IJN 6th Fleet

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Related Types	Activities Involve \| Postings Post \| 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
as	N
Summary	Advance expeditionary force
Commanded By	Komatsu Teruhisa
Rank	Vice Admiral
Command Unit Involvement	HIJMS Katori \| HIJMS I 9 \| HIJMS I 11 \| HIJMS I 15 \| HIJMS I 17 \| HIJMS I 19 \| HIJMS I 26 \| HIJMS I 31 \| HIJMS I 174 \| 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
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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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