1 Dec 1923
- Isoroku Yamamoto was promoted to the rank of captain. ww2dbase [Isoroku Yamamoto | CPC]
- Hiroaki Abe was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. ww2dbase [Hiroaki Abe | CPC]
- West Virginia was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [West Virginia | CPC]
- Nobutake Kondo was promoted to the rank of commander. ww2dbase [Nobutake Kondo | CPC]
- Shinichi Oguri was promoted to the rank of captain, and he was formally named the commanding officer of Tenryu. ww2dbase [Tenryu | CPC]
- Masafumi Arima was assigned to Iwate. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
- USS Nevada departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Nevada | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
1 Dec 1923 Interactive Map
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