Jisaku Okada (岡田次作, 1893 – June 4, 1942) was an

Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrend ...

captain.
World War II Database During his career he was the commander of the seaplane tender '' Japanese seaplane tender Notoro, Notoro'' and aircraft carrier '' Ryūjō''. A couple of months before the start of the Second World War he was given the command of the '' Kaga''. He was killed in action during the

Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under ...

when the ship was attacked by American dive bombers. Okada was posthumously promoted to Rear admiral.

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