Sadakichi Kato
| Katō Sadakichi | |
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Admiral Katō Sadakichi
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| Born |
December 19, 1861 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | September 5, 1927 (aged 65) |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Japan
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1883–1923 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | Akitsushima, Hashidate, Kasuga, Izumo, Kashima, Iwami, Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Training Fleet, Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, IJN 2nd Fleet, Kure Naval District |
| Battles/wars |
Russo-Japanese War World War I |
Baron Katō Sadakichi (加藤定吉? also known as Katō Teikichi, 19 December 1861 – 5 September 1927) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I. His brother, Katō Yasuhisa, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and his adoptive son was the biological son of Admiral Dewa Shigetō.
Katō was born in Tokyo, as the third son of Katō Yasukichi, a hatamoto retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He attended the Numazu Military Academy, and in October 1883 graduated at the top of his class from the 10th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. One of his classmates was Yamashita Gentarō. He served as a torpedo officer on the Jingei, Takachiho and Hiei. With the opening of the Sasebo Naval District, he was appointed secretary to Admiral Akamatsu Noriyoshi.
From July 1891 to March 1893, Katō served as chief weapons officer on the cruiser Takao. He was then sent to Germany as part of the entourage of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. He remained with the prince in Germany through the duration of the First Sino-Japanese War. After his return to Japan, he served as weapons officer on the cruiser Itsukushima and on the staff of the Readiness Fleet.
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