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Ship Class
Ship
Aircraft Model
Unit
Gun Model
Turret Model
Torpedo Model
Rocket Launcher Model
Sensor
Anti Submarine Mounting
Date Time
Country
Activity
Person
Posting
Enterprise
Ship Production Batch
Treaty
Tension
Decoration
Place
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Postings Post
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Assignments Cover
Formation
IJN 6th Fleet
Operated By
Country
Japan
Unit Type
Formation
Include
Ship Type
Submarine
Formation Kind
Type Group
Involved In
Activity
1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands
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Summary
Advance expeditionary force
Commanded By
Komatsu Teruhisa
Rank
Vice Admiral
Command
Unit Involvement
HIJMS Katori
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HIJMS I 9
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HIJMS I 11
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HIJMS I 15
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HIJMS I 17
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HIJMS I 19
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HIJMS I 26
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HIJMS I 31
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HIJMS I 174
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HIJMS I 175
Details
Aim:
To destroy Allied ships in the vicinity of the
Solomon Islands
before destroying
US Airfield Lunga Point Guadalcanal.
To prevent American attacks on a troop convoy to
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
Posting
Year
0.81yr
Flag
Posting
Year
0.81yr
Posting Duration
Year
1.26yr
Postings
6
Alias
Kantai 6
Senken Butai
Sensuikan Butai
Submarine Force
Vanguard Force
Units
Operated By
Country
Japan
Assignments
Assigned To By
Assignment
Cover
Unit
Summary
1941_Nov_01 HIJMS Katori
HIJMS Katori
Or much earlier
Postings
1)
Posted To By
Posting
2) 1:
End
3) 1:
Post
Person
4) 3:
Primary
Image
5) 3:
Decoration
6) 1:
Duration
Year
7) 1:
Rank
1940 11 15 Hirata Noboru
1941 Jul 21
Hirata Noboru
0.68yr
Vice Admiral
1941 07 21 Shimizu Mitsumi
1942 Mar 16
Shimizu Mitsumi
0.65yr
Vice Admiral
1942 03 16 Komatsu Teruhisa
1943 Jun 21
Komatsu Teruhisa
1.26yr
Vice Admiral
1943 06 21 Takagi Takeo
1944 Jul 10
Takagi Takeo
1.05yr
Vice Admiral
1944 07 10 Miwa Shigeyoshi
1945 May 01
Miwa Shigeyoshi
0.81yr
Vice Admiral
1945 05 01 Daigo Tadashige
1945 Sep 15
Daigo Tadashige
0.38yr
Vice Admiral
Assignments
1)
Covered By
Assignment
2) 1:
Located At
Old Place
3) 1:
Assign To
Unit
4) 3:
Covered By
Assignment
5) 4:
Assign To
Unit
6) 1:
Summary
1941 Aug 15 - IJN Combined Fleet
IJN Combined Fleet
1894-Jul-18 - Japanese State
Japanese State
Or much earlier
1941-Jul-01 - Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
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