Japanese admiral
Takatsugu Jōjima (城島 高次 , Jōjima Takatsugu , 20 June 1890 – 9 October 1967) was an admiral in the
Imperial Japanese Navy during
World War II .
Jōjima was from
Saga Prefecture . He was a graduate of the 40th class of the
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1912, where he placed 111th out of 144 cadets. He served as
midshipman on the
cruiser
Azuma and
battlecruiser
Ikoma . After being commissioned as
ensign , he was assigned to the battlecruiser
Ibuki and then
Akashi , and then back to Ikoma .
As a sub-lieutenant, he served on
Nisshin ,
battleship
Asahi , and the
destroyer
Hatsuharu . He was promoted to
lieutenant in 1919 after attending advanced navigation courses, and became chief navigator on the patrol boat Manshu , transport Takasaki , minelayer Katsuriki , seaplane carrier
Wakamiya , oiler Shiriya , cruisers
Tatsuta ,
Natori ,
Abukuma ,
Haguro , and
aircraft carrier
Kaga .
Promoted to
commander in 1931, Jōjima was assigned as
executive officer on the aircraft carriers
Hōshō and
Hiryu . On 17 April 1941, he became captain of the aircraft carrier
Shōkaku .
Jōjima was still captain of Shōkaku during the
attack on Pearl Harbor , the
Battle of Rabaul , the
Indian Ocean Raid ,
Operation Mo , the
Battle of the Coral Sea .
Jōjima was promoted to
rear admiral on 1 May 1942. As commander of
naval aviation units throughout the war, he also led the
seaplane tenders of
R-Area Air Force that participated in the defense of
Guadalcanal during the
Guadalcanal campaign including the
Battle of Cape Esperance and Japanese efforts to recapture
Henderson Field in 1942.
Surviving the war, Jōjima died in 1967.
^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy
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