Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon watanni na Yaƙin Rasha da Japan, an sanya Kataoka a matsayin kwamandan Rundunar Sojoji ta 3, tarin tsoffin jiragen ruwa da ake kira "Funny Fleet". Duk da bambancin bambancin jiragen ruwa na tsofaffi, Kataoka ya sami bambanci da ke jagorantar rukuni na biyar da na shida daga cikin jirgin ruwa a lokacin yakin Yellow Sea da kuma daga baya daga cikin jirgin ruwa a lokacin yakin Tsushima. Ya kuma jagoranci rundunar sojan ruwa don kwace Sakhalin
kafin kulla yarjejeniyar Portsmouth.