First Fleet (Japanese Navy)

First Fleet 第一艦隊 Daiichi Kantai, or 1F

Assignment

Commander-in-chief, First Fleet

no	date of appointment	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
1	28 Dec 1903	VADM	Togo Heihachiro		CinC, Readiness Fleet	Chief, NGS	6 Jun 1904 ADM
2	20 Dec 1905	VADM	Kataoka Shichiro	3rd class, NA	CinC, 3rd Fleet	Dir, NSC
3	22 Nov 1906	VADM	Arima Shinichi	2nd class, NA	CinC, Sasebo District	Dir, NEC
4	26 May 1908	VADM	Ijuin Goro	5th class, NA	CinC, 2nd Fleet	Chief, NGS
5	1 Dec 1909	VADM	Kamimura Hikonojo	4th class, NA	CinC, Yokosuka District	Military Councillor	1 Dec 1910 ADM
6	1 Dec 1911	VADM	Dewa Shigetoo	5th class, NA	CinC, Sasebo District	Military Councillor	9 Jul 1912 ADM
7	1 Dec 1913	VADM	Kato Tomozaburo	7th class, NA	CinC, Kure District	Minister of Navy
8	10 Aug 1915	VADM	Fujii Koichi	7th class, NA	CinC, Sasebo District	CinC, Yokosuka District
9	23 Sept 1915	VADM	Yoshimatsu Motaro	7th class, NA	CinC, Kure District	Military Councillor	1 Dec 1916 ADM
10	1 Dec 1917	VADM	Yamashita Gentaro	10th class, NA	CinC, Sasebo District	Military Councillor	2 Jul 1918 ADM
11	1 Dec 1919	ADM	Yamaya Tanin	12th class, NA	CinC, 2nd Fleet	CinC, Yokosuka District
12	24 Aug 1920	ADM	Tochinai Sojiro	13th class, NA	Vice Minister of Navy	CinC, Sasebo District
13	27 Jul 1922	VADM	Takeshita Isamu	15th class, NA	Member, Adms' Cmtee	CinC, Kure District	3 Aug 1923 ADM
14	27 Jan 1924	ADM	Suzuki Kantaro	14th class, NA	CinC, Kure District	Military Councillor
15	1 Dec 1924	ADM	Okada Keisuke	15th class, NA	Military Councillor	CinC, Yokosuka District
16	10 Dec 1926	VADM	Kato Hiroharu	18th class, NA	CinC, Yokosuka District	Military Councillor	1927.04.01ADM
17	10 Dec 1928	ADM	Taniguchi Naomi	19th class, NA	CinC, Kure District	CinC, Kure District
18	11 Nov 1929	VADM	Yamamoto Eisuke	24th class, NA	CinC, Yokosuka District	Military Councillor	1 Apr 1931 ADM
19	1 Dec 1931	VADM	Kobayashi Seizo	26th class, NA	Vice Minister of Navy	Military Councillor	30 Mar 1933 ADM
20	15 Nov 1933	VADM	Suetsugu Nobumasa	27th class, NA	CinC, 2nd Fleet	CinC, Yokosuka District	30 Mar 1934 ADM
21	15 Nov 1934	VADM	Takahashi Sankichi	29th class, NA	CinC, 2nd Fleet	Military Councillor	1 Apr 1936 ADM
22	1 Dec 1936	VADM	Yonai Mitsumasa	29th class, NA	CinC, Yokosuka District	Minister of Navy
23	2 Feb 1937	ADM	Nagano Osami	28th class, NA	Minister of Navy	Military Councillor
24	1 Dec 1937	VADM	Yoshida Zengo	32nd class, NA	CinC, 2nd Fleet	Minister of Navy
25	30 Aug 1939	VADM	Yamamoto Isoroku	32nd class, NA	Vice Minister of Navy	CinC, Combined Fleet	15 Nov 1940 ADM
26	11 Aug 1941	VADM	Takasu Shiro	35th class, NA	CinC, 4th Fleet	Att, NGS
27	14 Jul 1942	VADM	Shimizu Mitsumi	36th class, NA	Att, NGS	Att, NGS
28	20 Oct 1943	VADM	Nagumo Chuichi	36th class, NA	CinC, Kure District	Att, NGS	25 Feb 1944 disbanded

Commander, First Fleet

no	date of appointment	end of appointment	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
	14 Jun 1905	20 Dec 1905	RADM	Ogura Byoichiro	5th class, NA	Cdr, Task Fleet	Dir, Person Bu, MoN
	20 Dec 1905	22 Nov 1906	RADM	Yamada Hikohachi	5th class, NA	Cdr, 7th Squadron	Cdr, Sasebo Torpedo Corps
	21 Oct 1907	28 Aug 1908	RADM	Fujii Koichi	7th class, NA	CoS, Yokosuka District	Dir, Sasebo NYd
	28 Aug 1908	1 Dec 1909	VADM	Yamada Hikohachi	5th class, NA	Cdr, Kure Torpedo Corps	Cdr, Takeshiki Guard District
	1 Dec 1909	13 Jun 1910	RADM	Yashiro Rokuro	8th class, NA	Cdr, Yokosuka Reserve Fleet	Member, Kure District
	10 Aug 1913	15 Nov 1913	RADM	Kamiizumi Tokuya	12th class, NA	Cdr, Yokosuka Torpedo Unit	Cdr, Sasebo Torpedo Unit

Chief of Staff

no	date of appointment	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
	20 Dec 1905	RADM	Fujii Koichi	7th class, NA	CoS, 2nd Fleet	CoS, Yokosuka District
	22 Nov 1906
	10 Dec 1908	CAPT	Takarabe Takeshi	15th class, NA	CO, Fuji	Vice Minister of Navy
	1 Dec 1909
	1 Dec 1913	RADM	Sato Tetsutaro	14th class, NA	Chief, Div4, NGS	Chief, 1st Div, NGS
	17 Apr 1914
	1 Dec 1921	RADM	Shirane Kumazo	24th class, NA	Att, Kure District	Att, NGS
	1 Dec 1923
	1 Nov 1926	RADM	Takahashi Sankichi	28th class, NA	Chief, Div2, NGS	Att, NGS
	1 Dec 1927
	30 Nov 1929	RADM	Shiozawa Koichi	32nd class, NA	CoS, 2nd Fleet	Cdr, 1st Exp Fleet
	1 Dec 1930	RADM	Shimada Shigetaro	32nd class, NA	CoS, 2nd Fleet	Supt, Submarine School
	1 Dec 1931	RADM	Yoshida Zengo	32nd class, NA	Chief, 2nd Div, NGS	Att, NGS
	1 Sept 1933
	15 Sept 1933	RADM	Toyoda Soemu	33rd class, NA	Chief, 2nd Div, NGS	Dir, Edu Bu, MoN
	15 Mar 1935	RADM	Kondo Nobutake	35th class, NA	Chief Inst, Naval College	Att, NGS
	15 Nov 1935	RADM	Nomura Naokuni	35th class, NA	Cdr, 2Ss	Att, NGS
	16 Nov 1936
	18 Feb 1937	RADM	Ozawa Jisaburo	37th class, NA	Inst, Naval College	Cdr, 8th Squadron
	15 Nov 1937
	15 Nov 1939	RADM	Fukudome Shigeru	40th class, NA	Att, Combined Fleet HQ	Chief, 1st Bu, NGS
	10 Apr 1941	RADM	Ito Seiichi	39th class, NA	Cdr, 8th Squadron	Att, NGS
	11 Aug 1941	CAPT	Kobayashi Kengo	42nd class, NA	CO, Mutsu	CoS, Kure District	15 Oct 1941 RADM
	6 Jan 1943	RADM	Takayanagi Gihachi	41st class, NA	Att, Yokosuka District	DCdt, Naval Academy	25 Feb 1944 disbanded

Chief Engineer

no	date of appointment	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
	4 Nov 1905	E-SrM	Nagamine Yoshimitsu		Cdt, Naval Engineer Academy	Chief Eng, Maizuru District	26 Jan 1906 CAPT(E)
	28 Sept 1907
	1 Dec 1920	RADM(E)	Ikeda Iwasaburo	3rd class, NEA	Staff, Mach Bu, MoN	Chief, 3rd Div, NEC
	1 Dec 1921
	15 Nov 1926	CAPT(E)	Endo Kuro	12th class, NEA	Chief, Sect3, Edu Bu, MoN	Chief, Briq Div, Fuel Factory
	1 Dec 1927
	15 Nov 1934	CAPT(E)	Asakuma Hikokichi	17th class, NEA	Chief Inst, Engineering School	Chief, Kure Shipping Center
	15 Nov 1935
	21 Jan 1938	CAPT(E)	Obata Aiki	21st class, NEA	Chief Inst, Engineering School	Inst, Naval College
	15 Nov 1939
	11 Aug 1941	CAPT(E)	Fukuchi Hideo	24th class, NEA	Att, Combined Fleet HQ	Chief Inst, Engineer Academy
	5 Oct 1942

Chief Surgeon

no	date of appointment	rank	name	class	previous job	next job	note
	30 Nov 1929	CAPT(S)	Fusejima Tadao	Chiba Coll of Med	Chief, 1st Div, Yokosuka NH	Chief, Med Div, Kure NYd
	1 Dec 1930

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