation Officer and Engineer Officer.
Note1 says as below.
(1) One of Line Officer (LT - ENS) or Line Officer (LTJG - ENS) should do the Duty of Navigation Officer maimly.
(He was not Navigation Officer, but Officer for Navigation Duty.)
(2) One of Line Officer (LT - ENS) or Line Officer (LTJG - ENS) should do the Duty of Division Officer mainly.
(He was not Division Officer, but Officer for Division Officer Duty.)
(3) Engineer Branch Officer (LT - ENS) should do the Duty of Engineer Officer and the Duty of Division Officer mainly.
(He was not Engineer Officer and Division Officer, but Officer for Engineer Duty and for Division Officer Duty.)

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 18 Sep 2016, 16:35

ijnfleetadmiral wrote: MANAZURU
Commanding Officers
...
LT TSUKAMOTO Shutaro (50) - 15 November 1934 - 21 October 1935
...
Tsukamoto Moritaro? - hush.gooside.com/name/Biography/331tsu.html

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 18 Sep 2016, 16:43

fontessa wrote:Note1 says as below.
(1) One of Line Officer (LT - ENS) or Line Officer (LTJG - ENS) should do the Duty of Navigation Officer maimly.
(He was not Navigation Officer, but Officer for Navigation Duty.)
(2) One of Line Officer (LT - ENS) or Line Officer (LTJG - ENS) should do the Duty of Division Officer mainly.
(He was not Division Officer, but Officer for Division Officer Duty.)
(3) Engineer Branch Officer (LT - ENS) should do the Duty of Engineer Officer and the Duty of Division Officer mainly.
(He was not Engineer Officer and Division Officer, but Officer for Engineer Duty and for Division Officer Duty.)

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Fontessa - thank you for the clarification. So if I understand you correctly, "Officer for Navigation Duty" is not equal to "Navigation Officer"? Navigation Officer was an official post, where officer was appointed by Naval Minister order, while Officer for Navigation Duty can be appointed by captain's order - am I correct?

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Post by fontessa » 18 Sep 2016, 20:58

Hello Eugen,
Eugen Pinak wrote: So if I understand you correctly, "Officer for Navigation Duty" is not equal to "Navigation Officer"?
Yes, they were appointed as Crewman on Official Gazette or Naval Transfer and Promotion Lists.
Eugen Pinak wrote: Navigation Officer was an official post, where officer was appointed by Naval Minister order, while Officer for Navigation Duty can be appointed by captain's order - am I correct?
Yes, you are correct.
Eugen Pinak wrote: Tsukamoto Moritaro?
The Kanji for him is 塚本守太郎. We Japanese usually read it with Tsukamoto Moritaro.

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 19 Sep 2016, 09:51

fontessa wrote:
Eugen Pinak wrote: Navigation Officer was an official post, where officer was appointed by Naval Minister order, while Officer for Navigation Duty can be appointed by captain's order - am I correct?
Yes, you are correct.
Fontessa - thank you once again for your help! Before your statement I had no idea about this nuance.
You Japanese members of this forum probably have no idea, how much of a help you are :thumbsup:
fontessa wrote:
Eugen Pinak wrote: Tsukamoto Moritaro?
The Kanji for him is 塚本守太郎. We Japanese usually read it with Tsukamoto Moritaro.
By the way - was there any official source of spelling IJN officer names in kana? Of course, in all official documents only kanji were used. But sometimes there was a need to use kana (like radio exchange, for example). And here - http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/p_index.htm - we do have all admiral's names written in both kanji and kana. So there was a source kana spelling?

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Post by fontessa » 19 Sep 2016, 10:31

Hello Eugen,
Eugen Pinak wrote: By the way - was there any official source of spelling IJN officer names in kana?
Unfortunately there is not such a list except you quoted. Actually, I am sometimes at a loss what I should read a kanji with. In such a case, there is the possibility that I misread the Kanji. Hisashi has warned about this uncertainty.

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Post by Eugen Pinak » 19 Sep 2016, 11:28

fontessa wrote:
Eugen Pinak wrote: By the way - was there any official source of spelling IJN officer names in kana?
Unfortunately there is not such a list except you quoted. Actually, I am sometimes at a loss what I should read a kanji with. In such a case, there is the possibility that I misread the Kanji. Hisashi has warned about this uncertainty.
Sad to know :(
Any way, with your help we can find, at least, most probable spelling of this or that officer's name.

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Post by ijnfleetadmiral » 19 Sep 2016, 17:08

Thanks for clarifying!
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