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Vice-Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa (小沢 治三郎, Ozawa Jisaburō, October 2, 1886 – November 9, 1966) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.Ozawa held several important commands at sea throughout the duration of the conflict (Southern Expeditionary Fleet, 3rd Fleet, 1st Mobile Fleet, and the Combined Fleet).
On 13 June 1944, Admiral Soemu Toyoda activated "Operation A-GO" for the defense of the Mariana Islands. Tone was assigned to Force "C" of Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's Mobile Fleet, which proceeded through the Visayan Sea to the Philippine Sea headed towards Saipan.
Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa. Carrier Division 3 (Vice Adm. Jisaburo Ozawa) 1 fleet carrier Zuikaku (sunk by air attack 25 Oct) 3 light carriers Zuihō (sunk by air attack 26 Oct) Chitose (sunk by air attack, gunfire and torpedoes 26 Oct) Chiyoda (sunk by air attack, gunfire and torpedoes 26 Oct) Combined air group 39 Mitsubishi A6M2 'Zeke' fighters
In October 1944, she was the flagship of Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's decoy Northern Force in Operation Shō-Gō 1, the Japanese counterattack to the Allied landings on Leyte. On 24 October, as part of the depleted Third Carrier Division , which had just 108 aircraft across four carriers, she launched aircraft along with the light carriers Zuihō ...
Zuikaku would fight on until the Battle of Leyte Gulf when, as flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy with Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa on board, she was attacked and sunk by US carrier aircraft, taking 800 men with her, along with the light carrier Zuiho. Ozawa survived and transferred his flag to the light cruiser Oyodo. By that point in the war ...
During combat off Cape Engaño on 25 October 1944, VF-15 was involved in supporting attacks by TF 38.3 in the Sibuyan Sea on a Japanese fleet led by Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, which sank first the carrier Chitose and then the carrier Zuikaku.
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Suzuya was assigned to cover the invasion of Malaya as part of Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's First Southern Expeditionary Fleet, providing close support for landings of Japanese troops at Singora, Pattani and Kota Bharu. [3]
In charge of the operation was Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, commander of the operation's northern force. Ozawa's was a desperate mission—provide an attractive target for U.S. Admiral William F. Halsey 's Third Fleet, hopefully pulling the powerful American "fast carriers" north so that Japanese surface ships could slip in and attack U.S ...