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Biography [ edit ]
Akiyama was a native of Kumamoto prefecture . He graduated from the 41st class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1913, ranked 61st out of 118 cadets. He served as midshipman on the cruisers Asama Kurama ensign , he was assigned to the battleship Asahi Suwo Izumo destroyer Yudachi
Akiyama was promoted to lieutenant on 1 December 1918, and was assigned to the destroyer Isokaze executive officer on the submarines SS-35 SS-45
On 7 February 1924, he was given his first command: the destroyer Fubuki Yūgure Tachibana Kashiwa Sawarabi Hamakaze Murakumo [2] captain on 1 December 1937, he served in mostly staff assignments until the start of the Pacific War , with the exception of a posting as captain of the cruiser Naka rear admiral on 1 November 1942.
During the Solomon Islands campaign , on 6 July 1943, Akiyama commanded the 3rd Destroyer Squadron, which consisted of 10 destroyers loaded with 2,600 combat troops, bound for Vila on Kolombangara . At 01:06 off Kolombangara, the task group came into contact with U.S. Navy Task Group 36.1 (TG 36.1), commanded by Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth , and consisting of light cruisers USS Helena , Honolulu St. Louis destroyers . In the resultant Battle of Kula Gulf , the American ships opened fire at 01:57 and quickly sank the Japanese flagship , destroyer Niizuki
Akiyama was posthumously promoted to vice admiral .
Notable positions held [ edit ]
Commanding Officer, MS W-1 - 1 December 1925 – 1 December 1926
Commanding Officer, MS W-1 - 20 January 1928 – 1 November 1928
Commanding Officer, DD Murakumo - 1 December 1932 – 15 November 1935
Commanding Officer, DD Usugumo - 1 November 1934 – 15 November 1934
ComDesDiv 30 – 1 December 1937 – 10 December 1938
ComDesDiv 4 – 10 December 1938 – 25 October 1939
ComDesDiv 34 – 25 October 1939 – 15 November 1939
Commanding Officer, CL Naka - 15 November 1939 – 15 October 1940
ComDesRon 3 – 23 March 1943 – 6 July 1943 (KIA)
Dates of promotions [ edit ]
Midshipman - 19 December 1913
Ensign - 1 December 1914
Lieutenant (j.g.) - 1 December 1916
Lieutenant - 1 December 1920
Lieutenant Commander - 1 December 1926
Commander - 1 December 1932
Captain - 1 December 1937
Rear Admiral - 1 November 1942
Vice Admiral - 6 July 1943 (posthumous)
References [ edit ]
Crenshaw, Russell Sydnor (1998). South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf . Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-136-X
D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II . Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 0-8159-5302-X
Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 ISBN 0-87021-097-1
Fuller, Richard (1992). Shokan: Hirohito's Samurai ISBN 1-85409-151-4
Hara, Tameichi (1961). Japanese Destroyer Captain . New York & Toronto: Ballantine Books . ISBN 0-345-27894-1
Kilpatrick, C. W. (1987). Naval Night Battles of the Solomons . Exposition Press. ISBN 0-682-40333-4
McGee, William L. (2002). "Operation TOENAILS". The Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville--Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2 (Amphibious Operations in the South Pacific in WWII) . BMC Publications. ISBN 0-9701678-7-3
Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier , vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
Roscoe, Theodore (1953). United States Destroyer Operations in World War Two . Naval Institute Press. 0870217267.
External links [ edit ]
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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