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550:-class into light aircraft carriers as partial compensation. A wooden 180 by 23 metres (591 ft à 75 ft) flight deck was installed, with two elevators. The bridge was moved to the front end of the new hangar deck, and the boiler exhaust gases were discharged through pipes to the starboard side below the flight deck, and the diesel engines had smaller, separate smokestacks also on the starboard side. As converted, the ship could carry 30 aircraft.
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Japanese Empire. Afterwards, she was reassigned back to the Combined Fleet and began training operations on the use of her midget submarines through September, developing tactics for attacking other vessels (using
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Imperial Japanese Navy made increasing use of
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Laurence DuBose. No survivors were permitted to be rescued, and
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aircraft on 29 October and 31 October, but suffered no damage, and on 6 November, after her return to Truk, she was attacked by the submarine
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underwent her first major modification, with her aircraft capacity reduced from 24 to 12 aircraft, and the space used to store 12
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s crew, but this was also frustrated due to continuing danger from air and surface attack. After three attempts,
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Admiral
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on 5 July with a construction team to build a seaplane base. She was attacked by aircraft from the
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as scouts for its cruiser and destroyer squadrons. Due to restrictions imposed by the
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History of the United States Navy in the Second World War
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on the same day, without damage and arrived back at
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under naval gunfire. She was finished off by gunfire from four cruisers,
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that left her dead in the water. The converted hybrid battleship-carrier
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to the US, returning to Kure on 10 April. On 11 May, she departed for
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with Air Group 653 as part of Operation A-Go, for the defense of the
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on 15 December 1938. On completion, she was assigned directly to the
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as a target) and penetrating enemy naval bases. At the time of the
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was crippled by four bombs dropped by aircraft from the carriers
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in 1934, she continued to operate in that capacity during the
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until her conversion into a light aircraft carrier after the
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was forced to retreat with U.S. surface forces in sight and
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Parshall, Jon; Bob Hackett; Sander Kingsepp; Allyn Nevitt.
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Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mickel, Peter (1976).
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with her submarines on 14 June without having seen combat.
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and delivered eight Type A KÅ-hyÅteki-class submarines to
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Propulsion was of four boilers, which operated two geared
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A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945
1201:
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
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could attain 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph).
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burning, under fire from U.S. cruisers, 25 October 1944.
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on 19 June, she was part of the Van Force with carriers
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With the loss of four large aircraft carriers at the
426:. Originally constructed as the second vessel of the
1373:. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. pp. 165â179.
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1325:Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945
1124:Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945
1543:Aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
1346:. Vol. II. Katowice, Poland: Model Hobby.
1272:The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Last Fleet Action
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1538:Seaplane tenders of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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1563:World War II shipwrecks in the Philippine Sea
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608:. This rebuild was completed on 23 June, and
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1180:IJN Chiyoda: Tabular Record of Movement
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1558:Warships lost in combat with all hands
1553:Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign
811:. She was accompanied by the carriers
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221:192.5 m (631 ft 7 in)
109:14 December 1936 as seaplane carrier
740:on 14 October. She was attacked by
657:together with the submarine tender
1573:Maritime incidents in October 1944
1470:List of ships of the Japanese Navy
606:Type A KÅ-hyÅteki-class submarines
229:20.8 m (68 ft 3 in)
207:15,300 long tons (15,500 t) (
14:
1528:Ships built by Kure Naval Arsenal
1253:. Naval Institute Press, p. 465.
1196:Leyte, June 1944 â January 1945,
926:departed Oita as part of Admiral
751:, which fired three torpedoes at
624:was appointed captain in August.
516:. Her armament consisted of four
237:7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
141:15 December 1943 as light carrier
38:in 1944 after conversion into an
594:paired with the seaplane tender
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1523:Chitose-class aircraft carriers
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279:(53.5 km/h; 33.3 mph)
1249:Morison, Samuel Eliot (2007).
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628:returned to participate in a
586:under the command of Captain
518:12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns
407:"Thousandth-Generation Field"
317:12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns
302:12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns
1323:Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976).
847:Battle of the Philippine Sea
713:United States Army Air Force
440:and the early stages of the
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779:and departed Yokosuka for
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1327:. Naval Institute Press.
1308:. Naval Institute Press.
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1361:Lengerer, Hans (2021). "
592:Second Sino-Japanese War
570:on 14 December 1936 and
504:carried a complement of
438:Second Sino-Japanese War
1342:Lengerer, Hans (2023).
1270:Willmont, Paul (2005).
574:on 19 November 1937 at
474:Washington Naval Treaty
166:General characteristics
1499:18.61667°N 126.75000°E
1300:Dull, Paul S. (1978).
1022:was ordered to remove
990:Battle off Cape Engaño
934:. This force included
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761:Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
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643:attack on Pearl Harbor
632:held on 11 October in
620:in September. Captain
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416:light aircraft carrier
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308:Type 96 25 mm AA gunss
1226:"The Leyte Operation"
1192:Morison, Samuel Eliot
1128:Naval Institute Press
1105:on 20 December 1944.
1101:was removed from the
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21:Japanese ship Chiyoda
932:Battle of Leyte Gulf
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159:Battle of Leyte Gulf
1504:18.61667; 126.75000
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922:On 20 October 1944
554:Operational history
478:London Naval Treaty
355:Aviation facilities
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508:Type 94 "Alf" and
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100:Kure Naval Arsenal
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1380:978-1-4728-4779-9
1353:978-83-60041-71-0
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622:Kaku Harada
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341:floatplanes
259:2 Ã geared
1533:1937 ships
1517:Categories
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1395:2006-06-14
1294:References
1281:0253003512
1236:2013-01-18
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767:Conversion
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146:Refit
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