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Seaplane tender

A seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:...

unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

's Combined Fleet

Combined Fleet

The was the main ocean-going component of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Combined Fleet was not a standing force, but a temporary force formed for the duration of a conflict or major naval maneuvers from various units normally under separate commands in peacetime....

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Organization

Date	Higher unit	Ships and air units
1 June 1936 (original)	Combined Fleet Combined Fleet The was the main ocean-going component of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Combined Fleet was not a standing force, but a temporary force formed for the duration of a conflict or major naval maneuvers from various units normally under separate commands in peacetime....	Kamoi Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi The was a oiler/seaplane tender/flying boat tender of the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving during the 1920s and the World War II. She was initially planned in 1920 as one of six of the oilers under the Eight-eight fleet final plan.-Service:... , Destroyer Division 28 : Asanagi Japanese destroyer Asanagi was the eighth vessel of the Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.-History:Construction of the... , Yūnagi Japanese destroyer Yunagi (1924) was the ninth and final vessel of the Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.-History:Construction...
1 December 1936	disbanded
27 August 1937	3rd Fleet IJN 3rd Fleet The was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was created on six separate occasions.-Russo-Japanese War:First established on 28 December 1903, the IJN 3rd Fleet was created by the Imperial General Headquarters as an administrative unit to manage various vessels considered too obsolete for...	Kamoi
20 October 1937	China Area Fleet	Kamoi, Notoro
1 December 1937	3rd Fleet	Kamoi, Kagu Maru, Kamikawa Maru Japanese seaplane tender Kamikawa Maru was a seaplane tender in the Imperial Japanese Navy . The ship was initially built at Kawasaki's Kōbe Shipyard and launched on 13 December 1936 as a merchant vessel for the Kawasaki Kisen K. K. Line. On 18 September 1937 the IJN requisitioned as an aircraft transport ship and was refitted in 1939...
1 February 1938	5th Fleet IJN 5th Fleet The was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, active during the early portions of the Second Sino-Japanese War, and again in World War II, primarily in the Battle of the Aleutian Islands.-China Expeditionary Fleet:...	Kamoi, Kagu Maru, Kamikawa Maru
15 December 1938	disbanded
15 November 1940	1st Fleet IJN 1st Fleet The was the main battleship fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy.-History:First established on 28 December 1903, the IJN 1st Fleet was created during the Russo-Japanese War when the Imperial General Headquarters divided the Readiness Fleet into a mobile strike force of cruisers and destroyers to...	Ryūjō Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo Ryūjō was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was laid down by Mitsubishi at Yokohama in 1929, launched in 1931 and commissioned on 9 May 1933. Her final design resulted in a top-heavy unstable vessel and within a year she was back at Kure Naval Yard for modification... , Hōshō Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho Hōshō \|phoenix]]") was the world's first commissioned ship that was designed and built as an aircraft carrier,The HMS Argus pre-dated Hōshō and had a long landing deck, but was designed and initially built as an ocean liner. and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy... , Destroyer Division 34 : Akikaze Japanese destroyer Akikaze was a destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following the end of World War I. The Minekaze class of destroyer were considered advanced for their time; these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s... , Tachikaze Japanese destroyer Tachikaze was a destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.-History:... , Hakaze Japanese destroyer Hakaze was a destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.-History:...
11 August 1941		Zuihō Japanese aircraft carrier Zuiho was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the Second World War, she participated in many operations, including the battles of Santa Cruz, Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf where she was finally sunk by American aircraft.-Design:... , Hōshō, Mikazuki Japanese destroyer Mikazuki (1926) was one of twelve destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War... , Yūzuki Japanese destroyer Yuzuki was the final of twelve destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War...
1 April 1942	disbanded
1 February 1944	3rd Fleet	Chitose Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It should not be confused with the earlier cruiser of the same name. First laid down as a seaplane tender in 1934 at Kure Navy yard, the ship originally carried Kawanishi E7K Type 94 "Alf" and Nakajima E8N Type 95... , Chiyoda Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda was an Chitose class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was originally built as a seaplane carrier, before being converted to a light carrier from March to December 1943.She was damaged in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.... , Zuihō, 653rd Naval Air Group
15 August 1944	3rd Fleet	Zuikaku Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku Zuikaku was a Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her complement of aircraft took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor that formally brought the United States into the Pacific War, and she fought in several of the most important naval battles of the war, finally being sunk... , Chitose, Chiyoda, Zuihō, 653rd Naval Air Group
15 November 1944	disbanded

Commander

	Rank	Name	Date	Note
1	R.ADM	Takamoto Togari	1 June 1936
x		disbanded	1 December 1936
2	Capt./R.ADM	Kōkichi Terada	27 August 1937	Rear-Admiral on 1 December 1937
x		disbanded	15 December 1938
3	R.ADM	Kakuji Kakuta Kakuji Kakuta , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He is noted for his role in commanding Japanese naval aviation units in the Pacific War.-Biography:...	15 November 1940
4	R.ADM	Torao Kuwabara	1 September 1941
x		disbanded	1 April 1942
x		vacant post	1 February 1944
5	R.ADM	Sueo Ōbayashi	15 February 1944
6		vacant post	1 October 1944
x		disbanded	15 November 1944

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