1st Carrier Division (Imperial Japanese Navy)
| First Carrier Division | |
|---|---|
Jisaburo Ozawa |
The First Carrier Division (第一航空戦隊, Dai Ichi Kōkū sentai, often abbreviated as 一航戦 Ichikō-sen) was an
Indian Ocean Raid. After Akagi and Kaga were sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, carriers Shōkaku, Zuikaku, and Zuihō
were redesignated as the First Carrier Division.
Organization (extract)
| Date | Ships |
|---|---|
| 1 April 1928 (original) | Akagi, Hōshō and Destroyer Squadron 6: Ume, Kusunoki |
| 1 December 1931 | Kaga, Notoro and Destroyer Squadron 2 : Minekaze, Okikaze, Yakaze, Sawakaze |
| 15 November 1934 | Ryūjō, Hōshō and Destroyer Squadron 5: Asakaze, Harukaze, Matsukaze, Hatakaze |
| 1 December 1937 | Kaga and Destroyer Squadron 29: Oite, Hayate, Asanagi, Yūnagi |
| 15 November 1939 | Akagi and Destroyer Squadron 19: Isonami, Uranami, Ayanami, Shikinami |
| 10 April 1941 | Akagi, Kaga and Destroyer Squadron 7: Akebono, Ushio |
| 14 July 1942 | Shōkaku, Zuikaku, Zuihō |
| 1 April 1944 | Taihō, Shōkaku, Zuikaku |
| 15 August 1944 | Unryū, Amagi |
| 15 December 1944 | Amagi, Unryū, Katsuragi, Jun'yō, Ryūhō |
| 10 April 1945 | dissolved |
Commander
| Rank | Name | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R.ADM | Sankichi Takahashi | 1 April 1928 |
| x | Disbanded | 10 December 1928 | |
| 2 | R.ADM | Sankichi Takahashi | 1 April 1929 |
| 3 | R.ADM | Yurikazu Edahara | 30 November 1929 |
| 4 | R.ADM | Takayoshi Katō | 1 December 1930 |
| 5 | R.ADM | Koshirō Oikawa | 15 November 1932 |
| 6 | R.ADM | Isoroku Yamamoto | 3 October 1933 |
| 7 | R.ADM | Hideho Wada | 1 June 1934 |
| 8 | R.ADM | Saburō Satō | 15 November 1935 |
| 9 | R.ADM | Shirō Takasu | 1 December 1936 |
| 10 | R.ADM | Jin'ichi Kusaka | 1 December 1937 |
| 11 | R.ADM | Boshirō Hosogaya | 25 April 1938 |
| 12 | R.ADM | Jisaburō Ozawa | 15 November 1939 |
| 13 | R.ADM | Michitarō Totsuka |
1 November 1940 |
| 14 | V.ADM | Chūichi Nagumo | 10 April 1941 |
| 15 | V.ADM | Jisaburō Ozawa | 11 November 1942 |
| 16 | R.ADM | Keizō Komura | 1 October 1944 |
| 17 | R.ADM | Sueo Ōbayashi | 10 December 1944 |
| x | vacant post | 10 February 1945 | |
| x | dissolved | 10 April 1945 |
The First Carrier Division participated in the largest carrier-to-carrier battle in history, the Battle of the Marianas, and specifically the aircraft carrier Battle of the Philippine Sea (the so-called “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”) on 19–20 June, where the Japanese naval forces were decisively defeated with heavy and irreplaceable losses to their carrier-borne and land-based aircraft.[1]
References
- ISBN 978-1574886658. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- Peattie, Mark R. (1999). Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power 1909-1941. ISBN 1-59114-664-X.
- The Maru Special series, "Ushio Shobō". (Japan)
- Ships of the World series, "Kaijinsha"., (Japan)
Further reading
- Polmar, Norman (January 24, 2008). Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, 1946-2006 (hardcover). Vol. II. Washington, D.C: Potomac Books Inc. pp. 377–400. ISBN 978-1574886658. Retrieved June 1, 2014.