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Training Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

The {{Nihongo|Training Fleet|練習艦隊|Renshū Kantai}} was a training unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Organized after the Russo-Japanese War, however, systematized in 1902 by the {{Nihongo|Training Detachment|練習枝隊|Renshū Shitai}} in the Standing Fleet. This article handles Training Fleet and Training Detachment.

Organizations of the Training Detachment

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! Term !! Commander !! Vessels !! Destinations

2 November 1902 – 21 August 1903Rear-Admiral Hikonojō Kamimurarowspan=2 | Cruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, HashidateSoutheast Asia, Australia
17 December 1903 – 3 January 1904Rear-Admiral Masamichi TōgōCruise was canceled and detachment was dissolved in halfway for war preparations.

Organizations of the Training Fleet

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! Term !! Commander !! Vessels !! Destinations

15 February 1906 – 25 August 1906Rear-Admiral Hayao Shimamurarowspan=3 | Cruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, HashidateAustralia, Southeast Asia
31 January 1907 – 3 August 1907Rear-Admiral Sadayasu TomiokaHawaiian Islands, Australia, Southeast Asia
25 January 1908 – 30 April 1908Rear-Admiral Motarō YoshimatsuSoutheast Asia; cruise was canceled in halfway, because Matsushima was sunk in Magong.
14 March 1909 – 7 August 1909rowspan=2 | Rear-Admiral Hikojirō Ijichirowspan=2 | Cruiser Aso, SōyaHawaiian Islands, North America
1 February 1910 – 3 July 1910Australia, Southeast Asia
16 October 1910 – 6 March 1911Rear-Admiral Rokurō YashiroCruiser Asama, KasagiHawaiian Islands, North America, Central America
25 November 1911 – 28 March 1912Vice-Admiral Sadakichi KatōCruiser Aso, SōyaSoutheast Asia
5 December 1912 – 21 April 1913Rear-Admiral Sōjirō TochiuchiCruiser Azuma, SōyaSoutheast Asia, Australia
20 April 1914 – 11 August 1914Rear-Admiral Teijirō KuroiCruiser Azuma, AsamaHawaiian Islands, North America
20 April 1915 – 23 August 1915Rear-Admiral Tomojirō ChisakaCruiser Aso, SōyaSoutheast Asia, Australia
20 April 1916 – 22 August 1916Rear-Admiral Tatsuo MatsumuraCruiser Iwate, AzumaSoutheast Asia, Australia
5 April 1917 – 17 August 1917Rear-Admiral Toshitake IwamuraCruiser Tokiwa, YakumoNorth America (West coast), Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific
2 March 1918 – 6 July 1918Vice-Admiral Kantarō SuzukiCruiser Iwate, AsamaNorth America (West coast), Central America (West coast), Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific
1 March 1919 – 26 July 1919Vice-Admiral Naoe NakanoCruiser Tokiwa, AzumaSoutheast Asia, Australia
21 August 1920 – 2 April 1921Vice-Admiral Kajishirō FunakoshiCruiser Asama, IwateSouth America, Southern Africa
20 August 1921 – 4 April 1922Vice-Admiral Hanroku SaitōCruiser Yakumo, IzumoEurope
26 June 1922 – 8 February 1923Vice-Admiral Naomi Taniguchirowspan=2 | Coast defence ship Iwate, Izumo, AsamaSouth America, Southern Africa
7 November 1923 – 5 April 1924Vice-Admiral Shichigorō SaitōSoutheast Asia, Australia
10 November 1924 – 4 April 1925rowspan=2 | Vice-Admiral Saburō HyakutakeCoast defence ship Yakumo, Asama, IzumoNorth America (West coast)
10 November 1925 – 6 April 1926Coast defence ship IwateSoutheast Asia, Australia
30 June 1926 – 17 January 1927Vice-Admiral Eisuke YamamotoCoast defence ship Yakumo, IzumoMediterranean Sea
30 June 1927 – 16 December 1927Vice-Admiral Osami NaganoCoast defence ship Iwate, AsamaNorth America (East coast)
23 April 1928 – 3 October 1928Vice-Admiral Seizō KobayashiCoast defence ship Yakumo, IzumoSoutheast Asia, Australia
1 July 1929 – 27 December 1929Vice-Admiral Kichisaburō NomuraCoast defence ship Iwate, AsamaNorth America (East coast)
5 March 1931 – 15 August 1931Vice-Admiral Seizō SakonjiCoast defence ship Yakumo, IzumoMediterranean Sea
1 March 1932 – 14 July 1932Vice-Admiral Shinjirō ImamuraCoast defence ship Iwate, AsamaSoutheast Asia, Australia
6 March 1933 – 26 July 1933Vice-Admiral Gengo HyakutakeCoast defence ship Iwate, YakumoNorth America (West coast), Central America (West coast)
15 February 1934 – 26 July 1934Vice-Admiral Hajime MatsushitaCoast defence ship Iwate, AsamaMediterranean Sea
20 February 1935 – 22 July 1935Vice-Admiral Kamezaburō NakamuraCoast defence ship Asama, YakumoSoutheast Asia, Australia, Hawaiian Islands
9 June 1936 – 20 November 1936Vice-Admiral Zengo Yoshidarowspan=5 | Coast defence ship Yakumo, IwateNorth America (East coast)
7 June 1937 – 19 October 1937Vice-Admiral Mineichi KogaMediterranean Sea
6 April 1938 – 29 June 1938Rear-Admiral Shirō TakasuSoutheast Asia, South Pacific
16 November 1938 – 30 January 1939Vice-Admiral Umatarō TanimotoSoutheast Asia
4 October 1939 – 20 November 1939Vice-Admiral Yorio SawamotoHawaiian Islands, South Pacific
7 August 1940 – 28 September 1940Vice-Admiral Mitsumi ShimizuCruiser Katori, KashimaSea of Japan, East China Sea

Bibliography

  • Monthly Ships of the World, {{cite web |url=http://www.ships-net.co.jp/ |title=Kaijinsha}} (Japan)
  • No. 441, Special issue Vol. 32, "Japanese cruisers", September 1991
  • No. 500, Special issue Vol. 44, "Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy", August 1995
  • No. 754, Special issue Vol. 101, "History of Japanese cruisers", January 2012
  • The Maru Special, {{cite web |url=http://www.kojinsha.co.jp/ |title=Ushio Shobō}} (Japan)
  • Japanese Naval Vessels No. 44, "Cruiser Tone-class and Katori-class", October 1980
  • Japanese Naval Vessels No. 53, "Japanese support vessels", July 1981
  • Rekishi Dokuhon, Special issue No. 33 Overview of admirals of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Shin-Jinbutsuōraisha, October 1999
  • The Japanese Modern Historical Manuscripts Association, Organizations, structures and personnel affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army & Navy, University of Tokyo Press, January 1971 {{ISBN|978-4-13-036009-8}}

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