IJN 7th Fleet

IJN 7th Fleet

The nihongo|IJN 7th Fleet|第七艦隊 (日本海軍)|Dai-nana Kantai was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, primarily responsible for control of the Tsushima Strait.

History

The IJN 7th Fleet was formed on 15 April 1945, during the closing stages of World War II. It was essentially an administrative fleet tasked with coordinating local defenses and control of the sea lanes between northern Kyūshū and far western Honshū, and the Korean peninsula. It was headquartered at Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū. The “fleet” was assigned an old minelayer, converted merchant vessels and a small number of anti-submarine patrol boats, so that its actual combat potential was almost nonexistent. It was disbanded at the end of World War II. [D'Albas, Death of a Navy ]

The commander of the IJN 7th Fleet concurrently held the post of commander in chief of the IJN 1st Escort Fleet.

Commanders of the IJN 7th Fleet

Commander in chief [Wendel, Axis History Database ]

Chief of staff

References

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 0-8159-5302-X

*cite book
last = Dull
first = Paul S.
authorlink =
year = 1978
title = A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945
publisher = Naval Institute Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-87021-097-1

External links

*cite web
last = Nishida
first = Hiroshi
url = http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/ja03.htm#7F
title = Imperial Japanese Navy
accessdate = 2007-02-25

*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=7824
title = Axis History Database
accessdate = 2007-08-25

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