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	IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY MYSTERIES
		This airfield, begun by the Japanese, and finished by the Americans upon landing at Guadalcanal in August, was judged to be key to the continued survival of the beachhead.
		HIEI in particular was something of a special ship, unique from her sisters.This was because pre-war she had been the chosen favorite for Emperor Hirohito (Showa) to view naval reviews of Combined Fleet.
		HIEI was not settling any further, her engines remained useable, and sunsetwould bring the cloak of darkness, perhaps even tow, and escape.
	www.combinedfleet.com /atully03.htm (4363 words)

	Carrier Battles in the Pacific - 1942 ... and other WWII battles in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Japanese had to urgently support their army on Guadalcanal and the Henderson field's destruction had to be accomplished the sooner the better.
		Hiei came under attack by van destroyers (already described), and shifted her attention from San Francisco to a new menace, while San Francisco was assailed by light cruiser Nagara and Hiei's sister-ship: battleship Kirishima.
		Japanese figures claim 552 dead, but it is doubtful that this is correct since only Hiei had as much as 450 dead, Akatsuki was missing with all of her crew of 255, not to mention the casualties on other ships.
	www.everblue.net /1942/savo2.php (4499 words)

	Encyclopedia: Togo Heihachiro
		The Battle of Hakodate was fought from 4-10 May 1869, at the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, between the remnants of the Shoguns navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy.
		Mikasa (ä¸‰ç¬) was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the flagship of Admiral Togo Heihachiro during the battle of Tsushima (1905) in the Russo-Japanese War.
		The Battle of Tsushima (Japanese: å¯¾é¦¬æµ·æˆ¦), commonly known as the Sea of Japan Naval Battle (Japanese: æ—¥æœ¬æµ·æµ·æˆ¦) in Japan, was the last and most decisive sea battle of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904â€“1905.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Togo-Heihachiro (2534 words)

	Japanese battleship Fuso - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Japanese battleship Fuso (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Japanese battleship Fuso - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Japanese battleship Fuso.
		Fuso (Japanese: 扶桑, an old name for Japan), was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class.
		She was laid down by the Kure Kaigun Kosho on 11 March 1912, launched on 28 March 1914 and completed on 18 November 1915.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Japanese-battleship-Fuso.html (313 words)

	USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For three hours, Aaron Ward shelled Japanese shore positions, her targets ranging from a gun emplacement to ammunition dumps; fires, smoke, and explosions marked her visit as she quit the area.
		Reaching Lunga Roads, she disembarked her passengers and after going on alert for a Japanese air raid that failed to materialize, cleared Lengo Channel and rejoined her task force.
		The Japanese destroyer Yudachi's presence in the vicinity proved to be her own undoing: Portland summarily sank her soon thereafter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Aaron_Ward_(DD-483) (1903 words)

	Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
		The Japanese had sent a bombardment force of two battleships attended by a light cruiser and 8 destroyers, intending to take out Henderson Field to allow their troop landing on Nov 13 without air attack.
		The Japanese did not expect the U.S. force that night and the big guns were loaded with high explosives shells.
		The Japanese rushed their remaining battleship and five cruisers to bombard the airfield to protect the landing.
	www.ww2pacific.com /nbgc.html (652 words)

	Japanese battleship Hiei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hiei (比叡), named for Mount Hiei north-east of Kyoto, was a Kongo class battleship laid down by the Yokosuka Kaigun Kosho on 4 November 1911, launched on 21 November 1912 and completed on 4 August 1914.
		Kongo and Hiei were relatively fast for battleship and able to keep up with the carrier battlegroup, both ships often accompanied it.
		HIJMS Hiei, commanded by Captain Nishida Masao, suffered thirty 8-inch shell hits from the cruisers USS San Francisco and USS Portland, and many 5-inch shells and two torpedoes from the destroyer USS Sterett during the Battle of Savo Island on 13 November 1942.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/japanese_battleship_hiei (287 words)

	Battlecruisers Of World War II
		This put the Scharnhorst class at a disadvantage compared to the similar size British battleships of the King George V class, and when Scharnhorst encountered the Duke of York and her escorts off Northern Norway late in December 1943, she was overcome by the British battleship's larger guns.
		The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II had four of the busiest and most famous of the world's battlecruisers, and plans to build a class of "Super Cruisers" that were modern battlecruisers in all but name.
		She caught the new U.S. battleship South Dakota by surprise, and disabled her with salvoes of 14in shells, but while her attention was thus occupied, the radar equipped fast battleship Washington slipped to within 8,400yds, and tore her apart.
	www.chuckhawks.com /battlecruisers.htm (9246 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The battleships were to blast the Marine air base at Henderson field.
		Japanese destroyers and the cruiser were tasked with sinking whatever cargo vessels and naval escorts were found in the narrow body of water to the north of the island.
		The following morning, on e Japanese battleship and two destroyers were sunk or sinking and four destroyers were heavily damaged.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd407-nl.htm (1067 words)

	DANFS: USS O'Bannon (DD-450)
		Two battleships, a light cruiser and 14 destroyers were bound to destroy Henderson Field by bombardment, to break up the American reinforcement mission, and to cover reinforcement movements of their own.
		O'Bannon boldly attacked the Japanese battleship Hiei, closing so near that the battleship could not depress her guns far enough to fire on the gallant destroyer.
		O'Bannon's gunfire, in combination with the attacks of the rest of the force, damaged Hiei so badly that she was a sitting duck for the air attack which sank her next day.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd450.html (1826 words)

	Japanese battleship Hiei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hiei (比叡), named for Mount Hiei north-east of Kyoto, was a Kongo-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		Kongo and Hiei were relatively fast for battleships and because they were able to keep up with the carrier battle groups, both ships often accompanied them.
		During the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942, Hiei, commanded by Captain Nishida Masao, suffered thirty 8-inch shell hits from the cruisers USS San Francisco and Portland, and many 5-inch shells and two torpedoes from the destroyer Sterett.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/Japanese-battleship-Hiei.htm (254 words)

	Cruiser Scout - CH 8
		The Japanese had moved into the area, literally dug themselves in, and had them and their supplies fairly well camouflaged.
		As found later, the Japanese battleships were loaded with bombardment ammunition for their big guns, and were preparing to give Henderson Field a major shelling that night.
		It was a match between the two Japanese battleships, the Hiei and the Kirishima, with fourteen inch bombardment ammunition against our two heavy cruisers, the USS San Francisco and the USS Portland, with their eight inch armor piercing ammunition.
	www.cruiserscout.com /mosaic/navy8.html (5078 words)

	TBF Avenger -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		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).
		Continuing with its design, the TBF had a large bomb bay, allowing for either a single 2000 lb (900 kg) (Armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target) torpedo or up to four 500 lb (230 kg) (An explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions) bombs.
		On the afternoon of December 7, 1941, Grumman held a ceremony to open a new manufacturing plant and display the new TBF to the public.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tb/tbf_avenger2.htm (1270 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Two battleships, a light cruiser, and fourteen destroyers were supposed to bombard the American air base at Henderson Field, smash the concentration of troop transports reinforcing the Allied beachhead, and cover reinforcements of their own.
		DD-450 passed so close to the Japanese battlewagon that the huge vessel could not depress her guns sufficiently to fire on the speeding tin can.
		Spraying the battleship with every weapon that would bear, the destroyer steamed past the KONGO-class behemoth, her 14-inch weapons impotent against the destroyer.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd450-nl.htm (1071 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships--Hiei (Battlecruiser, Training Ship & Battleship, 1915-1942)
		Hiei, the second of four 26,230 ton Kongo class battlecruisers, was built at the Yokosuka Dockyard and completed in August 1914.
		She was a unit of the Covering Group during the Battle of Midway in early June and immediately thereafter was sent to the North Pacific to support Japanese operations in the Aleutian Islands.
		On 12 November 1942, Hiei was ordered toward Guadalcanal as flagship of a bombardment force that included her sister fast battleship Kirishima, a light cruiser and more than a dozen destroyers.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-h/hiei2.htm (852 words)

	The Battleship Kongo
		The Japanese battleship Kongô, a ship with a magical name and an important history, was budgeted in 1910 and ordered from the British shipbuilder Vickers in January 1911.
		Battleships had always required masts for spotting, range finding, and fire control, but the need for height increased as possible ranges of targets increased and eyeballing was replaced by heavy optical equipment.
		Victory was no foregone conclusion, since these six Japanese battleships (with an ex-Chinese one thrown in), did not outnumber the Russian squadron in Port Arthur.
	www.friesian.com /kongo.htm (6746 words)

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		The Japanese had lost two destroyers, and the Hiei had been battered – her steering gear wrecked by San Francisco, who’s 8” guns were able to penetrate the Japanese armor at close range.
		The Japanese had lost, and would feel the wrath of that loss the next day, when Navy and Marine aircraft administered the coup de grace on Hiei, which was vainly trying to escape up the slot.
		She silenced this battleship’s big guns and so disabled her that she could be sunk by torpedoes from our destroyers and aircraft.
	www.njipms.org /Articles/Quinn_SanFran/quinn_sanfran.htm (1555 words)

	StrategyPage.com - Military Book Reviews
		She was the last of the four Japanese carriers to be fatally stricken during the battle, and before she sank her air group accounted for the USS Yorktown.
		Hiei (1911-1912-1914)was disarmed in 1930 under the terms of the naval disarmament treaties of 1922 and 1930, and served as a training ship during the 1930s.
		She then served in the Solomons, where she became the first Japanese battleship to be lost in the war, when she was turned into a burning wreck by about 50 shells of 5-inch to 8-inch caliber off Guadalcanal on November 12-13, 1942, her shattered hulk being sunk that morning by U.S. aircraft.
	www.strategypage.com /articles/default.asp?target=pearl.htm&reader=long (12369 words)

	TBF/TBM Avenger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Moreover the crushing losses inflicted on their torpedo squadrons at the Battle of Midway left the United States Navy with little confidence in aerial torpedo attack, confidence which was only regained with the success of the Avengers at the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
		Nonetheless, in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 1942, TBFs inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese battleship Hiei with torpedoes after she had been crippled by US surface forces.
		In the Battle for Leyte Gulf the TBF / TBM achieved one of its most notable successes by sinking (with 19 torpedo hits) the Japanese battleship Musashi, which at 67,000 tons was one of the two largest warships in the world (the other being her sister ship Yamato).
	ussessex.bravepages.com /Avenger.html (678 words)

	TBM Avenger
		Henderson field was pulverized by the 14-inch guns of the Japanese battleship Hiei.
		Shortly, thereafter, 15 Avengers from the USS Enterprise attached the Hiei at 11:20 a.m.
		TBM Avengers attacked the last remnants of the Japanese Fleet, which comprised the battleship Yamato, the cruiser Akagi, and two screen destroyers.
	olympicflightmuseum.com /aircraft_gallery/tbm.htm (1192 words)

	Aaron Ward
		Reaching Lunga Roads at 1216, she disembarked her passengers and after going on alert for a Japanese air raid that failed to materialize, cleared Lengo Channel and rejoined her task force.
		Ten days after her abortive hunt for I-176, Aaron Ward carried out another bombardment of Japanese positions on Guadalcanal, this time in company with the light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), the flagship of Rear Admiral Norman Scott (Commander, Task Group (TG) 64.4), and the destroyers Benham (DD-397), Fletcher (DD-445) and Lardner (DD-487).
		Aaron Ward, leading the four destroyers bringing up the rear of Callaghan's column, ranged in on the Japanese ships with her FD radar at 0145, opening fire soon thereafter on a target she took to be a battleship.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a1/aaron_ward-ii.htm (2186 words)

	ATTACK ON THE HIEI
		With the 30,000-ton battleship's steering gear crippled, her fate was sealed, yet her gunners fought valiently throughout the day.
		HIEI, the first battleship to be sunk by Americans in World War II, fell to the small but courageous group of Marine and Navy fliers.
		Joining Robert Taylor, each print of Attack On The Hiei is individually signed by Medal of Honor recipient Joe Foss and three of his U.S. Marine Corps pilots who flew on the Hiei mission.
	www.airartnw.com /attackonhiei.htm (670 words)

	Page Title
		In the devastation that had taken place that night and early morning, the ocean was filled with burning and sinking ships and the bodies of sailors and marines, both dead and alive, of both the Americans and the Japanese.
		sat near dead in the water; three of the Japanese destroyers were, or soon would be, on the bottom and others had been holed.
		burning from bow to stern and her bowels full of sea water, survived the battle, as one of the lucky ones of the American warships still able to fire her guns as the Japanese ships broke off the fight and withdrew.
	www.pacshiprev.com /CA38HistorySubDirectory/page10.html (732 words)

	Senkan Battleship and Junyokan Cruiser Troms Bibliography
		Delgado, James P., Lanihan, Daniel J. and Murphy, Larry E. The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb: A Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons.
		Battleships: Axis and Neutral Battleships in World War II.
		Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units of World War II.
	www.combinedfleet.com /senjunbib.html (1004 words)

	Attack On The Hiei
		A Limited Edition Recording The Sinking Of The Japanese Battleship 'Hiei' By U.S. Marine Corps and Navy Flyers, November 13, 1942.
		Joining artist Robert Taylor, each print of Attack on the Hiei is individually signed by Medal of Honor recipient Joe Foss and three of his U.S. Marine Corps pilots who flew on the 'Hiei' mission.
		The main Corsair in the drawing is that of Lt. Robert Gray who later sank the Japanese destroyer Amalasa and was posthumously awarded the Victorian Cross.
	chesterfieldarmament.com /taylor/attackonthehiei/attackhiei.htm (711 words)

	Red Sun/Blue Sky WWII Miniatures Game
		In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, two SBD Dauntlesses from Scouting Six attack the I-70, a Japanese submarine tracking an American task force.
		The Japanese have worn down the Marine Air Wing on Guadalcanal sufficiently to dare to unload transports in broad daylight.
		Data is provided for 23 Allied and 13 Japanese aircraft, and for 96 ships.
	theminiaturespage.com /rules/ww2/rsbs.html (568 words)

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