Training Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

The 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 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

TermCommanderVesselsDestinations
2 November 1902 – 21 August 1903Rear-Admiral Hikonojō KamimuraCruiser 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

TermCommanderVesselsDestinations
15 February 1906 – 25 August 1906Rear-Admiral Hayao ShimamuraCruiser Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate Australia, 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 1909Rear-Admiral Hikojirō IjichiCruiser 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 TaniguchiCoast defence ship Iwate, Izumo, AsamaSouth America, Southern Africa
7 November 1923 – 5 April 1924Vice-Admiral Shichigorō SaitōSoutheast Asia, Australia
10 November 1924 – 4 April 1925Vice-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 YoshidaCoast 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

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