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Revision as of 03:56, 27 January 2009
Shōji Nishimura | |
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 Japanese Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura | |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/ |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held | Kiku, Wakatake, Urakaze, Mikazuki, Shirakumo, Kumano, Haruna Fourth Destroyer Squadron, Seventh Cruiser Division, Southern Force |
| Battles/wars | World War II oBattle of the Java Sea oGuadalcanal campaign oBattle of Leyte Gulf |
Template:Japanese name Shōji Nishimura (西村祥治, Nishimura Shōji, 30 November 1889 - 24 October 1944) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Biography
Nishimura was from Akita prefecture in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. He was a graduate of the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1911, ranking 21st out of 148 cadets. As a midshipman, he served on the cruiser Aso and battleship Mikasa. After his commissioning as an ensign, he was assigned back to Aso, and then to the battleship Hiei.
He attended naval artillery and torpedo school from 1914-1915, and was then assigned to the destroyer Yugiri, cruiser Yakumo and battleship Haruna.
As a lieutenant from 1917, he specialized in navigation, and served as chief navigator on a large number of vessels, including the destroyers Kawakaze, Tanikaze, corvette Yamato, cruiser Kitakami, battleship Hizen, destroyers Yura, Sunosaki, and cruiser Ōi. Nishimura was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1928. He was subsequently chief navigator on the cruiser Nisshin. He was given his first command, the destroyer Kiku on 1 November 1926. He subsequently was captain of the destroyers Wakatake, Urakaze, Mikazuki, and (after his promotion to commander in 1929) Shirakumo. In the 1930s, he was assigned command of the 26th Destroyer Group.
Promoted to captain in 1934, and briefly commander of the 19th Destroyer Group, Nishimura then served as captain of the cruiser Kumano (1937-1938) and battleship Haruna (1938-1940). He became a rear admiral on 15 November 1940, and a vice admiral on 1 November 1943.
Nishimura gained much fame as the commander of the 4th Destroyer Squadron during the Battle of the Java Sea. In June 1942 he was named the commander of the 7th Cruiser Division and participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Near the end of the war, Nishimura was named the commander of the "Southern Force" in "Operation Sho-Go", aimed at a final and decisive naval battle against the United States Navy in the Philippines. Nishimura's Force “C”, consisted of battleships Fusō and Yamashiro, heavy cruiser Mogami, and destroyers Shigure, Michishio, Asagumo, and Yamagumo. In Surigao Strait between Leyte and Dingat in the evening of 24 Oct 1944, he contacted the US 7th Fleet under Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf, which was consisted of six battleships, eight cruisers, 29 destroyers, and 39 motored torpedo boats. Nishimura's force was crushed when the Americans crossed the Japanese "T". Nishimura was killed during the battle.
References
- Parrish, Thomas (1978). The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of World War II. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0671242776.
- Van Der Vat, Dan (1978). Pacific Campaign: The U.S.-Japanese Naval War 1941-1945. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0671792172.
- Willmott, H. P. (2005). The Battle Of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34528-6.
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Imperial Japanese Navy". Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- Friedman, Kenneth I. "The Battle of Leyte Gulf website". Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- Chen, Peter. Profile "World War II Database". Retrieved 2007-08-25.
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Notes
- ^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy.