Term |
Commander |
Vessels |
Destinations
|
15 February 1906 – 25 August 1906 |
Rear-Admiral Hayao Shimamura |
Cruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate
|
Australia, Southeast Asia
|
31 January 1907 – 3 August 1907 |
Rear-Admiral Sadayasu Tomioka |
Hawaiian Islands, Australia, Southeast Asia
|
25 January 1908 – 30 April 1908 |
Rear-Admiral Motarō Yoshimatsu |
Southeast Asia; cruise was canceled in halfway, because Matsushima was sunk in Magong.
|
14 March 1909 – 7 August 1909 |
Rear-Admiral Hikojirō Ijichi |
Cruiser Aso, Sōya |
Hawaiian Islands, North America
|
1 February 1910 – 3 July 1910 |
Australia, Southeast Asia
|
16 October 1910 – 6 March 1911 |
Rear-Admiral Rokurō Yashiro |
Cruiser Asama, Kasagi |
Hawaiian Islands, North America, Central America
|
25 November 1911 – 28 March 1912 |
Vice-Admiral Sadakichi Katō |
Cruiser Aso, Sōya |
Southeast Asia
|
5 December 1912 – 21 April 1913 |
Rear-Admiral Sōjirō Tochiuchi |
Cruiser Azuma, Sōya |
Southeast Asia, Australia
|
20 April 1914 – 11 August 1914 |
Rear-Admiral Teijirō Kuroi |
Cruiser Azuma, Asama |
Hawaiian Islands, North America
|
20 April 1915 – 23 August 1915 |
Rear-Admiral Tomojirō Chisaka |
Cruiser Aso, Sōya |
Southeast Asia, Australia
|
20 April 1916 – 22 August 1916 |
Rear-Admiral Tatsuo Matsumura |
Cruiser Iwate, Azuma |
Southeast Asia, Australia
|
5 April 1917 – 17 August 1917 |
Rear-Admiral Toshitake Iwamura |
Cruiser Tokiwa, Yakumo |
North America (West coast), Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific
|
2 March 1918 – 6 July 1918 |
Vice-Admiral Kantarō Suzuki |
Cruiser Iwate, Asama |
North America (West coast), Central America (West coast), Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific
|
1 March 1919 – 26 July 1919 |
Vice-Admiral Naoe Nakano |
Cruiser Tokiwa, Azuma |
Southeast Asia, Australia
|
21 August 1920 – 2 April 1921 |
Vice-Admiral Kajishirō Funakoshi |
Cruiser Asama, Iwate |
South America, Southern Africa
|
20 August 1921 – 4 April 1922 |
Vice-Admiral Hanroku Saitō |
Cruiser Yakumo, Izumo |
Europe
|
26 June 1922 – 8 February 1923 |
Vice-Admiral Naomi Taniguchi |
Coast defence ship Iwate, Izumo, Asama |
South America, Southern Africa
|
7 November 1923 – 5 April 1924 |
Vice-Admiral Shichigorō Saitō |
Southeast Asia, Australia
|
10 November 1924 – 4 April 1925 |
Vice-Admiral Saburō Hyakutake |
Coast defence ship Yakumo, Asama, Izumo |
North America (West coast)
|
10 November 1925 – 6 April 1926 |
Coast defence ship Iwate |
Southeast Asia, Australia
|
30 June 1926 – 17 January 1927 |
Vice-Admiral Eisuke Yamamoto |
Coast defence ship Yakumo, Izumo |
Mediterranean Sea
|
30 June 1927 – 16 December 1927 |
Vice-Admiral Osami Nagano |
Coast defence ship Iwate, Asama |
North America (East coast)
|
23 April 1928 – 3 October 1928 |
Vice-Admiral Seizō Kobayashi |
Coast defence ship Yakumo, Izumo |
Southeast Asia, Australia
|
1 July 1929 – 27 December 1929 |
Vice-Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura |
Coast defence ship Iwate, Asama |
North America (East coast)
|
5 March 1931 – 15 August 1931 |
Vice-Admiral Seizō Sakonji |
Coast defence ship Yakumo, Izumo |
Mediterranean Sea
|
1 March 1932 – 14 July 1932 |
Vice-Admiral Shinjirō Imamura |
Coast defence ship Iwate, Asama |
Southeast Asia, Australia
|
6 March 1933 – 26 July 1933 |
Vice-Admiral Gengo Hyakutake |
Coast defence ship Iwate, Yakumo |
North America (West coast), Central America (West coast)
|
15 February 1934 – 26 July 1934 |
Vice-Admiral Hajime Matsushita |
Coast defence ship Iwate, Asama |
Mediterranean Sea
|
20 February 1935 – 22 July 1935 |
Vice-Admiral Kamezaburō Nakamura |
Coast defence ship Asama, Yakumo |
Southeast Asia, Australia, Hawaiian Islands
|
9 June 1936 – 20 November 1936 |
Vice-Admiral Zengo Yoshida |
Coast defence ship Yakumo, Iwate |
North America (East coast)
|
7 June 1937 – 19 October 1937 |
Vice-Admiral Mineichi Koga |
Mediterranean Sea
|
6 April 1938 – 29 June 1938 |
Rear-Admiral Shirō Takasu |
Southeast Asia, South Pacific
|
16 November 1938 – 30 January 1939 |
Vice-Admiral Umatarō Tanimoto |
Southeast Asia
|
4 October 1939 – 20 November 1939 |
Vice-Admiral Yorio Sawamoto |
Hawaiian Islands, South Pacific
|
7 August 1940 – 28 September 1940 |
Vice-Admiral Mitsumi Shimizu |
Cruiser Katori, Kashima |
Sea of Japan, East China Sea
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