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686:from April to October 1931. At the time of the
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1807:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1944
1766:List of cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
1507:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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969:and Kaimana in May. While at
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940:IJA's 41st Infantry Division
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922:. She ferried a convoy with
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1522:Roscoe, Theodore (1949).
1484:. Naval Institute Press.
1461:Howarth, Stephen (1983).
1427:. Naval Institute Press.
1408:. Naval Institute Press.
1381:D'Albas, Andrieu (1965).
1366:. Naval Institute Press.
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204:General characteristics
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2198:Dr. Rudolf Wahrendorff
1641:Imperial Japanese Navy
1583:Whitley, M.J. (1995).
1560:Ugaki, Matome (1991).
1400:Dull, Paul S. (1978).
1234:on 10 September 1944.
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752:attack on Pearl Harbor
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486:Imperial Japanese Navy
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2379:Port Chicago disaster
1541:Stille, Mark (2012).
1423:Evans, David (1979).
1362:Brown, David (1990).
1230:was removed from the
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96:Kawasaki Shipbuilding
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955:Southwest Area Fleet
953:was assigned to the
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1647:on 5 December 2012.
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1637:"Materials of IJN"
1635:Nishida, Hiroshi.
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981:heavy bombers
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762:force of the
761:
758:escorted the
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731:IJN 1st Fleet
728:
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669:
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661:
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650:
645:
643:
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637:
633:
629:
625:
621:
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1086:
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904:
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876:
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857:
854:Depth charge
841:
837:
835:
828:on 17 June.
822:Shirō Takasu
817:
811:
794:
786:
783:Matome Ugaki
780:
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726:
713:returned to
710:
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651:Early career
635:
631:
623:
619:
587:
585:
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574:
553:
535:(7,316
528:
522:
519:
490:World War II
476:
461:
460:
459:
333:(9,300
268:90,000
236:) (standard)
232:(5,182
225:Displacement
213:
152:
130:19 July 1944
119:Commissioned
114:15 July 1920
67:
34:
22:
2478:August 1944
2137:Teiryu Maru
2075:E. A. Bryan
1884:Hinrich Hey
1211: /
1175:engine room
1121:On 6 July,
1013:in August.
997:On 1 July,
889:New Britain
774:Bay to the
768:Hashirajima
750:During the
735:sister ship
628:naval mines
551:flotillas.
510:Pacific War
329:5,000
190: /
2507:1920 ships
2491:Categories
2404:HMAS
2397:HMAS
2370:Carl Röver
1814:Shipwrecks
1545:. Osprey.
1348:; page 383
1279:; page 238
1238:References
1222:Shikinami,
1100:Balikpapan
920:New Guinea
785:inspected
778:and back.
760:battleship
598:; 67
516:Background
442:floatplane
402:(2 triple)
359:(as built)
346:Complement
317:; 41
299:4 × shafts
281:Propulsion
2465:June 1944
2406:Wilcannia
2399:Fremantle
2361:HMS
2329:HMS
2322:USS
2269:Fuso Maru
2219:USS
2153:HMS
1994:USS
1971:HMS
1870:Sarushima
1862:USS
1335:; page 74
1275:Gardner,
1259:, p. 794.
1255:Lacroix,
1232:navy list
1145:USS
1142:submarine
1135:Hong Kong
1069:Shikinami
1011:Singapore
799:Hiroshima
772:Hiroshima
594:(41
559:lead ship
549:submarine
545:destroyer
533:long tons
313:(67
230:long tons
162:Hong Kong
156:570
151:USS
147:Torpedoed
103:Laid down
2423:29 Jul:
2413:28 Jul:
2395:27 Jul:
2385:24 Jul:
2377:17 Jul:
2359:13 Jul:
2331:Trollope
2266:31 Jul:
2256:30 Jul:
2240:27 Jul:
2211:26 Jul:
2182:24 Jul:
2172:23 Jul:
2162:21 Jul:
2144:20 Jul:
2122:19 Jul:
2106:18 Jul:
2072:17 Jul:
2056:16 Jul:
2039:15 Jul:
2029:14 Jul:
2019:11 Jul:
2003:10 Jul:
1989:Shahzada
1950:Tamanami
1944:Saubadia
1712:Kitakami
1503:(1997).
1344:Roscoe,
1288:Stille,
1199:114°52′E
1164:portside
1027:Kitakami
1003:Java Sea
971:Makassar
959:Surabaya
842:Kitakami
739:Kitakami
557:was the
539:)-class
494:Ōi River
453:catapult
354:Armament
309:36
178:114°52′E
135:Stricken
111:Launched
78:Ōi River
74:Namesake
2349:8 Jul:
2338:7 Jul:
2324:Sunfish
2320:6 Jul:
2309:4 Jul:
2065:Norjerv
1986:9 Jul:
1973:Pylades
1963:8 Jul:
1941:7 Jul:
1931:6 Jul:
1924:Usugumo
1894:Galatée
1891:5 Jul:
1854:4 Jul:
1838:3 Jul:
1822:2 Jul:
1331:Ugaki,
1196:13°12′N
1179:Flasher
1152:Flasher
1147:Flasher
1137:by the
1104:Tarakan
1094:in the
1081:Chikuma
1063:Amagiri
1057:Uranami
1033:to the
983:of the
963:Kaimana
944:Qingdao
868:in the
670:at the
488:during
296:boilers
175:13°12′N
153:Flasher
92:Builder
84:Ordered
43:History
2416:U-1166
2368:V 203
2363:Eskimo
2342:Dragon
2311:V 209
2233:U-2323
2221:Robalo
2196:V 209
2191:U-1164
2148:Dragon
2041:V 621
2022:U-1222
2006:Duilio
1996:Swerve
1934:Hokaze
1882:V 210
1875:V 208
1847:U-1191
1751:Nagara
1742:Tenryū
1591:
1572:
1549:
1530:
1511:
1488:
1469:
1450:
1431:
1412:
1389:
1370:
1173:s aft
1127:Manila
1116:Sorong
1108:Borneo
1031:Penang
885:Rabaul
881:Manila
632:Tenryū
620:Tenryū
581:Tenryū
565:Design
529:Tenryū
525:-class
523:Tenryū
479:-class
409:(10x4)
294:Kampon
241:Length
228:5,100
2426:U-872
2388:U-239
2281:U-333
2259:U-250
2249:No. 1
2227:U-214
2185:U-239
2165:U-212
2131:Ro-48
2115:U-742
2109:U-672
2099:U-361
2093:U-347
2081:I-166
2059:Niobe
2049:U-319
2032:U-415
1979:U-243
1966:Perle
1956:U-678
1918:U-642
1912:U-586
1906:U-390
1900:U-233
1841:U-154
1831:U-543
1753:class
1744:class
1356:Books
1243:Notes
1171:'
1156:stern
985:USAAF
967:Ambon
942:from
936:Palau
932:Wewak
928:Pusan
926:from
502:Japan
416:Armor
385:mines
383:48 ×
380:(4x2)
366:(7x1)
326:Range
306:Speed
292:12 ×
257:Draft
216:class
2461:1945
2453:1944
2445:1943
2340:ORP
2291:I-55
2214:I-29
2155:Isis
2146:ORP
2043:Mars
1864:S-28
1857:I-10
1726:Kiso
1705:Tama
1698:Kuma
1684:Kuma
1589:ISBN
1570:ISBN
1547:ISBN
1528:ISBN
1509:ISBN
1486:ISBN
1467:ISBN
1448:ISBN
1429:ISBN
1410:ISBN
1387:ISBN
1368:ISBN
1102:and
1090:for
1087:Aoba
1084:and
1075:Tone
1066:and
1051:Kinu
1037:and
1025:and
893:Buin
891:and
866:Truk
840:and
803:Mako
801:and
664:Kobe
636:Kuma
624:Kuma
600:km/h
588:Kuma
577:Kuma
575:The
554:Kuma
477:Kuma
451:1 ×
440:1 ×
428:Deck
422:Belt
398:6 ×
392:4 ×
369:2 ×
362:7 ×
315:km/h
249:Beam
214:Kuma
143:Fate
64:Name
2432:Z44
2243:V-1
1183:bow
1106:in
990:'s
961:to
930:to
883:to
864:to
770:in
674:in
662:at
604:nmi
596:mph
547:or
496:in
349:450
331:nmi
319:mph
270:shp
168:at
158:nmi
149:by
2493::
2429:,
2402:,
2366:,
2327:,
2278:,
2272:,
2246:,
2230:,
2224:,
2217:,
2201:,
2194:,
2188:,
2151:,
2134:,
2128:,
2125:Ōi
2112:,
2096:,
2090:,
2084:,
2078:,
2062:,
2046:,
2009:,
1992:,
1976:,
1969:,
1953:,
1947:,
1921:,
1915:,
1909:,
1903:,
1897:,
1880:,
1873:,
1867:,
1860:,
1844:,
1828:,
1719:Ōi
1639:.
1626:.
1613:.
1320:Oi
1297:^
1264:^
1228:Ōi
1187:Ōi
1177:.
1168:Ōi
1160:Ōi
1123:Ōi
1112:Ōi
1078:,
1060:,
1046:Ōi
1023:Ōi
1009:,
999:Ōi
951:Ōi
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901:Ōi
895:,
887:,
877:Ōi
872:.
858:Ōi
852:.
838:Ōi
818:Ōi
816:,
805:,
795:Ōi
787:Ōi
756:Ōi
742:.
727:Ōi
711:Ōi
700:Ōi
692:Ōi
690:,
656:Ōi
642:.
612:mi
608:km
592:kn
500:,
469:大井
462:Ōi
339:mi
335:km
311:kn
274:kW
164:,
68:Ōi
35:Ōi
1800:e
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