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	Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ryujo (Japanese: 龍驤, "prancing dragon") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		In June 1942 Ryujo was part of the Northern Force that attacked the Aleutian Islands as a diversion from the battle of Midway.
		Ryujo's role in the operation was to support a convoy of transports that were to reinforce and resupply Japanese troops on Guadalcanal, and to attack the Allied air base at Henderson Field, while the fleet carriers operated against the US Navy's aircraft carriers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ryujo (558 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kaga (Japanese: 加賀, the ancient Kaga Province, in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		She took part in the battle of Pearl Harbor and was sunk at the battle of Midway on 4 June 1942.
		When the aircraft carrier Amagi was destroyed, while still under construction, in an earthquake on 1 September 1923, it was decided to replace her with a carrier built on the hull of the incomplete Kaga.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Japanese-aircraft-carrier-Kaga.html (548 words)

	TBF Avenger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) was an American torpedo bomber, developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps and used by a large number of air forces around the world.
		During the Battle of Midway, all of the three aircraft carriers' torpedo groups (from the USS Hornet, USS Enterprise, and USS Yorktown) had taken horrendous casualties; one group had a single survivor (Ensign George Gay).
		With only two carriers (the USS Saratoga and the Enterprise), the 24 TBFs present were able to sink the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo and claim one dive bomber, at the cost of seven planes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TBF_Avenger (1415 words)

	USS Saratoga (CV-3)
		Her aircraft struck Wotje and Taroa for three days, from 29 to 31 January, and then pounded Engebi, the main island at Eniwetok, the 3rd to the 6th and from the 10th to the 12th of February.
		By 2015, the fires were under control and the carrier was able to recover aircraft, but she was ordered to Eniwetok and then to the west coast for repairs, and arrived at Bremerton on 16 March.
		With the arrival of large numbers of Essex-class carriers, Saratoga was surplus to postwar requirements, and she was assigned to Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll to test the effect of the atomic bomb on naval vessels.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_saratoga__cv_3_.html (3059 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Ryujo (Aircraft Carrier, 1933)
		Ryujo was one of these, and during the mid-1930s she was extensively reconstructed to make her suitable for service.
		Ryujo was to cover the convoy and send planes to attack the American airfield on the island, while the larger Japanese carriers operated separately against the U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers.
		Thus, in the 24 August Battle of the Eastern Solomons, Ryujo, isolated from other sources of air support and with most of her planes off on a strike mission, was overwhelmed by a powerful air assault from USS Saratoga.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-r/ryujo2.htm (513 words)

	Carrier, HMS, Hermes, Ark Royal, Eagle, Dasher, escort, Soryu, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Doolittle, Enterprise
		The convoy carries on, still with 13 of the original 14 merchantmen afloat and its close escort of four cruisers and 12 destroyers.
		Since Operation 'Excess' in January 1941, two aircraft carriers, four cruisers, 16 destroyers and five submarines have been lost in the many attempts to supply and reinforce the island, and in the heavy air attacks launched against the George Cross island.
		Japanese losses are two battleships, one carrier, a cruiser and six destroyers.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsCarriers2.htm (4989 words)

	USAAF Chronology:
		Japanese amphibious forces leave Buna, New Guinea in barges and New Ireland Island in transports, heading for Milne Bay, New Guinea; the barges are detected by an Australian coastwatcher during the afternoon.
		ETO (8th AF): Units of the Provisional Troop Carrier Command, organized in the UK on 31 Jul pending arrival of the VIII Troop Carrier Command, are transferred to the VIII Ground Air Support Command after plans to organize the VIII Troop Carrier Command are abandoned.
		SWPA (5th AF): In New Guinea, Japanese amphibious forces bound for Milne Bay from Buna are stranded on Goodenough Island when P-40s from Milne Bay destroy all of their beached barges.
	www.447bg.com /library/docs/chronology/Aug.42.html (3988 words)

	August 1942 - WWII Pacific Chronology
		In final carrier actions of the campaign, the Enterprise took part in the last stages of the Naval Battle for Guadalcanal (12-15 Nov), assisting in sinking 89,000 tons of war and cargo ships, and in the Battle of Rennel (29-30 Jan) in which two escort carriers also participated.
		After killing 83 Japanese and destroying installations, ships and flying boats, the Marines were evacuated and forced to leave behind their dead, which were later buried by the islanders and Japanese in a mass grave.
		Japanese amphibious forces leave Buna, New Guinea in barges and New Ireland in transports, heading for Milne Bay, New Guinea; the barges are detected by an Australian coastwatcher during the afternoon.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /60th/today/1942/8-42.html (2919 words)

	The battle for Palembang
		The initial objectives of the Japanese in south Sumatra were the main airfield at Pangkalanbenteng (called P1 by the British) at Palembang in south Sumatra and the Royal Dutch Shell oil refineries at Pladju (Pladjoe) a few miles from Palembang.
		The aircraft from 232nd and 258th RAF Squadrons had flown their Hurricane Mk1s off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable on January 27th.
		At dawn the next morning the Japanese troops disembarked from their transports into landing craft and proceeded up the Moesi, Salang and Telang rivers towards Palembang, the issue had now been decided but the fighting was not over.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/palembang.html (2031 words)

	The Battle of Midway \| InfoResource Network>Subjects>History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When Germany invaded the USSR in June, Japanese leaders considered breaking the treaty and joining in from the east, nevertheless, in making one of the most fateful decisions of the war, they chose instead to intensify their push to the southeast.
		With their naval offensive capacity crippled, the Japanese were forced to adopt a more defensive posture, while the Allies had time to regroup and halt further Japanese expansion and to formulate the island-hopping strategy used to reconquer the Pacific.
		A Japanese submarine was unable to locate the slightly damaged plane, but American ground forces, led by men of the redoubtable Alaskan Scouts did, revealing for the first time the negative points of the Zero, which eventually resulted in its defeat.
	inforesource.ciantechnologies.com /history/midway.html (2724 words)

	The Martin B-26 Marauder
		However, aircraft design was moving rapidly at the time, and beginning in 1936 the obsolescent B-10 was gradually retired to second-line roles such as target towing or training.
		The aircraft had tricycle landing gear, with the nose wheel rotating 90 degrees during retraction, plus defensive armament of one 7.62 millimeter Browning machine gun in the nose, two 12.7 millimeter Browning guns in a Martin dorsal turret, and a single flexible 7.62 millimeter Browning in the tail.
		These aircraft had a target winch but their armor and armament was removed, presumably improving their takeoff and landing performance.
	www.vectorsite.net /avb26.html (5103 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: Japanese Aircraft Carriers
		Bombed by US aircraft at Midway 4 June 1942; munitions and fuel exploded on the flight deck and hangar deck, leading to uncontrollable fires; ship was scuttled 5 June 1942.
		She would have carried a mid-size air group of her own, plus spare aircraft, parts and supplies for the fleet carriers, enabling those ships to resupply without returning to Japan.
		Conversion was typical of the light carriers, but with a single hangar, one half the boilers removed for fuel storage, and a relatively large island.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/ijn_cv.htm (5450 words)

	Aircraft Carrier FAQs
		The breakdown of the aircraft (type/number) carried by the nine
		In the appendices, there is a carrier by carrier of each strength, and the losses that accumulated from June 15th up to June 19th.
		The large army carrier Akitsu Maru is sunk that morning by USS Queenfish, and Shinyo herself exploded and sunk by submarine torpedoes from USS Spadefish an hour before midnight on Nov, 17th 1944.
	www.j-aircraft.com /faq/aircraft_carrier.htm (8087 words)

	Japanese Aircraft Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commisioned the world's first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the Hosho.
		Throughout the 1920's and 1930's, they constantly experimented with their carriers, perfecting their design and construction methods, and honing the demanding art of blue-water power projection.
		And even well after the debacle at Midway, Japanese carriers and their airwings retained a formaidable punch.
	www.combinedfleet.com /cv.htm (137 words)

	TBF Avenger
		This was partly due to the slow speed of the Devastator (less than 200 MPH during glide-bombing) and its lack of defense (only a single rear turret, which left the plane defenseless if its gunner was incapacitated).
		Continuing with its design, the TBF had a large bomb bay, allowing for either a single 2000 lb (900 kg) torpedo or up to four 500 lb (230 kg) bombs.
		After the "Marianas' Turkey Shoot", in which more than 250 Japanese aircraft were killed, Admiral Marc Mitscher ordered a 200-aircraft mission to find the Japanese task force.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/TBF_Avenger (1205 words)

	A History of Ships Named Enterprise
		A wartime proposal to convert her into an aircraft carrier was rejected.
		Aircraft from USS Enterprise at least partially responsible for three Japanese carriers sunk.
		Caught with planes refueling and rearming on their decks, the Japanese carriers were set afire, and their offensive power was destroyed.
	starchive.cs.umanitoba.ca /?SNE (6524 words)

	TBF Avenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		There was a single.30 calibre (7.62 mm) rear turret and a belly turret; however, the most important piece of weaponry was probably the front machine gun.
		This was partly due to the slow speed of the Devastator (less than 200 mph (320 km/h) during glide-bombing) and its lack of defense (only a single rear turret, which left the plane defenseless if its gunner was incapacitated).
		The first major "prize" for the TBFs (which had been christened the "Avenger", in respect to the fallen pilots at Midway) was at the Battle of Guadalcanal, when Marine Corps and Navy Avengers sunk the Japanese battleship Hiei.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/TBF_Avenger (1143 words)

	Aircraft Carrier FAQs part 2
		The Japanese clearly changed their deck painting schemes for these ships at least twice, and the drawings I have in my books are often very vague as to what date they are portraying.
		In regard to the painting of hinomaru on the flight decks of the four Japanese carriers at Midway, teh first hand accounts of the attacking aviators should be able to shed some light on the topic.
		In fact, the reason the Japanese carriers had those rectangular or trapezoidal outriggers on either side of the flight deck was strictly for orientation purposes, not for an LSO (they didn't use them).
	www.j-aircraft.com /faq/aircraft_carrier_pt2.htm (11451 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		(CATF): Japanese aircraft again attack US airfield at Kweilin; notified well in advance by the Chinese warning net (previously set up under Brigadier General Claire L Chennault while he was head of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), P-40s meet the Japanese over the target, shooting down 2, and another is downed by ground fire.
		Unit moves in England: HQ 6th Fighter Wing from Bushey Hall to Atcham; HQ 1st Fighter Group and 71st Fighter Squadron from Goxhill to Ibsley with P-38s (first mission is 1 Sep); 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, from Biggin Hill to Merston.
		In the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 7 B-17s and USN dive- and torpedo-bombers from the carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) attack a task force covering a transport formation heading for Guadalcanal Island; USN aircraft sink the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo; during the night 4 Japanese warships shell the airstrip on Guadalcanal.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/42/aug42.htm (4339 words)

	Ship - Wikimedia Commons
		US Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) burning and beeing abandoned by crew
		US Aircraft Carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) burning after first japanese aircraft attack at Midway
		Nuclear aircraft carriers USS Enterprise and Charles de Gaulle
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Ship (326 words)

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