1 Dec 1923
- West Virginia was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Isoroku Yamamoto was promoted to the rank of captain. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Hiroaki Abe was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Nobutake Kondo was promoted to the rank of commander. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Shinichi Oguri was promoted to the rank of captain, and he was formally named the commanding officer of Tenryu. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Masafumi Arima was assigned to Iwate. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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