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12 Oct 1945

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ISAWA, Yutaka, Commander, I.J.N.

ISAWA was a regular officer with 20 years experience. He was aboard the Haruna during the invasion of the PHILIPPINES and the Battle of MIDWAY. He later served in a destroyer squadron in the SOLOMONS Area. He was cooperative and well informed and his information regarding the activities of the Second Fleet proved to be substantially accurate.

Haruna (Gunnery)	PHILIPPINES MIDWAY	December 1941-October 1942
2nd Destroyer Squadron	SOLOMONS	October 1942-May 1943
Naval Academy	ETA JIMA	May 1943-March 1944
Navy Department	TOKYO	March 1944-March 1945
5th Air Fleet	KYUSHU	March 1945-August 1945

Interrogation

INTERROGATION NAV NO. 19
USSBS NO. 94
OPERATIONS OF MAIN BODY OF SECOND FLEET

TOKYO 12 October 1945

Interrogation of: Commander ISAWA, Yutaka, IJN, a regular officer of the Japanese Navy; was commanding gunnery for 15cm guns on the battleship Haruna. From November 1942 to April 1943, attached to the 2nd Torpedo Flotilla in the South Pacific; student at the Naval Academy from May 1943 until March 1944; from September 1944 to March 1945 attached to the Navy Department; serving in the Navy Air Fleet at IZUMI and KYUSHU from April to August 1945.

Interrogated by: Commander T. H. Moorer, USN.

Summary:

Movement of the Main Body of the Japanese Second Fleet November 1941 to April 1942

The movement of the Main Body of the Japanese Second Fleet with reasons therefore are shown below. The Main Body was initially composed of the following capital ships:

Battleships	Heavy Cruisers
Haruna Kongo	Takao (Flagship of Vice Admiral KONDO) Atago Chokai Maya

Movements of the Japanese Fleet

Date	Location	Mission
28 November 1941	INLAND SEA	Fleet Rendezvous
28 November-5 December	Enroute PESCADORES ISLANDS	Preparation for war
5 December-8 December	Enroute SAIGON Area
8 December-18 December	Off coast-vicinity SAIGON	Support of BRITISH MALAYA Operations
18 December-20 December	Enroute point 300 miles west of LUZON
20 December-23 December	Vicinity MACCLESFIELD BANK	LUZON Invasion
23 December-25 December	Enroute FORMOSA via CAMRANH Bay
25 December-15 January	TAKAO	Service and Repairs
15 January-19 January	Enroute PALAU	Support of BRITISH MALAYA Operations
20 January-25 January	PALAU	Rendezvous with PEARL HARBOR Force which arrived from JAPAN. This increased the total force to: 4 Battleships, 4 carriers, 8 heavy cruisers, 20 destroyers
25 January-1 February	Enroute KENDARI
1 February-5 February	KENDARI
5 February-20 February	BANDA SEA	Support of Invasion Forces. 19 February attack on PORT DARWIN
20 February-25 February	Enroute CHRISTMAS Island Area via OMBAI Strait
25 February-1 March	CHRISTMAS Island Area	Support of JAVA and SUMATRA Invasion
1 March-1 April	Operations in CELEBES--TIMOR--JAVA Area	Bombardment of CHRISTMAS Island; Destruction of Allied Shipping
1 April-5 April	Enroute CEYLON
5 April-13 April	INDIAN OCEAN Area	Operations against British, Attack on TRINCOMALEE
13 April-18 April	Enroute INLAND SEA

Note: The above dates are approximate.

No unit of the Main Body of the Second Fleet received damage during the operations. During the period covering the invasion of the PHILIPPINES and NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, the force was not attacked by air or surface craft. ww2dbase

Source(s):
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific) Interrogation of Japanese Officials [OPNAV-P-03-100], courtesy of ibilio Hyperwar Project

Added By:
C. Peter Chen

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