FOR FONTESSA!

[fontessa]

JAN VAN Amstel sinking by Japanese Destroyers on 09/03/1942 are the Destroyers known?
Kind regards Ian and Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
JAN VAN Amstel was sunk by DD Arashio near Bali on 9 March 1942.

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[IANHULKMCLEOD]

hi All,
Regarding the Jan Van Amstel her survivors were rescued by the Arashio or by others?.
Kind regards Ian

[stulev]

Hello Fontessa

Do you have any unit listing under code numbers - JACAR lists as group assignments but I have no unit in those ranges.

13301 to 13307
13380 to 13391
13770 to 13381

Thank you

[fontessa]

Hello Stuart,

13301 to 13307

These were allocated to Tobu Army, but not used.

13380 to 13391
13770 to 13381

These are blank in my source.

fontessa
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[stulev]

Thank you Fonterssa

[IANHULKMCLEOD]

Hi Fontessa
What information have you on Officers who were wounded on the Aoba on the 12/10/1942 for example I have a listing which is dated 01/12/1941 of the Aoba officers and Admiral Goto staff assigned; Which has Warrant officer Izuma Iwao attached was he still aboard when she was damaged if so his fate? Cmdr Kijima Kikunori and Lcmdr Hashinaka Yoshimi survived and the other known staff killed included Admiral Goto Aritomo.
Kind Regards Ian

[ijnfleetadmiral]

Officers aboard AOBA on 12 October 1942:

CruDiv 6 Officers
ComCruDiv 6: RADM / VADM* GOTO Aritomo (38) (KIA)
Senior Staff Officer: CDR KIJIMA Kikunori (50)
Staff Gunnery Officer: LCDR / CDR* MINAMI Iwao (57) (KIA)
Staff Engineer Officer: LCDR (Eng.) / CDR (Eng.)* ISHIZAKA Jikichi (Eng. 38) (KIA)
Staff Communications Officer: LCDR HASHINAKA Yoshimi (58)
Adjutant: ???

AOBA Officers
Commanding Officer: CAPT HISAMUNE Sojiro (41)
Executive Officer: CDR / CAPT* NAKAMURA Kenji (48) (KIA)
Operations Officer: LT (Res.) HARUSAWA Kiyo
Gunnery Officer: LCDR TOKI Isao (55) (KIA 25 October 1944 as CHIKUMA Gunnery Officer)
Navigator: LCDR NISHIKORI Yuji (52) (KIA 25 October 1944 as FUSO Navigator)
Torpedo Officer: LT / LCDR* MORINAGA Tomosada (61) (KIA)
Chief Engineer: CDR (Eng.) MINE Kiroku (Eng. 30)
Surgeon: LCDR (Med.) KOBORI Masayuki (1933) (Survived MAYA sinking as Surgeon; KIA 25 October 1944 aboard SHIMAKAZE)
Paymaster: LT (Sup.) TAKAHASHI Kirokuro (Pay. 27)
Communications Officer: LT ISHIGAMI Hisaya (65) (KIA on Guam)
Air Officer: LT TACHIKAWA Sonosuke (66) (KIA on Iwo Jima)

[fontessa]

The 1st Picture shows Aoba's shot points. The shell to the bridge was unexploded, but it bounced around and killed many. CAPT HISAMUNE Yonejiro, who took over the command of the squadron from the seriously injured GOTO Aritomo (later died), ordered the fleet to turn around. On the way, CA Furutaka and DD Fubuki sank. The shell on the 3rd turret ignited the zero-type shells (anti-aircraft shells with timed fuze) on the bullet feed elevator. The turret commander 尾崎専造 OZAKI Senzo's emergent water injection prevented the bullet storage from exploding, but all members of the bullet storage died. The 2nd Figure shows Myoko’s turret and bullet storage which were basically the same as these of Aoba.
Aoba was repaired at Kure Naval Yard from the end of 1942 to the beginning of 1943. In this repair, 3rd turret was replaced with a triple - 25mm machine cannon, which was replaced with the original twin - 20cm gun turret after the 2nd repair at Kure Naval Yard at the end of 1943.
According to Senshi Sosho, 79 men were KIA.

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