Imperial Navy Order of Battle - 1900

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Commander-in-Chief Admiral Togo Heihachiro (b.1848)
Staff: Rear Admiral Ijuin Goro (b.1852) (attended the UK Royal Navy College, Greenwich), Commander Kato Tomosaburo (b.1861)

Kurile Islands Squadron (Iturup Island)
     Akikaze #9501, 9502, 9503, 9504, 9505 (Lieutenant Kiyokazu Abo (b.1870) (#9501), Lieutenant Kozo Sato (b.1871) (#9502), Lieutenant Prince Yamashina Kikumaro (b.1873) (tertiary cousin Imperial Family) (#9503), Ensign Mineo Osumi (b.1876) (#9504))
     *IJS Sakurai (Yoshino-class PC) (Rear Admiral Kamimura Hikonojo (b.1849))

Taiwainese Squadron (Tapei City)
     Akikaze #9506, 9507, 9508, 9509, 9510
     IJS Ikoma (Yoshino-class PC) (Commander Arima Ryokitsu (b.1861))
     IJS Uda (Yoshino-class PC) (Commander Yamaya Tanin (b.1866))
     *IJS Ena (Fuji-class BB) (Vice Admiral Hidaka Sonojo (b.1848))
     IJS Kirigamine (Fuji-class BB) (Captain Nashiba Tokioki (b.1850))
     Fushimi (Sumida-class river gunboat)

East China Sea Squadron (Sasebo, Nagasaki)
     *IJS Suma (Suma-class PC) (Rear Admiral Dewa Shigeto (b.1856))
     Kamikaze #9801, 9802, 9803, 9804, 9805
     IJS Nara (Yoshino-class PC)
     
Marianas Islands Squadron (Sasebo, Nagasaki)
     *IJS Yoshino (Yoshino-class PC) (Rear Admiral Kataoka Shichiro (b.1854))

Home Squadron (Yokosuka)
     Kamikaze #9806, 9807, 9808, 9809, 9810
     Kamikaze #9811, 9812, 9813, 9814, 9815
     IJS Asama (Asama-class AC) (Commander Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito)
     *IJS Asahi (Asahi-class BB) (Vice Admiral Prince Arisugawa Takehito)
     IJS Shiki (Asahi-class BB) (Captain Shimamura Hayao (b.1858)

Eastern Approaches Squadron (Tokyo)
     IJS Akashi (Suma-class PC) (Lieutenant Commander Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu)
     IJS Tamba (Suma-class PC) (Lieutenant Commander Keisuke Okada (b.1868))
     *IJS Tokiwa (Asama-class AC) (Vice Admiral Shibayama Yahachi (b.1850))

Sea of Japan Squadron (Kanazawa)
     Akikaze #9511*, 9512, 9513, 9514, 9515 (Rear Admiral Uryu Sotokichi (b.1857))

Southern Approaches Squadron (Kure, Hiroshima)
     *IJS Fuji (Fuji-class BB) (Vice Admiral Inoue Yoshika (b.1845))
     IJS Hotaka (Fuji-class BB) (Captain Tomioka Sadayasu (b.1854))
     IJS Kashiba (Yoshino-class PC) (Lieutenant Commander Takarabe Takeshi (b.1867))
     IJS Hikari (Asama-class AC) (Commander Yashiro Rokuro (b.1860))
     *Sumida (Sumida-class river gunboat) (Commander Yamashita Gentaro (b.1863) commands gunboat flotilla)
     Okitsu (Sumida-class river gunboat)
     Karatsu (Sumida-class river gunboat)

Northern Approaches Squadron (Wakkanai)
     Kamikaze #9816*, 9817, 9818, 9819, 9820 (Rear Admiral Saito Makoto (b.1858))
     Katada (Sumida-class river gunboat)

Detached Duty Officers:
     Lieutenant Commander Sano Tsuneha (b.1871) - United States Naval War College (arrives Spring 1900)
     Lieutenant Akiyama Saneyuki (b.1868) - United States Naval War College (arrives Spring 1900)
     Midshipman Kyosuke Eto (b.1880) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1900)
     Lieutenant Takeo Hirose (b.1868) - Naval Attache in St. Petersburg
     Midshipman Gengo Hyakutake (b.1882) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1902)
     Admiral Ito Sukeyuki (b.1843) - Chief of the Imperial Navy General General Staff
     Midshipman Hajime Matsushita (b.1884) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1903)
     Captain Misu Sotaro (b.1855) - Imperial Ministry of the Navy (Personnel)
     Commander Murakami Kakuichi (b.1862) - Naval Attache in Paris
     Midshipman Osami Nagano (b.1880) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1900)
     Lieutenant Ogasawara Naganari (b.1867) - Navy General Staff
     Midshipman Koshiro Oikawa (b.1883) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1900)
     Midshipman Tsutomu Sakuma (b.1879) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1901) (Submarines)
     Lieutenant Commander Sato Tetsutaro (b.1866) - Naval Attache to London (advocate of at least 70% parity with USA in capital ships)
     Midshipman Shigetaro Shimada (b,1883) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1904)
     Midshipman Isoroku Yamamoto (b.1884) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1904)
     Midshipman Koichi Shiozawa (b.1881) - Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Class of 1904)
     Lieutenant Commander Kantaro Suzuki (b.1868) - Naval Attache to Berlin
     Lieutenant Commander Isamu Takeshita (b.1869) - Naval Attache to Washington, DC
     

1900
Type	Class	Number	Max Crew	Min Crew	Total Crew
Armored Cruiser	Asama	3	499	650	1,724
Battleship	Fuji	4	608	791	2,798
Battleship	Asahi	2	690	898	1,588
Protected Cruiser	Yoshino	6	296	386	2,046
Protected Cruiser	Suma	3	250	326	864
River Gunboat	Sumida	5	20	27	118
Destroyer	Akikaze	15	59	77	1,020
Destroyer	Kamikaze	20	58	76	1,340
					11,497