Japanese cruiser Kiso

Japanese cruiser Kiso

and and DesDiv 30's , "Kiso" was spotted 160 miles west of Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Philippines by the , DesDiv 30's "Uzuki" and the "Yuzuki" following the battleships , light cruiser and the , USS|Monterey|CVL-26|2 and USS|Cowpens|CVL-25|2, TG 38.3's USS|Essex|CV-9|2, USS|Ticonderoga|CV-14|2 and USS|Langley|CVL-27|2 and TG 38.4's USS|Enterprise|CV-6|2 and USS|San Jacinto|CVL-30|2. Three bombs hit "Kiso" to starboard - one in the bow, one near her boiler rooms and one near her aft gun mounts. "Kiso" sank in shallow water eight miles west of Cavite at coord|14|35|N|120|50|E. Captain Imamura and most of the "Kiso's" crew survived.

The "Kiso" was removed from the Navy List on 20 March 1945.

After the war, the wreck was salvaged on 15 December 1955, by the Nippon Salvage Company, which refloated the wreckage into Manila Harbor for breaking up.

List of captains

*Chief Equipping Officer - Capt. Tokujiro Tateno - 30 April 1921 - 4 May 1921
*Capt. Tokujiro Tateno - 4 May 1921 - 10 May 1922
*Capt. Kenkichi Wada - 10 May 1922 - 1 December 1922
*Capt. Raizo Mori - 1 December 1922 - 1 October 1923
*Capt. Naojiro Honshuku - 1 October 1923 - 1 December 1924
*Capt. Kumao Mizuno - 1 December 1924 - 10 July 1925
*Capt. Kunitaro Aoki - 10 July 1925 - 1 December 1926
*Capt. Kichijiro Hamada - 1 December 1926 - 10 June 1927
*Capt. Yutaka Arima - 10 June 1927 - 15 November 1927
*Capt. Seishichi Yamaguchi - 15 November 1927 - 4 December 1928
*Capt. Seizaburo Mitsui - 4 December 1928 - 1 May 1929
*Capt. Isamu Ono - 1 May 1929 - 30 November 1929
*Capt. Sadaaki Araki - 30 November 1929 - 15 May 1930
*Capt. Seiichiro Soga - 15 May 1930 - 14 November 1931
*Capt. Denshichi Okawachi - 14 November 1931 - 1 December 1932
*Capt. Marquis Teruhisa Komatsu - 1 December 1932 - 15 November 1933
*Capt. Seiichi Ito - 15 November 1933 - 10 March 1934
*Capt. Kakuji Kakuta - 10 March 1934 - 15 November 1934
*Capt. Junichi Mizuno - 15 November 1934 - 15 November 1935
*Capt. Arata Oka - 15 November 1935 - 10 November 1936
*Capt. Kyuhachi Kudo - 10 November 1936 - 15 June 1938
*Capt. Sadamichi Kajioka - 15 June 1938 - 15 December 1938
*Capt. Sohei Tashiro - 15 December 1938 - 30 March 1939
*Capt. Hidetsuna Yagi - 30 March 1939 - 1 November 1939
*Capt. Ryozo Mori - 1 November 1939 - 15 October 1940
*Capt. Tatsuo Kiyama - 15 October 1940 - 10 November 1941
*Capt. Takeji Ono - 10 November 1941 - 20 September 1942
*Capt. Iwao Kawai - 20 September 1942 - 4 October 1943
*Capt. Isamu Sawa - 4 October 1943 - 24 February 1944
*Capt. Ryonosuke Imamura - 24 February 1944 - 13 November 1944

References

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title = Warship Losses of World War Two
publisher = Naval Institute Press
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*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 0-8159-5302-X
*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 = Evans
first = David
authorlink =
year = 1979
title = Kaigun : Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-87021-192-7
*cite book
last = Howarth
first = Stephen
authorlink =
year = 1983
title = The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945
publisher = Atheneum
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id = ISBN 0-68911-402-8
*cite book
last = Jentsura
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year = 1976
chapter =
title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945
publisher = Naval Institute Press
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*cite book
last = Lacroix
first = Eric
authorlink =
coauthors = Linton Wells
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title = Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War
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title = Battle of the Komandorski Islands, March 1943'
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External links

*cite web
last = Parshall
first = Jon
coauthors = Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp, & Allyn Nevitt
year =
url = http://www.combinedfleet.com/kuma_c.htm CombinedFleet.com: "Kuma" class
title = Imperial Japanese Navy Page (Combinedfleet.com)
work =
accessdate =
*Tabular record: [http://www.combinedfleet.com/kitakami_t.htm CombinedFleet.com: "Kiso" history]

Notes

ee also

*List of World War II ships


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