Base Force 1
base: Takao, Taiwan 12.41 – 04.42
base: Buin, Bougainville, Solomon ISlands 04.42 –
under: 3rd Fleet 12.41 – 04.42
under: 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet 04.42 –
• R.Adm Kubo Kyuji (38) 11.41 – 02.42
• R.Adm Itagaki Sakan (39) 10.42 – 11.43
• R.Adm Takeda Isamu (43) 11.43 – 09.45
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Base Force 2
base: Takao, Taiwan 12.41 –
base: Wewak, New Guinea – 03.44
under: 3rd Fleet 12.41 –
• R.Adm Hirose Sueto (39) 11.41 – 03.42
• R.Adm Kamata Michiaki (39) 12.42 – 02.44
• R.Adm Ogata Masaki (41) 12.43 – 03.44
deactivated 03.44
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Base Force 3
base: Palau, West Carolines
under: 4th Fleet
• R.Adm Takeda Moriji (38) 03.42 – 06.42
deactivated 06.42
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3rd Special Base Force
activated: 15.02.43
base: Tarawa, Gilberts
• R.Adm Tomonari Saichiro (38) 02.43 – 07.43
• *R.Adm Shibazaki Keiji (43) 07.43 – 11.43
deactivated: 11.43
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Base Force 4
base: Truk, East Carolines
under: 4th Fleet
• R.Adm Takeda Moriji (38) 06.42 – 07.43
• R.Adm Arima Kaoru (42) 02.44 – 05.44
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Base Force 5
base: Saipan, Marianas
under: 4th Fleet
• V.Adm Moizumi Shinichi (37) 11.41 – 06.42
• R.Adm Kasuga Atsushi (37) 04.42 – 09.42
• R.Adm Tomonari Saichiro (38) 09.42 – 02.43
• R.Adm Fukuzawa Tsunekichi (41) 02.43 – 10.43
• R.Adm Tsujimura Takehisa (42) 10.43 – 07.44
deactivated: 08.44
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Base Force 6
base: Kwajalein, Marshalls
under: 4th Fleet
• *R.Adm Yatsushiro Sukeyoshi (11/41 – 02.42
• R.Adm Abe Koso (40) 02.42 – 11.43
• *R.Adm Akiyama Monzo (42) 11.43 – 02.44
deactivated: 02.44
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Base Force 7
base: Ominato, Japan
base: Lae, New Guinea
under: 5th Fleet 12.41 – 07.42
under: 8th Fleet 07.42 –
• R.Adm Okano Ikkan (36) 11.41 – 04.42
• R.Adm Fujimori Seiichiro (37) 04.42 – 06.42
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• R.Adm Mori Kunizo (40) 09.43 – 10.43
• R.Adm Kudo Kyuachi (39) 10.43 – 03.44
deactivated: 03.44
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Base Force 8
activated: 07.42
base: Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarks
under: 8th Fleet
• R.Adm Kanazawa Masao (39) 07.42 – 11.42
• R.Adm Tokunaga Sakae (41) 11.42 – 11.43
• V.Adm Irifune Naosaburo (39) 11.43 – 12.44
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Base Force 9
base: Sabang, Sumatra, Indonesia
under: 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet
• V.Adm Hiraoka Kumeichi (39) 11.41 – 02.44
• V.Adm Hirose Sueto (39) 03.44 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 10
base: Singapore, Malaya
• V.Adm Oku Nobukazu (38) 01.42 – 12.42
• R.Adm Yamaguchi Gisaburo (40) 12.42 – 11.43
• V.Adm Imamura Osamu (40) 11.43 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 11
base: Saigon, Indochina
under: Southern Fleet 12.41 – 01.42
under: 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet 01.42 –
• V.Adm Takasu Sanjiro (37) 11.41 – 11.42
• V.Adm Horiuchi Shigenori (39) 11.42 – 09.43
• V.Adm Fujita Risaburo (40) 09.43 – 01.45
• R.Adm V.Adm Kondo Yasuichiro (42) 01.45 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 12
base: Port Blair, Andamans
under: 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet
• R.Adm Ishikawa Shigeru (40) 02.42 – 06.44
• R.Adm Hara Teizo (41) 06.44 – 09.45
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Base Force 13
base: Rangoon, Burma
• V.Adm Tanaka Raizo (41) 10.43 – 09.45
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Base Force 14
New Ireland, Bismarks
• R.Adm Ota Minoru (41) 12.43 – 02.44
• R.Adm Tamura Ryukichi (41) 02.44 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 15
base: Prai, Malaya
• R.Adm Ichioka Hisashi (42) 06.44 – 08.44
• R.Adm Uozumi Jisaku (42) 08.44 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 21
base: Surabaya, Java, Indonesia
under: 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
• R.Adm Kubo Kyuji (38) 03.42 – 09.42
• V.Adm Goga Keijiro (38) 09.42 – 09.43
• R.Adm Hoshino Masatsugu (41) 09.43 – 11.44
• R.Adm Tanaka Kikumatsu (43) 11.44 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 22
base: Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia
under: 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
• R.Adm Hirose Sueto (39) 03.42 – 10.42
• V.Adm Fukuda Ryozo (38) 10.42 – 11.43
• R.Adm Daigo Tadashige (40) 11.43 – 08.44
• R.Adm Kamata Michiaki (39) 08.44 – 09.45
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Base Force 23
base: Makassar, Celebes, Indonesia
under: 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
• R.Adm Mori Kunizo (40) 03.42 – 11.42
• R.Adm Osugi Morikazu (41) 01.44 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 24
base: Ambon, Amboina, Indonesia
under: 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
• R.Adm Hatakeyama Koichiro (39) 02.42 – 03.43
• R.Adm Shibata Yaichiro (40) 03.43 – 02.44
• R.Adm Fukuda Teizaburo (40) 02.44 – 09.44
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Special Base Force 25
• R.Adm Suzuki Chozo (40) 12.42 – 01.44
• R.Adm Hase Shinzaburo (44) 01.44 – 01.45
• R.Adm Okada Tametsugu (45) 03.45 – 06.45
• V.Adm Ichise Shinichi (41) 05.45 – 09.45
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Base Force 26
Kau
• R.Adm Yokokawa Ichihei (43) 11.43 – 05.44
• V.Adm Ichise Shinichi (41) 05.44 – 05.45
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Base Force 27
base: Wewak, New Guinea
under: 9th Fleet
• R.Adm Sato Shiro (43) 03.44 – 09.45
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Base Force 28
base: Biak, New Guinea
under: 9th Fleet
• *R.Adm Senda Sadatoshi (40) 05.44 – 12.44
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Base Force 30
base: Palau, West Carolines
• V.Adm Ito Kenzo (41) 01.44 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 31
base: Manila, Luzon, Philippines
under 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
• V.Adm Kobayashi Tetsuri (38) 01.42 – 02.43
• R.Adm Arima Kaoru (42) 09.44 – 11.44
• *R.Adm Iwabuchi Sanji (43) 11.44 – 02.45
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Special Base Force 32
base: Takao, Tainwan 12.41
base: Davao, Mindanao, Philippines 01.42 –
under: 3rd Fleet 12.41
under 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet 01.42 –
• R.Adm Irifune Naosaburo (39) 11.41 – 03.43
• R.Adm Shiroya Kiyoshi (40) 03.43 – 10.44
• R.Adm Doi Naoji (43) 10.44 – 09.45
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Special Base Force 33
Cebu, Cebu, Philippines
• R.Adm Harada Kaku (41) 08.44 – 09.45
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Base Force 51
• R.Adm Akiyama Katsuzo (40) 09.42 – 08.43
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Base Force 53
• R.Adm Mizui Seiji (40) 05.43 – 01.44
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