ijnfleetadmiral wrote: ↑12 May 2021, 08:39
1st Communications Unit
Activated on 15 April 1941
Deactivated ???
Commanding Officers
CAPT KOYAMA Tatsuo (44) – 15 April 1941 – ???
2nd Communications Unit
Did this unit even exist?
1st Communications Unit (1nd Gen) 第一通信隊
Activated on 15 November 1940
Deactivated on 10 March 1942
Commanding Officers
CAPT / CAPT YAMAGUCHI Shigesaburo 山口栄三郎 (40): 15 November 1940 - 15 April 1941
CAPT / CAPT TOYAMA Katsuo 外山克郎 (44): 15 April 1941 - 10 March 1942
1st Communications Unit (2nd Gen)
Activated on 31 October 1942
Deactivated post-war
Commanding Officers
(ADD) LT / LCDR SUEMATSU Torao 末松虎夫 (59): 31 October 1942 - 1 November 1943
(ADD) LT / LCDR SHINOZAKI Naohiko 篠崎尚彦 (61): 1 November 1943 - 15 August 1945
2nd Communications Unit (1nd Gen) 第二通信隊
Activated on 15 January 1941
Renamed on 10 March 1942
Commanding Officers
CAPT / CAPT Miyamoto Yasozo 宮本八十三 (40): 15 January 1941 - 15 November 1941
CAPT / CAPT SEYA Saburou 瀬谷三郎 (42): 15 November 1941 - 10 March 1942
2nd Communications Unit (2nd Gen)
Activated on 29 December 1942
Deactivated on 10 July 1944 ?
Commanding Officers
(ADD) CDR / CDR TADANO Sashichiro 多田野佐七郎 (48): 29 December 1942 - 10 February 1943
CDR / CDR YAMAGAMI Seiichi 山上誠一 (38): 10 February 1943 - 29 June 1944
3rd Communications Unit (第三通信隊)
Activated on 15 January 1941
Deactivated post-war
CAPT / CAPT SASAKI Kiyoji 佐々木喜代治 (40): 15 January 1941 - 20 July 1942
CAPT / CAPT FUKUMACHI Yuzuru 深町譲 (44): 20 July 1942 - 15 August 1945
4th Communications Unit (第四通信隊)
Activated on 15 January 1941
Deactivated post-war
Commanding Officers
CAPT / CAPT KIOKA Gishimatsu 木岡蟻志松 (40): 15 January 1941 - 17 December 1942
CAPT / RADM ISOBE Jun 磯部淳 (43): 17 December 1942 – 10 September 1944
(ADD) LCDR / cdr KANEKO Kitaru 金子来 (57): 10 September 1944 - 15 August 1945
5th Communications Unit (第五通信隊)
Activated on 15 November 1940
Deactivated on 10 July 1944 ?
Commanding Officers
CAPT / CAPT SATO Kunio 佐藤州雄 (44): 15 November 1940 - 15 February 1941
CAPT / CAPT SHIBATA Takisaburo 柴田瀧三郎 (41): 柴田滝三郎 - 5 November 1942
CAPT / CAPT SHOJI Yoshikichi 庄司芳吉 (41): 5 November 1942 – 1 June 1943
VACANT: 1 June 1943 – 1 March 1944
(ADD) LCDR / LCDR / CDR* MIYAZAKI Shinsaku 宮崎新作 (57): 1 March 1944 – 8 July 1944 (KIA)
6th Communications Unit (第六通信隊)
Activated on 15 January 1941
Deactivated ???
Commanding Officers
CAPT / CAPT USHIO Fujimasa 牛尾藤雅 (42): 15 January 1941 – 10 August 1942
CDR / CAPT SUZUKI Tadashoshi 鈴木忠良 (48): 10 August 1942 - 1 July 1943
CAPT / CAPT / RADM* WADA Sumihisa 和田純久 (45): 1 July 1943 – 6 February 1944 (KIA)
7th Communications Unit
It doesn't exist.
8th Communications Unit(第八通信隊)
Activated on 1 February 1942
Deactivated post-war
Commanding Officers
CAPT / CAPT TAMURA Yasuo 田村保郎 (45): 1 February 1942 - 30 November 1942
CAPT / CAPT NISHIZAWA Seiji 西沢誠二 (48): 30 November 1942 - 20 September 1943
CAPT / CAPT TANNO Keigoro 丹野慶五郎 (48): 20 September 1943 - 20 January 1944 ?
(ADD) CDR / CDR ISHIKAWA Kotaro 石川康太郎 (54): 20 January 1944 ? - 15 August 1945
10st Communications Unit(第十通信隊)
Renamed from 91st Communications Unit on 10 February 1942
Deactivated post-war
Commanding Officers
CAPT / CAPT NARAHASHI Norimoto 楢橋憲基 (39): 10 February 1942 - 20 October 1942
CDR / CDR NAKANO Masatomo 中野政知 (50): 20 October 1942 - 1 July 1943
(ADD) CDR / CDR SAITOU Tadayasu 斎藤忠康 (50): 1 July 1943 - 10 November 1943
(ADD) CDR / CDR SAITOU Yakichi 斎藤弥吉 (50): 10 November 1943 - 31 December 1943
CAPT / CAPT YAMAZAKI Kikuo 山崎規矩夫 (49): 31 December 1943 - 27 January 1945
CAPT / CAPT NAKAYAMA Kazutoshi 中山一俊 (50): 27 January 1945 - 15 August 1945