Ijuin Gorō
...that Baron Ijuin Gorō became Fleet Admiral and Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff in the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy without ever having actually commanded a ship?
...that Baron <b id="mwAhY"><a href="./Ijuin_Gorō" id="mwAhc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ijuin Gorō">Ijuin Gorō</a></b> became <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Japan)" id="mwAhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Japan)">Fleet Admiral</a> and Chief of the <a href="./Imperial_Japanese_Navy_General_Staff" id="mwAhk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff">Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff</a> in the pre-war <a href="./Imperial_Japanese_Navy" id="mwAho" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> without ever having actually commanded a ship?