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22-618: Suzuki was born on 18 January 1868, in Izumi Province (present-day Sakai, Osaka ), the first son of local governor ( daikan ) of Sekiyado Domain Suzuki Yoshinori. He grew up in the city of Sekiyado, Shimōsa Province (present-day Noda , Chiba Prefecture ). Suzuki entered the 14th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1884, graduating 13th of 45 cadets in 1887. Suzuki served on

44-695: The Allied invasion of the Japanese-held Philippines. The 3rd Fleet carriers were divested of all but 108 aircraft and sent to lure the American-led fleet away from protecting the troop landing ships. On 25–26 October, facing a large force that included ten USN carriers, with 600–1,000 aircraft, 3rd Fleet lost 4 aircraft carriers, one light cruiser and one destroyer at the Battle off Cape Engaño . The 3rd Fleet effectively ceased to exist, and

66-536: The February 26 Incident in 1936; the would-be assassin's bullet remained inside his body for the rest of his life, and was only revealed upon his cremation . Suzuki was opposed to Japan's war with the United States, before and throughout World War II . On 7 April 1945, Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso resigned and Suzuki was appointed to take his place at the age of seventy-seven. He simultaneously held

88-606: The First Sino-Japanese War , commanding a torpedo boat and participated in a night torpedo assault in the Battle of Weihaiwei in 1895. Afterwards, he was promoted to lieutenant commander on 28 June 1898 after graduation from the Naval Staff College and assigned to a number of staff positions including that of naval attaché to Germany from 1901 to 1903. On his return, he was promoted to commander on 26 September 1903. He came to be known as

110-535: The Maizuru Naval District . Suzuki became Vice Minister of the Navy from 1914 to 1917, during World War I . Promoted to vice admiral on 1 June 1917, he brought the cruisers Asama and Iwate to San Francisco in early 1918 with 1,000 cadets, and was received by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William Fullam . The Japanese cruisers then proceeded to South America . After stints as Commandant of

132-650: The Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, the 3rd Fleet came under the aegis of the China Area Fleet . It was disbanded on 15 November 1939; however, some of the organizational and command structures for ground forces under the First China Expeditionary Fleet remained in place until August 1943. The 3rd Fleet was recreated once again on 10 April 1941 with the additional designation "Southern Expeditionary Fleet" for

154-399: The corvettes Tsukuba , Tenryū and cruiser Takachiho as a midshipman . On being commissioned as ensign , he served on the corvette Amagi , cruiser Takao , corvette Jingei , ironclad Kongō , and gunboat Maya . After his promotion to lieutenant on 21 December 1892, he served as chief navigator on the corvettes Kaimon , Hiei , and Kongō . Suzuki served in

176-739: The " South China Fleet " after its chief area of envisioned activity was the South China Sea. Its cruisers patrolled the Yangtze River and other large rivers in China, and its headquarters was in the Japanese concession in Shanghai . It was disbanded on 25 December 1915. The 3rd Fleet was reconstituted on the same day as the dissolution of the "South China Fleet", initially to act as a training force to supplement Japan's contribution to

198-622: The 3rd Fleet was created by the Imperial General Headquarters as an administrative unit to manage vessels considered obsolete for front-line combat service. These vessels were used primarily for training and for coastal patrol duties. The 3rd Fleet came under the aegis of the Combined Fleet for the duration of the Russo-Japanese War from March 1904. Although initially derided as a "dinosaur fleet",

220-592: The 3rd Fleet was formed on 14 July 1942 immediately after the disastrous Battle of Midway as an aircraft carrier task force modeled after similar units in the United States Navy . It was centered on the new aircraft carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku . It played an important role during the Pyrrhic victory at the Battle of Santa Cruz , in which the American aircraft carrier Hornet was sunk, but at

242-592: The 3rd fleet proved invaluable at the Battle of Tsushima and the Invasion of Sakhalin . It was disbanded on 20 December 1905. The 3rd Fleet was revived on 24 December 1908 as an expeditionary force during the Chinese Republican Revolution , to safeguard Japanese interests (civilians and property) on the Chinese mainland and (if necessary) to conduct emergency evacuation. It was nicknamed

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264-669: The Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, Commander of the IJN 2nd Fleet , then the IJN 3rd Fleet , then Kure Naval District , he became a full admiral on 3 August 1923. Suzuki became Commander in Chief of Combined Fleet in 1924. After serving as Chief of Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff from 15 April 1925 to 22 January 1929, he retired and accepted the position as Privy Councillor and Grand Chamberlain from 1929 to 1936. Suzuki narrowly escaped assassination in

286-820: The World War I under the terms of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance . When the Russian Revolution was proclaimed by the communist forces in Russia, the mission of the 3rd Fleet was changed to that of patrols of the Russian sea coast for the Siberian Intervention by Japanese ground forces in support of anti- Bolshevik forces. The 3rd Fleet was disbanded on 1 December 1922, and many of its vessels were scrapped almost immediately under

308-540: The cost of many of the best air crews in the Japanese Navy. After March 1944, the 3rd Fleet was basically merged with the 2nd Fleet , and suffered through the disastrous Battle of the Philippine Sea , losing 3 of its aircraft carriers, including the newly commissioned Taihō and over 350 carrier planes. In October 1944, the 3rd Fleet was designated the "Northern Force" in a three-force plan to defeat

330-543: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 551126712 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:34:24 GMT IJN 3rd Fleet The 3rd Fleet ( 第三艦隊 , Dai-san Kantai ) was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which was created, and subsequently disbanded on six separate occasions and revived on five separate occasions. First established on 28 December 1903,

352-620: The leading torpedo warfare expert in the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the Russo-Japanese War , Suzuki commanded Destroyer Division 2 in 1904, which picked up survivors of the Port Arthur Blockade Squadron during the Battle of Port Arthur . He was appointed executive officer of the cruiser Kasuga on 26 February 1904, aboard which he participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea . During

374-635: The military faction of the cabinet, who desired to continue the war in hopes of negotiating a more favorable peace agreement. Part of this faction attempted to assassinate Suzuki twice in the Kyūjō Incident on the morning of 15 August 1945. After the surrender of Japan became public, Suzuki resigned and Prince Higashikuni became the next prime minister. Suzuki was the Chairman of the Privy Council from 7 August 1944 to 7 June 1945 and again after

396-457: The pivotal Battle of Tsushima , Suzuki was commander of Destroyer Division 4 under the IJN 2nd Fleet , which assisted in sinking the Russian battleship Navarin . After the war, Suzuki was promoted to captain on 28 September 1907 and commanded the destroyer Akashi (1908), followed by the cruiser Soya (1909), battleship Shikishima (1911) and cruiser Tsukuba (1912). Promoted to rear admiral on 23 May 1913 and assigned to command

418-758: The portfolios for Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Greater East Asia . Prime Minister Suzuki contributed to the final peace negotiations with the Allied Powers in World War II. He was involved in calling two unprecedented imperial conferences which helped resolve the split within the Japanese Imperial Cabinet over the Potsdam Declaration . He outlined the terms to Emperor Hirohito who had already agreed to accept unconditional surrender . This went strongly against

440-865: The specific task of invading the Philippines . At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor , its headquarters was in Palau and its mission expanded to include the invasions of Java , Borneo and other islands of the Netherlands East Indies . It was superseded by the 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet under the aegis of the Southwest Area Fleet on 10 March 1942. 12th Carrier Division 16th Division 17th Division Supply Group 5th Destroyer Squadron 6th Submarine Squadron 1st Base Force 2nd Base Force 32nd Special Base Force The sixth (and final) incarnation of

462-534: The surrender of Japan from 15 December 1945 to 13 June 1946. Suzuki died of natural causes on 17 April, 1948. His grave is in his home town of Noda, Chiba. One of his two sons became director of Japan's immigration service, while the other was a successful lawyer. From the corresponding Japanese Misplaced Pages article Izumi Province Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

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484-606: The terms of the Washington Naval Treaty . The 3rd Fleet was again raised on 2 February 1938 as part of Japan's emergency buildup of forces after the Shanghai Incident . The buildup took the form of three separate expeditionary fleets, consisting primarily of cruisers and gunboats to patrol the Chinese coast and major riverways and to support the landings of Japanese ground forces. With the outbreak of

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