Tomoshige Samejima

Infobox Military Person
name=Tomoshige Samejima
lived=April 8 1889 - September 13 1966
placeofbirth=Tokyo, Japan
placeofdeath=


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=Empire of Japan
branch=navy|Empire of Japan
serviceyears=1909-1946
rank=Vice Admiral
commands= "Seito", "Kitakami", "Mogami", "Haguro", "Nagato"
IJN 4th Fleet,
IJN 8th Fleet [ [http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/px37.htm#v014 Nishida, "Materials of IJN"] ]
unit=
battles=World War II
oNew Guinea campaign
oSolomon Islands campaign
awards=
family=
laterwork=Vice Admiral Baron nihongo|Tomoshige Samejima|鮫島 具重|extra=1889-04-08 - 1966-09-13 was a member of the nobility in the service of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Career

Samejima graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1909. At several points in his career, he served as a Gunnery Officer aboard various ships, and then as Executive Officer of heavy cruiser "Haguro" (30 November 1929 - 15 November 1930).

Promoted to Captain, he commanded light cruiser "Kitakami" (1 December 1932 - 14 March 1934), before becoming Chief Equipping Officer (14 November 1934 - 1 February 1935) and then first Commanding Officer of heavy cruiser "Mogami" (1 February 1935 - 15 November 1935). He then returned to heavy cruiser "Haguro" as her Commanding Officer (15 November 1935 - 1 December 1936) before becoming Commanding Officer of the battleship "Nagato" (1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937).

As a Rear Admiral, he commanded a carrier division (Carrier Division 4 (1 December 1937 - 1 August 1938)), followed by a cruiser division (CruDiv 13 (1 August 1938 - 1 September 1938)), and then a second carrier division (CarDiv 2 (1 September 1938 - 20 October 1939)). As a Vice Admiral, he spent much of the war in command of fleets (4th Fleet (26 October 1942 - 1 April 1943); 8th Fleet (1 April 1943 - 15 August 1945)).

List of promotions

Promotions

Midshipman - 19 November 1909

Ensign - 15 December 1910

Sublieutenant - 1 December 1912

Lieutenant - 13 December 1915

Lieutenant Commander - 1 December 1921

Commander - 1 December 1926

Captain - 1 December 1931

Rear Admiral - 1 December 1937

Vice Admiral - 15 October 1941

Titles

Baron - 5 December 1910

References

Notes

Books

*cite book
last = D'Albas
first = Andrieu
authorlink =
year = 1965
title = Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II
publisher = Devin-Adair Pub
location =
id = ISBN 081595302X
*cite book
last = Dull
first = Paul S.
authorlink =
year = 1978
chapter =
title = A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-87021-097-1
* cite book
last = Dupuy
first = Trevor N.
coauthors =
year = 1992
title = The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography
publisher = HarperCollins Publishers
location =
id =
*cite book
last = Fuller
first = Richard
coauthors =
year = 1992
title = Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai
publisher = Arms and Armor
location = London
id = ISBN: 1-85409-151-4
*cite book
last = Morison
first = Samuel Eliot
authorlink = Samuel Eliot Morison
coauthors =
year = 1958
chapter =
title = Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier", vol. 6 of "History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
publisher = Castle Books
location =
id = 0785813071
*cite book
last = Prados
first = John
coauthors =
year = 1995
title = Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location = Annapolis
id =

Web

*cite web
last = Budge
first = Kent G.
url = http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/S/a/Samejima_Tomoshige.htm
title = Samejima Tomoshige (1889-1966)
work = The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
accessdate = 2007-11-08
*cite web
last = Nishida
first = Hiroshi
url = http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/px37.htm#v014
title = Materials of IJN: Samejima, Tomoshige
work = Imperial Japanese Navy
accessdate = 2007-08-03