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1188:, where they arrived at 05:50 on 31 January 1942 to provide air cover for the invasion of Ambon, although bad weather made flight operations impossible that day. The weather subsequently improved, and on 1 and 2 February 1942 floatplanes from both ships provided air and antisubmarine defense to the Japanese invasion convoy, devoted about 70
1871:, five heavy cruisers, a light cruiser, and 10 destroyers. She called at Truk from 17 to 23 August 1942, when she sortied as part of Kondo's Advance Force in company with five heavy cruisers, a light cruiser, and six destroyers as Japanese forces deployed for an operation to reinforce Japanese forces on Guadalcanal, resulting in the
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Okinawa on 22 June 1944 and getting back underway on the morning of 23 June to return to Japan. She arrived at Kure on 1 July 1944 and remained there for the rest of the month, spending 20â26 July 1944 in drydock at the Kure Naval Arsenal. She was assigned to the 2nd Diversion
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launched three
Mitsubishi F1M (Allied reporting name "Pete") floatplanes to intercept it; they shot the PBY down from an altitude of 500 feet (152 m) with the loss of five members of its crew. Its six survivors were rescued from the water by another PBY on 6 June, but one of them died on 7 June
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when it flew low over the anchorage without responding to recognition signals. Between them, the two ships lost three floatplanes â all identified by one source as E13As â during the day, one which crashed and two which were wrecked in emergency landings. The landings concluded on 12 January 1942.
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departed
Kavieng on 7 October 1942 and proceeded to Rabaul, where she was assigned to the Reinforcement Force of the Outer South Seas Force and tasked with carrying reinforcements to the Japanese forces fighting on Guadalcanal. Departing Rabaul on 8 October 1942, she made for the anchorage in the
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on 3 March escorted by three patrol boats and headed for
Kendari, which they reached on 6 March. After routine maintenance and repairs, they got underway from Staring Bay on 9 March 1942 to return to the combat area at Cape Awarawara, but Dutch forces on Java surrendered that day. They arrived at
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participated in airstrikes against Task Force 58, and on 20 June she took part in antiaircraft actions as Task Force 58 aircraft counterattacked. The battle resulted in crippling losses for the
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, including three aircraft carriers and hundreds of aircraft.
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on 13 March, then back to
Yokosuka on 17 March 1944. She was in drydock at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal from 19 to 24 March, then departed Yokosuka on 25 March bound for the Seto Inland Sea, which she reached on 27 March 1944. She remained in the Seto Inland Sea through April 1944.
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began air operations in support of the landings in the morning. At 09:45, they curtailed ground-support operations to focus on protecting the
Japanese invasion fleet from air attack, and during the day E13A1s from the two ships claimed three Allied
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continued to support
Japanese forces ashore there on 12 and 13 January 1942, their aircraft did not need to fly any ground-support missions. From 14 to 19 January, they both searched unsuccessfully for Allied submarines in the
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on the southeastern coast of
Celebes, patrolling the waters ahead of an invasion convoy carrying SNLF forces bound for Kendari, their aircraft conducting combat air and antisubmarine patrols over and around the convoy. The
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on the north coast of
Guadalcanal escorted by six destroyers â four of them also carrying reinforcements â and covered by a force of heavy cruisers and destroyers which planned to distract Allied forces by bombarding
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light bombers shot down, but much of what they did on 1 March is ambiguous or poorly documented. One of the ships launched two floatplanes at 11:40 to follow up on a reported sighting west of Bawean Island of the
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departed Sasebo on 9 August headed for Yokosuka, where she arrived on 11 August. She departed Yokosuka later the same day bound for Truk as part of Kondo's 2nd Fleet Support Force in company with the
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To escape the growing danger of submarine attack off Tawi-Tawi and reach a better jumping-off point for the defense of Saipan, which U.S. ships and aircraft had begun to bombard on 11 June 1944,
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On 1 March 1942, plans to set up a seaplane base at Kragan were scrapped when the Japanese found the waters off the beach there too shallow for seaplane operations. Remaining off Bawean Island,
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was at the Shortlands, one of her floatplanes sighted an American supply convoy approaching Guadalcanal on 15 October 1942. Based on the floatplane's sighting report, the aircraft carrier
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1129:(or Salabangka Bay) on the coast of Celebes on the morning of 24 January, from which they conducted further air operations in support of Japanese forces at Kendari. On 26 January,
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off the northeastern tip of Celebes at 05:40 that day. Sources are unclear on the aircraft the two seaplane carriers operated, one asserting that they carried a combined 49
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on 12 May, she headed south, and on 16 May 1944 arrived at Tawi-Tawi, where Japanese naval forces were assembling to carry out Operation A-Go, the Japanese defense of the
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operated Mitsubishi F1Ms (Allied reporting name "Pete"). The two seaplane tenders conducted air operations from 06:30 to 19:00 in support of the landings. During the day,
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completed, she was reassigned to the Advance Force on 23 April 1942. She made an overnight stop at Davao on 25â26 April and arrived at Sasebo on 1 May 1942. She was in
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was transferred to the 2nd Air Force, a component of the Netherlands Indies Force in the Eastern Occupation Forces, to operate in support of Japanese forces during the
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area. On 14 July 1942, she again became flagship of Seaplane Tender Division 11, and as of that day carried 14 Mitsubishi F1M2 (Allied reporting name "Pete") and five
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2613:(26 km/h; 16 mph), and her speed subsequently fell further when her after starboard engine failed. When the after port engine room flooded at 09:25,
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anchored off the west coast of Bawean Island. During the day, the two seaplane carriers launched floatplanes to protect the Japanese invasion convoy bound for
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when she launched seaplanes to reconnoiter Davao. From 20 to 25 December 1941 she was attached to the forces supporting the Japanese landings at Davao and at
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and nine destroyers. As the convoy approached Midway on 3 June 1942, nine U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortresses bombed it and U.S. Navy PBY Catalina
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northward and away from Leyte, where the Japanese hoped that their battleships, cruisers, and destroyers could destroy the American landing force.
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Kragan on 12 March, dismantled the seaplane base, and at 20:00 departed Kragan bound for Makassar, where they arrived at 11:30 on 14 March. There
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to support the Japanese invasion of those islands as part of the 2nd Fleet, Southern Force, Netherlands East Indies Force. She rendezvoused with
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while covering the Japanese invasion force. They anchored off Cape Puting on 27 February 1942 and conducted air operations that day during the
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at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 26 January 1943. She was recommissioned on 1 November 1943 and moved to Kure on 17 December 1943. After final
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on Ceram Island on 31 March and thereafter provided cover for a series of Japanese landings along the coast of Netherlands New Guinea, at
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began with Japanese landings on 23 and 24 January 1942. The two seaplane carriers provided distant support to the Japanese operation, and
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floatplanes reported engaging nine Allied flying boats and four Allied bombers, claiming two flying boats shot down; in one action, seven
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failure. Her crew succeeded in reducing the list to 15 degrees, but by 08:55 further flooding had increased it to 20 degrees. At 08:55,
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attacked a PBY Catalina searching for the Japanese aircraft carrier force, and another three F1M2s drove off a PBY looking for Japanese
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as part of the R Area Air Force, then underwent repairs at Truk. With them done, she headed for Japan for further repairs at the
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attacked the anchorage, and five of her floatplanes suffered damage from splinters from a bomb hit on the nearby heavy cruiser
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on the southwest coast of Celebes. The landings began that evening around midnight in bad weather with poor visibility.
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got back underway on 10 November and proceeded to Sasebo, arriving there on 15 November 1942. She was drydocked at the
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off Legaspi on an anti-shipping strike. On 19 December, she was 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) east of
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was assigned to the A Air Group of the Occupation Force on 18 June 1942. She departed Kure on 26 June 1942 bound for
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was one of 98 Imperial Japanese Navy ships that gathered along with more than 500 aircraft on the Japanese coast at
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got underway from Saipan headed for Midway as part of the Midway Invasion Force under the command of Vice Admiral
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on 25 August 1942 and headed toward Truk. En route, seven B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army Air Forces
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that doubled as reconnaissance flights. They departed the strait in the evening and made for an anchorage in
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began on 23 October 1944, and on the afternoon of 24 October American aircraft located Ozawa's force in the
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station. After sunset on 10 January, the two seaplane carriers got back underway and headed toward Manado.
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on the north coast of Netherlands New Guinea on 17 April 1942, she transferred 63 troops to the auxiliary
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in the channel at the main Dutch naval base at Sarabaya. During the day, Japanese landings took place at
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underway, the activation of Operation A-Go resulted in the Japanese 1st Mobile Fleet meeting U.S. Navy
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was reassigned to the N Occupation (or Expeditionary) Force on 15 March 1942 for operations in
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replaced her as flagship of Seaplane Tender Division 11. In company with the seaplane carrier
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departed the Shortlands on 3 November bound for Truk, where the ships arrived on 6 November.
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approaching the fleet on 4 October 1942. To prevent them from attacking the seaplane carrier
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of the 11th Seaplane Tender Division. She departed Kure bound for Saipan on 21 May 1942.
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Attack Force on 3 August 1944, but remained in the Seto Inland Sea and in the waters of
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each day to heavy attacks against Allied ground forces on Ambon, and patrolled over the
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departed Ambon Island bound for Sasebo, Japan, on 21 April 1942, and with the
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attempted to close with her and take her in tow, but it proved impossible.
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went dead in the water, and her list grew to 30 degrees. The light cruiser
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departed Bangka Island on 21 January 1942 and proceeded to the waters off
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plates and set three F1M2s on her deck on fire. She took on a 30-degree
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launched an airstrike against the convoy which sank the destroyer
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1781:and subsequently cancelled the invasion of Midway.
1765:escaped damage. On 4 June 1942, a PBY of U.S. Navy
1281:, getting underway along with two patrol boats for
424:that served from 1938 to 1944, seeing service as a
2597:immediately took on a 30-degree list and suffered
2056:in the Bismarck Archipelago on 28 September 1942.
1799:and three destroyers. She then returned to Japan.
967:As part of the 11th Seaplane Tender Division with
160:26 January 1943â1 January 1944
3326:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1944
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2366:, and three destroyers. After pausing briefly at
623:, which fell to the Japanese on 29 October 1938.
1203:got underway from the Keelang Bay anchorage for
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4190:Aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
3159:. Vol. II. Katowice, Poland: Model Hobby.
2329:in the southern Philippines, where she and her
2305:departed Sasebo on 15 February 1944, called at
1348:on 25 February, and the two ships anchored off
486:during 1943, and subsequently took part in the
4185:Seaplane tenders of the Imperial Japanese Navy
2585:â²s port side forward of the Number 1 aircraft
2397:departed Tawi-Tawi on 13 June 1944 to move to
1975:neared Truk on 28 August, they experienced an
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2119:between them embarked 280 troops of the
1211:also departed Keelang Bay to proceed to
942:. She departed Davao on 2 January 1942.
448:. After the outbreak of World War II in
30:For other ships with the same name, see
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3040:"IJN Mizuho:Tabular Record of Movement"
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1926:from Bombing Squadron 3 (VB-3) aboard
1606:in the Molucca Islands on 7 April, at
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247:192.5 m (631 ft 7 in)
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1789:in company with the heavy cruisers
1536:intercepted and sank her at 15:40.
615:35 miles (56 km) northeast of
4230:Maritime incidents in October 1944
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3285:List of ships of the Japanese Navy
3038:Tully, Anthony (31 October 2018).
2014:Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
1834:, Japan, from 20 to 23 July 1942.
1568:separated for the last time, when
1052:Netherlands Naval Aviation Service
884:. On 14 December 1941, one of her
255:20.8 m (68 ft 3 in)
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2562:. Around dawn on 25 October, the
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591:(Allied reporting name "Dave")
305:(53.5 km/h; 33.3 mph)
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1990:against the nearby battleship
1879:Battle of the Eastern Solomons
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518:Construction and commissioning
470:Battle of the Eastern Solomons
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1965:11th Heavy Bombardment Group
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876:After the Legaspi landings,
488:Battle of the Philippine Sea
444:bases on the islands of the
343:12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun
3213:Chitose record of movements
1344:off the southeast coast of
1184:on the southwestern tip of
1056:United States Asiatic Fleet
1030:arrived at an anchorage at
1014:(SNLF) personnel landed at
1012:Special Naval Landing Force
553:on 25 July 1938.
529:on 26 November 1934 by the
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1767:Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44)
1547:set up a seaplane base at
940:Dutch East Indies campaign
930:Dutch East Indies campaign
804:with an offensive against
742:, Japan's legendary first
597:surprise unopposed landing
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179:15 December 1943
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2158:Battle of Cape Esperance
2103:Battle of Cape Esperance
1702:and the seaplane tender
1336:. She rendezvoused with
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1144:Assigned to support the
1069:incident, one E13A from
577:Second Sino-Japanese War
567:Second Sino-Japanese War
474:Battle of Cape Esperance
438:Second Sino-Japanese War
3155:Lengerer, Hans (2023).
2127:along with four 150-mm
1728:embarked 16 floatplane
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1018:and Manado in northern
977:Netherlands East Indies
827:International Date Line
452:, she took part in the
208:General characteristics
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2564:Battle off Cape Engaño
2273:light aircraft carrier
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2026:Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
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1769:found the convoy, and
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1469:off Java. A strike by
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839:attack on Pearl Harbor
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934:On 26 December 1941,
849:were attached to the
732:Imperial fleet review
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585:Allied reporting name
575:entered service, the
514:had that capability.
482:was converted into a
420:was a warship of the
349:Type 96 25 mm AA guns
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2548:Battle of Leyte Gulf
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2295:and attached to its
2238:Sasebo Naval Arsenal
2038:Bismarck Archipelago
1844:Guadalcanal campaign
1838:Guadalcanal campaign
1289:in the Philippines.
1277:parted company with
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882:Philippines campaign
817:Philippines campaign
722:On 11 October 1940,
654:. In December 1939,
492:Battle of Leyte Gulf
466:Guadalcanal campaign
454:Philippines campaign
195:Sunk 25 October 1944
2934:Japan Defense Focus
2927:"2012 Fleet Review"
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2008:AugustâOctober 1942
1755:amphibious aircraft
1680:New Guinea campaign
1663:on 19 April and at
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855:amphibious landings
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381:Aviation facilities
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867:Philippine Islands
784:By November 1941,
531:Kure Naval Arsenal
111:Kure Naval Arsenal
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2423:Marianas campaign
2407:landing on Saipan
2283:JanuaryâJune 1944
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1539:On 2 March 1942,
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946:was anchored in
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641:Vice Admiral
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271:56,000
229:Displacement
217:
173:Reclassified
144:25 July 1938
141:Commissioned
83:
46:
3977:Flying Fish
3680:Hakuyo Maru
3674:Gambier Bay
3574:Arisan Maru
3564:V.5506 Zick
3515:Itsukushima
3136:11 December
3049:13 December
2900:11 December
2648: /
2607:engine room
2560:Cape Engaño
2331:sister ship
2277:fitting out
2131:with their
2054:New Ireland
2034:New Britain
1998:Flying Fish
1986:Flying Fish
1938:engine and
1852:Guadalcanal
1787:Wake Island
1586:arrived at
1405:Eretenwetan
1354:Cape Puting
1317:Sanuki Maru
1221:patrol boat
1205:Staring Bay
1182:Keelang Bay
1125:arrived at
1096:Celebes Sea
920:Jolo Island
835:Pacific War
593:floatplanes
587:"Alf") and
507:sister ship
505:, only her
450:the Pacific
367:floatplanes
285:2 Ã geared
4180:1936 ships
4164:Categories
4101:Late Oct:
4054:Montgomery
4015:HMCS
3957:HMCS
3724:HMCS
3524:HMAS
3485:Gyoun Maru
3367:HMCS
3333:Shipwrecks
2940:October 8,
2685:References
2671:Shimotsuki
2249:Conversion
2162:task force
2137:field guns
2091:parachuted
1915:Enterprise
1891:. Another
1889:troopships
1864:battleship
1824:Aichi E13A
1812:Chichijima
1738:transports
1649:Taiko Maru
1644:Taiko Maru
1632:New Guinea
1549:Karangdawa
1426:Royal Navy
1401:Banten Bay
1387:and eight
1350:Cape South
1305:Balikpapan
1235:Flores Sea
1139:destroyers
1036:Aichi E13A
952:Davao Gulf
823:Japan time
637:Truk Atoll
464:, and the
310:Complement
301:28.9
291:2 Ã shafts
280:Propulsion
184:Reinstated
4103:USS
4052:USS
4004:HMS
3986:USS
3975:USS
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3934:USS
3917:USS
3877:USS
3866:USS
3799:Hayashimo
3770:Yamashiro
3750:USS
3731:USS
3717:USS
3706:Michishio
3698:USS
3691:USS
3686:Hatsuzuki
3672:USS
3606:USS
3599:USS
3594:Princeton
3592:USS
3579:USS
3391:Sparviero
3356:USS
3349:USS
2575:USS
2421:With the
2380:USS
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