Ryusaku Yanagimoto
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| Ryūsaku Yanagimoto | |
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| 1 September 1894 - 5 June 1942[1] | |
 Rear Admiral Ryūsaku Yanagimoto |
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| Place of birth | Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Place of death | Pacific Ocean |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Years of service | 1917 - 1942 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | Sōryū |
| Awards | Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class |
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Yanagimoto.
Ryūsaku Yanagimoto (柳本柳作 Yanagimoto Ryusaku?, 1 September 1894 - 5 June 1942) was captain of the Sōryū in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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[edit] Biography
A native of Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Yanagimoto graduated from the 44th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, placed 21 out of 95 cadets. As a midshipman, he was assigned to the cruiser Tokiwa, battleship Kirishima and cruisers Niitaka and Tsugaru in 1917. Promoted to lieutenant in 1919, he subsequently was assigned to the battleship Katori, followed by the Ise. After attending advanced gunnery school, he was appointed chief gunnery officer on the Asakaze in 1923.
Yanagimoto graduated from the 25th class of the Naval Staff College in 1925, and was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1928, when he was assigned to serve as Vice Chief Gunnery officer on the Hiei. He served in a variety of staff and shore positions from 1929 to 1933. Yanagimoto was sent to the United Kingdom as a military attaché in 1933, and promoted to commander later the same year. He returned to Japan in 1935, and after some staff assignments to 1937, he received his first command: the auxiliary seaplane tender Notoro on 1 December 1937. From 1938 through 1941, he was in administrative positions within the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff.
On 6 November 1941, Yanagimoto was given command of the aircraft carrier Sōryū, on which he participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor in the opening stages of the Pacific War. He was subsequently at the Battle of Wake Island and the Indian Ocean raids. Yanagimoto was killed in action when Sōryū was sunk by United States Navy aircraft at the Battle of Midway. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of rear admiral.
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[edit] Books
- Parshall, Johnathan (2005). Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Potomac Books. ISBN 1574889230.
- Toland, John (1970). The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936-1945. Random House. ISBN 0812968581.
[edit] External Links
- Chen, Peter. Yanagimoto Ryusaku. World War II Data Base. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
- Nishida, Hiroshi. Materials of IJN: Yanagimoto, Ryusaku. Imperial Japanese Navy. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy
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