Japanese painting entitled "Last Moments of Admiral Yamaguchi".

Rear-Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞 Yamaguchi Tamon, January 1, 1892-June 4, 1942) was an Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Serving during the Second World War, he died during the Battle of Midway, choosing to go down with his flagship the Hiryū. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (740x620, 113 KB) Caption: Last Moments of Admiral Yamaguchi. Rear Admiral Yamaguchi Tamon, commander of the Japanese Carrier Striking Forces Carrier Division Two, elected to remain aboard his flagship Hiryu when she was abandoned during the early morning of 5... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (740x620, 113 KB) Caption: Last Moments of Admiral Yamaguchi. Rear Admiral Yamaguchi Tamon, commander of the Japanese Carrier Striking Forces Carrier Division Two, elected to remain aboard his flagship Hiryu when she was abandoned during the early morning of 5... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍   or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of Empire of Greater Japan, also known as the Japanese Navy or Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, Raymond A. Spruance Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, Tamon Yamaguchi † Strength 3 carriers, ~50 support ships, 233 carrier aircraft, 127 land-based aircraft 4 carriers, 7 battleships, ~150 support ships, 248 carrier aircraft, 16 floatplanes Casualties 1 carrier... HiryÅ« (Japanese: 飛龍, meaning flying dragon) was a SōryÅ«-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ...

Born in the Japanese Shimane prefecture, Tamon Yamaguchi graduated from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1912. By 1918, he had become a senior Lieutenant later assigned to a navigation unit with the naval squadron escorting German submarines received by the Japanese government as part of repatriation payments from Germany at the end of World War I. He later traveled to the United States attending Princeton University from 1921-1923 and, returning to Japan the following year, graduating from Japanese Naval War College in 1924. Shimane Prefecture ) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... The Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ) was a school established to train officers for the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States of America. ... The Naval War College. ...

A member of the Navy General Staff in 1927, Yamaguchi was promoted commander the next year and later assigned to the Japanese delegation at the London Naval Conference in 1929-1930. Made a Captain in 1932, Yamaguchi was the naval attaché in Washington, DC from 1934-1937 and later Chief of Staff for the Japanese 5th Fleet from 1938-1940 until his eventual appointment as commander of the 2nd Air Division, consisting of the IJN Sōryū and Hiryū. Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. ... There were three major international naval conferences in London, the first in 1908-09, the second in 1930 and the third in 1935. ... Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ... A military attaché is a military expert who is part of a diplomatic mission. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... The chief of staff is the chief aide to the commander of larger military formations and units. ...

Becoming a rear admiral in 1940, shortly before Japan's entry into World War II, Yamaguchi later took part in directing naval operations on the surprise attack on United States naval base of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and in operations driving the remaining British naval forces from the Indian Ocean on April 9-12, 1942 before he was killed in action on June 4 at the Battle of Midway after his flagship the Hiryū was sunk by USS Enterprise's aircraft. The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, Raymond A. Spruance Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, Tamon Yamaguchi † Strength 3 carriers, ~50 support ships, 233 carrier aircraft, 127 land-based aircraft 4 carriers, 7 battleships, ~150 support ships, 248 carrier aircraft, 16 floatplanes Casualties 1 carrier... USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the seventh US Navy ship of that name. ...

Promotions

Midshipman - 17 July 1912

Ensign - 1 December 1913

Sublieutenant - 13 December 1915

Lieutenant - 1 December 1918

Lieutenant Commander - 1 December 1924

Commander - 10 December 1928

Captain - 1 December 1932

Rear Admiral - 15 November 1938

Vice Admiral - 5 June 1942 (Posthumous)

Further reading

• Fuchida, Mitsuo (with C.H. Kawakami and Roger Pineau), Midway - The Battle that Doomed Japan: The Japanese Navy's Story, Annapolis, 1955.

External links

• WW2DB: Yamaguchi, Tamon
• Nihon Kaigun Yamaguchi Biography
• Kita Renzo's famous painting of Yamaguchi's Last Moments