The Hario (針尾) was a Japanesefleetoiler, serving during World War II. Four vessels were planned under the Maru Sen Programme; however, only one vessel...
was an oiler of the Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned in 1920, which was rebuilt in 1924 into a seaplane tender and in 1941 back into an oiler. She participated...
Gakken (Japan) The Maru Special series, Ushio Shobō Daiji Katagiri, Ship Name Chronicles of the Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Kōjinsha (Japan), June...
Another name for Japan:Shikishima) was the lead ship of her class of two pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy by British shipyards...
of the oilers under the Eight-eight fleet final plan. Kamoi was completed 12 September 1922, and classified as a special service ship (Oiler). On 27...
of the Imperial Japanese Navy which was in service from the 1920s to the Second World War. Mamiya was originally meant to be an oil transporter but was...
flying boat facilities at that time. Early in 1939, the IJN converted the oiler Kamoi to a seaplane tender. However, she was not able to repair seaplanes...
duty in July with the Southwest Area Fleet; however, repairs were not completed by the time of the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945 due to shortages...
During the Battle of Midway, Nisshin was part of Main Body of the Japanesefleet. For this operation, she carried twelve Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget...
completed and assigned to the Combined Fleet on 5 December 1941. In January 1942, she started sailing between the Japanese homeland (Kure and Yokosuka) to the...
was a Japanese repair ship, serving during World War II. She was the only specifically designed repair ship operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The...
Watts, Anthony J (1967). Japanese Warships of World War II. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-3850-9189-3. DiGiulian, Tony (2007). "Japanese 12.7 cm/40 (5") Type 89"...
assigned to the IJN 1st Fleet’s Second Base Force, but was reassigned to the IJN 3rd Fleet in April 1941, and to the Southwest Area Fleet's First Southern Expeditionary...
Keikaku) was one of the wartime armaments expansion plans of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). In September 1942, after being defeated in the Battle of Midway...
tender in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Under the Eight-eight fleet plan, the Imperial Japanese Navy planned to acquire 100 submarines for long-distance scouting...
Japan. She was the first warship in the Imperial Japanese Navy with all-diesel engine propulsion. Under the fiscal 1923 budget, the Imperial Japanese...
a medium-sized minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. She was the world's...
(八重山) was a small minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II primarily as an escort...
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