This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot. Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style. Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as reFill (documentation) and Citation bot (documentation).(August 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Gunichi Mikawa
Vice Admiral Mikawa Gunichi (1940–45)
Native name
三川 軍一
Born
(1888-08-29)29 August 1888 Hiroshima Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Order of the Rising Sun (3rd class) Order of the Rising Sun (4th class) Order of the Sacred Treasure (2nd class)[2]
Gunichi Mikawa (三川 軍一, Mikawa Gun'ichi, 29 August 1888 – 25 February 1981) was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Mikawa was the commander of a heavy cruiser force that defeated the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Navy at the Battle of Savo Island in Ironbottom Sound on the night of 8–9 August 1942.
In this battle, his squadron of cruisers, plus one destroyer, sank three USN cruisers, plus the RAN heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra; Mikawa's force suffered no losses in the actual battle, although heavy cruiser Kako was sunk by the undetected American submarine S-44 on the return to their base near Rabaul in the Bismarck Archipelago. However, his later career was of mixed success, and he was reassigned to lesser posts after the loss of a troop convoy destined for New Guinea. After the war Mikawa retired back to Japan, where he died in 1981 at the age of 92.
GunichiMikawa (三川 軍一, Mikawa Gun'ichi, 29 August 1888 – 25 February 1981) was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II...
former village in Ehime Prefecture Mikawa, Niigata, former village in Niigata Prefecture Surname GunichiMikawa, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy...
seven cruisers and one destroyer under the command of Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa. The task forces sailed from Japanese bases in New Britain and New Ireland...
based at Rabaul and Kavieng and commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa. The 8th fleet had been sighted at least 5 times over the course of...
defeat in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. After the war, Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa testified that there was a widespread belief among 8th Fleet officers...
the 41st Division followed on 12 February. Imamura and Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa, the commander of the South East Area Fleet, developed a plan to move...
forces in the Solomon Islands area—under the command of Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa—sent a major supply and reinforcement convoy to their forces on Guadalcanal...
destroyers from the Eighth Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa, were usually able to make the round trip down "The Slot" to Guadalcanal...
of four heavy cruisers from the 8th Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa. These were the same, relatively old, heavy cruisers that had defeated...
destroyers from the Eighth Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa—were usually able to make the round trip down "The Slot" to Guadalcanal...
Hyakutake, requested that Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa's 8th Fleet capture the new Allied base at Milne Bay instead. Mikawa therefore altered his plans for the...
seven cruisers and one destroyer, commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa. One Australian and three American heavy cruisers were sunk, and another...
Vice Admiral Nishizo Tsukahara Outer South Seas Force Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa Reinforcement Group Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka Transport Unit 1 auxiliary...
Marines landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomons. Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa, commander of the newly formed Eighth Fleet at Rabaul, quickly sailed...
seven cruisers and one destroyer, commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa. One Australian and three U.S. cruisers were sunk and one other U.S...
Island, a naval battle fought on 8-9 August 1942 in which Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa of the Imperial Japanese Navy was able to defeat Allied naval forces...
the tactical initiative, their forces are listed first. Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa in heavy cruiser Chokai 8th Fleet 1 heavy cruiser 1 Takao-class: Chokai...
26th Air Flotilla Shigeyoshi Inouye: Commander of Fourth Navy Fleet GunichiMikawa: Commander of Eighth Naval Fleet Sentaro Omori: Commander of Eighth...
their headquarters to Rabaul; and Eighth Fleet commander Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa as well as General Imamura's chief of staff were sent to Tokyo with...
(b. 1899) February 25 Leonard Howell, Founder of Rastafari (b. 1898) GunichiMikawa, Japanese admiral (b. 1888) February 26 Robert Aickman, English writer...
destroyers from the Eighth Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa, were usually able to make the round trip down "The Slot" to Guadalcanal...
the strategic defensive for the first time in the war. Vice Admiral GunichiMikawa, commander of the newly formed Eighth Fleet at Rabaul, reacted swiftly...
Global Information
Empire of Japan
Imperial Japanese Navy
Vice Admiral