Everything about Takatsugu Jojima totally explained
was an admiral in the
Imperial Japanese Navy during
World War II.
Biography
Jojima 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, he was assigned as
executive officer on the
aircraft carrier Hōshō and aircraft carrier
Hiryū. On
17 April 1941, he became captain of the aircraft carrier
Shōkaku.
He 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.
Jojima was promoted to
rear admiral on
1 May 1942. As commander of
naval aviation units throughout the war, he also led the
seaplane tender ships 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, Jojima died in 1967.
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