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	Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soryu (Japanese: 蒼龍 sōryū, meaning "blue {or green} dragon") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		Soryu was built at Kaigun Kosho, Kure, Japan and commissioned on December 29, 1937.
		Soryu received three direct hits on her elevator, starting fires and exploding the armed and fueled planes on the hangar deck.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Soryu (442 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor that started the Pacific War and she was destroyed on June 5, 1942 by air attack in the Battle of Midway.
		On 7 December 1941 she was with the Strike Force in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		After Kaga, Soryu and Akagi were disabled by air attack at about 10:25, Hiryu was the only operational carrier left to the Japanese.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiryu (520 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Hiryu (Japanese: 飛龍, meaning "flying dragon") was a aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		In April 1942 she took part in the Indian Ocean raid, striking Royal Navy bases at Columbo and Trincomalee Ceylon and helping to sink the cruisers Cornwall,, the aircraft carrier Hermes, and her escort destroyer Vampire.
		She launched two waves of planes at 10:50 and 12:45 against Yorktown, heavily damaging the American carrier (she was sunk later by).
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiryu (571 words)

	Encyclopedia: Japanese-aircraft-carrier-Hiryu
		Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu Downloaded from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		Kaga (Japanese: 加賀, the ancient Kaga Province, in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		Akagi (Japanese: 赤城, meaning red castle, a volcano in the Kanto region of Japan) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiryu (2030 words)

	Encyclopedia: Japanese-aircraft-carrier-Soryu
		Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu Downloaded from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft.
		The seventh USS Hornet (CV-8) of the United States Navy was an aircraft carrier of World War II, notable for launching the Doolittle Raid, as a participant in the Battle of Midway, and for action in the Solomons before being mortally wounded in the Battle of the Santa Cruz...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Soryu (1992 words)

	HIJMS Soryu - Wikimedia Commons
		Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu circles while under high-level bombing attack by USAAF B-17 bombers from the Midway base, shortly after 8AM, 4 June 1942.
		Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Soryu, Akagi and Kaga in the morning of 4 June 1942.
		Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Nautilus (SS-168) on a burning Japanese aircraft carrier during the early afternoon of 4 June 1942, as seen through the submarine's periscope.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/HIJMS_Soryu (201 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Soryu ((A native or inhabitant of Japan) Japanese: 蒼龍 sōryū, meaning "blue (or green) dragon") was an (A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings) aircraft carrier of the (Click link for more info and facts about Imperial Japanese Navy) Imperial Japanese Navy.
		Soryu was built at Kaigun Kosho, (Click link for more info and facts about Kure) Kure, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan and commissioned on December 29, 1937.
		On on 19 April 1942 she pursued the American carriers (Click link for more info and facts about Hornet) Hornet and (Click link for more info and facts about Enterprise) Enterprise after they launched the (Click link for more info and facts about Doolittle Raid) Doolittle Raid, but without success.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Ja/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Soryu.htm (590 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--CV Soryu (1937-42)
		Soryu, a 18,800-ton aircraft carrier built at Kure, Japan, was completed in December 1937.
		One of six carriers that delivered the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941, she also participated in other early Pacific War operations.
		Soryu was sunk on 4 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway, after SBD "Dauntless" aircraft from
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-s/soryu.htm (564 words)

	Japanese Aircraft Carrier - Big Aircraft Guide
		Japanese Carrier Equipment This analysis centers on the identification of a piece of wreckage belonging to a Japanese aircraft carrier.
		Japanese aircraft carrier JUNYO (picture taken after it was surrendered to the US in August of 1945).
		The Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation, having commisioned the worlds first built-from-the-keel-up carrier, the Hosho.
	www.bigaircraftguide.com /japanese-aircraft-carrier.html (656 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku - TheBestLinks.com - August 8, December 12, June 1, 1939, ...
		The Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Shokaku (空母翔鶴) is most famous for taking part in the battles of Pearl Harbor and the Coral Sea.
		She and her sister, the Zuikaku forming the Japanese 5th Carrier Division, acquired their aircraft just shortly before and were ready just in time for the Pearl Harbor attack.
		In 1943 she resumed her role as one of the Japanese Navy's most important fleet carriers, and was eventually sunk by the US submarine Cavalla (SS-244) on 19 June 1944, during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shokaku.html (332 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu - TheBestLinks.com - Aircraft carrier, December 23, December 29, June 4, ...
		Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu - TheBestLinks.com - Aircraft carrier, December 23, December 29, June 4,...
		Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu, Aircraft carrier, December 23, December 29...
		ja:蒼龍 The Soryu (蒼龍blue dragon) was one of six Japanese aircraft carriers that took part in the Battle of Pearl Harbor.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Soryu.html (112 words)

	Battle of Midway - Metaweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		At dawn on June 4, Japanese carrier aircraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aircraft) bombed and heavily damaged the base on Midway.
		Aircraft launched from the remaining Japanese carrier Hiryu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiryu) struck the USS Yorktown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)), which was severely damaged, but it survived both this and a second attack, only to be sunk while adrift by a Japanese submarine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/submarine) on June 7.
		Aircraft from the Enterprise in turn attacked the Hiryu and set her ablaze, and damaged the destroyer Isokaze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isokaze).
	www.metaweb.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Battle_of_Midway&printable=yes (1050 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Shokaku (Japanese: 翔鶴 shōkaku meaning "flying crane") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class.
		She and her sister ship Zuikaku, forming the Japanese 5th Carrier Division, acquired their aircraft shortly before the Pearl Harbor attack and were ready just in time for it.
		Planes from the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shokaku.htm (559 words)

	Japanese Aircraft Carrier Flag - Big Aircraft Guide
		Although the Japanese sank the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the...
		Japanese aircraft carrier group being composed by the premise of the...
		History of the aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy from the seaplane carrier HMS Pegasus...
	www.bigaircraftguide.com /japanese-aircraft-carrier-flag.html (623 words)

	Japanese Carriers of WW2
		During this period, Japan produced a new big carrier, Taiho, and converted two seaplane tenders and a submarine tender to light carriers, three passenger liners to escort carriers, two battleships to handle aircraft, and neared completion of the world's largest aircraft carrier, Shinano.
		Aircraft from TF 38 launch two-day attack on the Inland Sea area, Japan, striking Kure Naval Base and airfields at Nagoya, Osaka, and Miho.
		Aircraft from TF 38 of the Third Fleet (Adm Halsey) strike Inland Sea area, between Nagoya, and Northern Kyushu; principally targeting the Kure Naval Base.
	www.ww2pacific.com /japcv.html (1680 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho
		Shoho (Japanese: 祥鳳 shōhō, meaning "auspicious phoenix") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class.
		She began to be converted to an aircraft carrier in 1940 and she was renamed Shoho on 26 January 1942.
		In April 1942 she was assigned to Operation MO, the invasion of Port Moresby in New Guinea, sailing with the cruisers Aoba, Kinugasa, Furataka, and Kako of Cruiser Division 6 under the command of Rear Admiral Goto Aritomo.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/japanese-aircraft-carrier-shoho.html (297 words)

	BATTLE OF MIDWAY--Midway-based Bomber Attacks on the Japanese Carrier Striking Force, 4 June 1942
		They attacked the Japanese carrier Hiryu, scoring a near miss and causing a few casualties with machinegun fire.
		While all this was taking place, the Japanese also had to contend with the stealthy presence of the submarine Nautilus (SS-168), which poked up her periscope in the middle of their formation and fired a torpedo that missed.
		The Japanese carriers recovered the planes returning from hitting the U.S. base and began preparing a second attack, this one targeting a U.S. Navy task force that had been unexpectedly discovered to the east.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/mid-4d.htm (698 words)

	Carrier, Hosho, Bearn, Lexington, Saratoga, Akagi, Kaga, Ranger, Yorktown, Ark Royal, Illustrious, Formidable, Wasp, ...
		Aircraft carrier "Eagle" has to be left behind because of defects caused by earlier bombing.
		On the 17th carrier aircraft attack Rhodes and on the night of the 18th/19th the two battleships bombard Valona, Albania.
		On the 26th, carrier "Formidable", accompanied by battleships "Barham" and "Queen Elizabeth", flies off aircraft from a position well to the south for an attack on the Scarpanto Island airfields.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsCarriers.htm (5341 words)

	HMS Hermes aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		In mid-1930s she was reduced to operating 15 aircraft and by 1939 this had dropped to only 12.
		Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft from the carriers Soryu, Hiryu and Akagi.
		Detailed summary histories and photographs of these three aircraft carriers which were involved in sinking the Hermes, took part in the attacks on Pearl Harbor and were all sunk at the Battle of Midway.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Hermes.html (1029 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 - Airplanes BR
		Wreckage from Japanese aircraft carrier sunk at Battle of Midway identified!
		Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu Career Ordered: Laid down: 8 July 1936, Yokosuka Launched: 15 November 1937 Commissioned: 5 July 1939 Fate: Sunk by.
		Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu Career Ordered: Laid down: November 20, 1934 Launched: December 23, 1935 Commissioned: December 29, 1937.
	airplanes.br.com /japanese-aircraft-carriers.html (440 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)

	Lieutenant Zenji Abe: A Japanese Pilot Remembers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Now aircraft were being stowed aboard the carriers.
		In each pilot's mind as well as in the minds of the crewmen, both those remaining behind and those on the planes, was the thought: "With this one torpedo, this one bomb, if God wills." All were united in a common purpose.
		From the other five carriers, planes were taking off and falling into formation while gaining altitude, circling the task force.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/bljapanesepilotremembers/index1.html (800 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Hiryu (Japanese: 飛龍, meaning "flying dragon") was a Soryu-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu contains research on
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Hiryu (552 words)

	BATTLE OF MIDWAY--Scenes Elsewhere in Yorktown's Task Force
		The two VB-3 planes were returning from attacking the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu and were unable to land on USS Yorktown (CV-5) after she was hit and temporarily stopped by Japanese dive bombers.
		The plane was one of two, flown by Lieutenant Commander Maxwell F. Leslie, the VB-3 Commanding Officer, and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Paul A. Holmberg, that were returning from attacking the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu and were unable to land on USS Yorktown (CV-5) after she was hit and temporarily stopped by Japanese dive bombers.
		Note her port aircraft crane, and an SOC floatplane on her port catapult.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/mid-8b8.htm (838 words)

	Japanese Aircraft Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-12)
		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.
		As a result, by the time Japan attacked the United States, they possessed a fantastically effective naval aviation force, comprised of a core of six large carriers and several more light carriers, whose airwings were manned by long-serving, highly-skilled pilots.
		And even well after the debacle at Midway, Japanese carriers and their airwings retained a formaidable punch.
	combinedfleet.com.phtemp.com /cv.htm (137 words)

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