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	Opening Salvo: War at Sea - Pt. 5
		The Japanese Admiral was killed in the opening salvoes, causing confusion in their ranks while the Americans mistakenly sent their destroyers in the middle of the Japanese ships.
		During the course of the battle the Japanese formation was disrupted, causing the Myōkō to collide with a friendly destroyer, the Hatsukaze.
		Cruiser Division 5 would participate in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf, after which the Imperial Japanese Navy was in such a decrepit state the Myōkō was simply used as a floating battery.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=ah/aam/ah20070226c (2228 words)

	Japanese cruiser Ashigara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		'''''Ashigara''''' (&36275;&26564;) was a Myoko class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		Ashigara was laid down at the Kawasaki shipyard in Kobe on April 11, 1924, launched on April 22, 1928, and was commissioned into the Imperial Navy on August 20, 1929.
		Ashigara and Nachi fired their torpedoes and retreated ('Nachi'' with damage from a collision with Mogami).
	japanese-cruiser-ashigara.iqnaut.net (386 words)

	Star Games WW II Exhibits - Japanese Radar Of World War II
		The Japanese military was late to understand the value of radar, but when development was finally undertaken full force, some fairly effective sets were developed and employed during the war.
		While the Japanese had been the first to develop radar among the major combatants, they were the last to enter into a serious effort to develop this important device for military purposes.
		Japanese radar of 1945 was roughly equivalent to that employed by the US in 1942 and 1943, while at that point the Americans and British had advanced fire control radars in common service with both anti-ship and anti-air capability.
	www.star-games.com /exhibits/japaneseradar/japaneseradar.html (2359 words)

	THE AIR FORCE ART COLLECTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Since training in identification of naval craft was imperfect and may Japanese cruisers were as long or longer than some American battleships, it is not surprising that such mistakes of identification werer made, even by the presumably better-trained Navy air personnel.
		JAPANESE source indicate that the ship picked out but by Lieutenant Bean was in fact the heavy cruiser Ashigara, flagship of the Third Fleet in its current operation.
		Although the Japanese assert that no hits were made, the bombs scored near misses and to Kelly's crow it appeared that one of them had struck squarely amidship.
	www.afapo.hq.af.mil /presentation/Common/artcollection.cfm?IMAGE_ID=1917 (656 words)

	World War II Plus 55 -March 8 through March 14, 1942
		As the Japanese advance in Burma, they are harassed by RAF fighters and the famed American Flying Tigers, led by colorful pilots like Robert Scott and Greg "Pappy" Boyington.
		Japanese patrols are heavy, Tokyo Rose is broadcasting that MacArthur will be captured within a month, and US Navy officers give MacArthur a one-in-five chance.
		Japanese troops land at Finschafen in Papua New Guinea and on Buka in the Solomons.
	www.usswashington.com /dl08mr42.htm (2351 words)

	Japanese Carriers of WW2
		Japanese Pearl Harbor Attack Force detaches carriers Hiryu and Soryu, heavy cruisers Tone and Chikuma, and two destroyers to reinforce second attack on Wake Island.
		Japanese transport force, formed around seaplane carriers Chitose and Nisshin and six destroyers, reaches Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal, to disembark elements of the Japanese Army's 2d Infantry Division.
		It is from the Japanese perspective, in which, "Four enemy cruisers were sunk" means that American ships were lost.
	www.ww2pacific.com /japcv.html (1680 words)

	World War 2 at Sea - 1945, Hitler dies, Defeat of Germany, Atomic Bomb, Defeat of Japan
		Japanese heavy cruiser "Haguro" sailed for the Andaman Islands to evacuate the garrison.
		As they did, newly arrived fleet carrier "Implacable" with an escort carrier and cruisers in support, launched raids on the by-passed island of Truk in the Carolines on the 14th and 15th.
		Japanese heavy cruiser "Takao", previously damaged by US submarines on passage to the Battle of Leyte Gulf, was now laying off Singapore in the Johore Straits.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2RN23-194505.htm (2824 words)

	Japanese U-Boat I-401 is Found!
		A Japanese quartermaster told me that he had to use a seven degree starboard helm to steer a straight course at 2 knots submerged.
		Afterwards an unfortunate Japanese sailor who hadn't got the word dropped down from the conning tower with his usual elan and struck the steel deck with a resounding crash.
		The Japanese Naval Staff was directed to prepare immediately a report in English specifying the time, place and circumstances of every submarine they'd sunk during the war.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1367585/posts (14977 words)

	Alden DD-211
		Alden resuming her voyage, eventually sighted her destination, Hoishoto Island, at 1245 on the 12th, and immediately requested permission from the captain of the Japanese cruiser Ashigara to enter Japanese territorial waters.
		With the start of the European war in September 1939, concern over the Japanese taking advantage of the preoccupation of the British and French wit-in European affairs to extend her own sphere of influence prompted increased American vigilance to protect the lives and property of Americans in the Far East.
		She and her sister ships were still preparing for sea as Japanese high-level and torpedo bombers, flying from bases in Indochina, overwhelmed Pnnce of Wales and Repulse off Kuantan, Malaya, that same afternoon and sank them both.
	www.navyhistory.com /destroyer/Aldendd211.html (4287 words)

	Japanese 20 cm/50 (8") 3rd Year Type No. 2
		All heavy cruisers built after 1932 were armed with these weapons while older cruisers armed with the 20 cm (7.9") No. 1 guns had them replaced with these more powerful weapons.
		In addition, the Mogami class cruisers had their 15.5 cm (6.1") triple mounts replaced by the 20 cm (8") gun in twin mounts while the design of the Tone class was altered during construction to use this gun.
		Some mountings were given high elevation capability with the idea that they could be used against aircraft, but the guns had a low rate or fire and the mountings could not train or elevate quickly enough to be effective in the AA role.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNJAP_8-50_3ns.htm (1474 words)

	Alden
		During the course of this voyage (1838-1842), the officers and men of the expedition were transferred freely from one vessel to another, Alden—promoted to lieutenant on 25 February 1841—concluding the cruise as executive officer of the sloop Porpoise.
		Alden, resuming her voyage, eventually sighted her destination, Hoishoto Island, at 1245 on the 12th, and immediately requested permission from the captain of the Japanese cruiser Ashigara to enter Japanese territorial waters.
		At 1958, the ABDA cruiser column turned to westward where, before the night was over, De Ruyter and Java would be sunk, and Houston and Perth forced to flee; Alden and her sisters turned eastward, to retire independently toward Surabaya, their torpedo stocks exhausted.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a5/alden.htm (5057 words)

	IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY MYSTERIES
		Of the twelve Japanese battleships all but one were lost in World War II, and the last, NAGATO was expended just after, as a symbolic sacrifice in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.
		The condition of the cruiser was not the main interest, and few other details are available, but these form a useful appendix to the pictorial record of the sinking.
		Though Japanese accounts slightly conflict on whether an induced explosion or a scuttling torpedo from URANAMI ultimately sank the AYANAMI, they agree on the location of the event: just abaft the bridge, which corresponds exactly with what was found, hull-breaking damage resembling a starboard torpedo hit.
	www.combinedfleet.com /atully08.htm (7122 words)

	Japanese cruiser Haguro at AllExperts
		Haguro (ç¾½é»') was the last of the four-member Myoko class of heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		She was named after a mountain in Yamagata Prefecture.
		The other ships of her class were Myoko (å¦é«), Nachi (é£æº), and Ashigara (è¶³æ).
	en.allexperts.com /e/j/ja/japanese_cruiser_haguro.htm (426 words)

	Japanese Cruisers
		Japanese Cruisers from the First World War to the Second World War.
		She was the first Japanese cruiser to have a clipper bow.
		The Tenryu class Ligth Cruisers, Tenryu and Tatsuta were designed along the same lines of the successful Royal navy Arethusa Class Cruisers.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /japanese_cruisers.htm (1412 words)

	IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY MYSTERIES
		Despite his well-documented loathing of his Japanese enemies, the heavy cruiser KUMANO had sought to cheat death with a tenacity that was truly admirable, indeed almost miraculous.
		Caught by surprise, the Japanese lunged to the attack with delighted eagerness, foregoing proper formation arrangements and battle preparations in favor of a willy-nilly, "general attack".
		Especially so since the Japanese had forsaken strong anti-aircraft defense formation and their warships were advancing in groups of twos and fours at different speeds.
	www.combinedfleet.com /atully04.htm (4795 words)

	194506
		Near Sumatra, Japanese cruiser Ashigara, which is carrying 1,200 troops, is sunk by five torpedoes fired by British sub Trenchant.
		The Japanese repulse the 1st Marine divisions's attack on Kunishi ridge near the west coast.
		The GIs are astounded by the surrender of 1,000 Japanese.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /tenison/297/wwii/194506.htm (3479 words)

	British Submarines in World War Two
		This comprised: One battleship; two fleet carriers; 20 cruisers and cruiser-minelayers; 67 destroyers and escort destroyers; 45 submarines, escorts, minesweepers, landing craft and coastal forces.
		Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara (above) is carrying troops from Batavia to Singapore.
		The Japanese heavy cruiser Takao had been previously damaged by US submarines and now lay off Singapore in the Johore Straits.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/britsubs.html (3263 words)

	The Damned Die Hard Game Report
		Fire opens at battleship range and the commander of the Cruiser Ashigara is joking about the upcoming campaign with his deck officers when a shell slams into the bridge, killing them all.
		In response the destroyers and remaining cruisers disrupt the artillery unit with heavy and accurate gunfire.
		The Japanese commander is pleased with the battle to date - some damage done tot he large USAAF and critical damage to the USN.
	userpage.fu-berlin.de /~broszies/generalstab/archiv/tddh01/tddh01_02.html (1162 words)

	Colin Kelly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He is remembered as a war hero for sacrificing his own life to save his crew when his plane became the first American B-17 to be shot down in combat.
		During its bombing run, Kelly's bomber hit the Japanese cruiser Ashigara.
		On its return flight the bomber came under attack by Zeros, one of which was piloted by famed Japanese flying ace Saburo Sakai.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Colin_Kelly (213 words)

	Alden DD-211
		With the start of the European war in September 1939, concern over the Japanese taking advantage of the preoccupation of the British and French wit-in European affairs to extend her own sphere of influence prompted increased American vigilance to protect the lives and property of Americans in the Far East.
		She and her sister ships were still preparing for sea as Japanese high-level and torpedo bombers, flying from bases in Indochina, overwhelmed Pnnce of Wales and Repulse off Kuantan, Malaya, that same afternoon and sank them both.
		Intelligenee information indicating the possibility of a Japanese landing attempt in the vicinity a mixed Duteh and American force (Houston, the Duteh cruisers De Ruyter and Jaw, two Duteh destroyers, and five American—including Alden) stood out after dark on 25 February and eondueted a sweep off the, northern coast of Madura Island.
	www.historycentral.com /navy/destroyer/Aldendd211.html (4287 words)

	Colin Kelly at AllExperts
		Born in Madison, Florida, he was a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who flew bombing runs against the Japanese navy in the first days after the Pearl Harbor attack.
		On its return flight the bomber came under attack by Zeros, one of which was piloted by famed Japanese flying ace Saburo Sakai.
		Early reports misidentified the Ashigara as the battleship Haruna, and also mistaknely reported that he had crashed his plane into the smokestack of the Haruna, becoming the first Suicide pilot of the war.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/co/colin_kelly.htm (317 words)

	The Florida Farm Boy Who Inspired A Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Coupled with the German conquest of Northern and Western Europe, and Nazi divisions poised outside the walls of Moscow and Stalingrad, Japanese dominion over land and sea left little doubt as to the enormity of the task ahead.
		Incredibly, Kelly saved his crew and then sank a Japanese battleship by ramming it with his plane The New York Times solemnized the moment and deed: "And the Philippines are producing something more powerful than victory itself, tradition.
		His actions saved his crew, his bombs badly damaged the Japanese light cruiser Ashigara, and his gallantry provided inspiration to a nation.
	www.tbo.com /news/opinion/commentary/MGB0FIWBJYE.html (1024 words)

	Články - Válečné lodě druhé světové války
		Japanese guardboat No.12 Kotoshiro Maru is sunk by U.S. aircraft off Torishima, 30°00'N, 140°00'E. USAAF B-24s (Far East Air Force) bomb Japanese shipping at Mako, Pescadores, sinking merchant tanker No.2 Kinyu Maru and cargo vessel Horei Maru, 23°32'N, 119°34'E. Japanese ship No.1 Manyu Maru is sunk by aircraft off Tajin Island.
		Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Kaiko Maru is sunk by aircraft, 21°25'N, 109°20'E. Mines laid by USAAF B-29 (20th Bomber Command) sinks Japanese cargo ship Shinro Maru southeast of Hesaki Light, 33°53'N, 131°02'E, and damage Coast Defense Vessel No.40 off Futaio Jima.
		Japanese escort vessel Uku and Patrol Vessel No.102 [ex-U.S. destroyer Stewart (DD-224)] are damaged by aircraft, 34°52'N, 124°23'E. USAAF mine sinks Japanese cargo vessel Gakujo Maru at western entrance of Shimonoseki Strait, 34°00'N, 130°50'E. 29 April, Sun.
	warships.web4u.cz /givetbl.php?language=&hist=USN_1945_4E (2922 words)

	Timebase Multimedia Chronography(TM) - Timebase 1945
		General Eisenhower, who visited the camp, was so shocked by the sight of the emaciated corpses that he sent photos to Churchill, who arranged for several Members of Parliament to visit the camp.
		Japanese losses are 120,000 military and 42,000 civilian dead.
		Not only has the Japanese army lost more than 400,000 of its best troops in the campaign, but with the fall of the Philippines, Japan's supply lines are cut.
	www.humanitas-international.org /showcase/chronography/timebase/1945tbse.htm (7121 words)

	Third Reich History: June 8
		This days Magic Summaries, detailing intelligence decrypts of Japanese and German coded traffic, contains an intercepted message from Major General Okamoto from Berlin to Tokyo warning that the peculiarities of Allied strategy prevents him from judging with "anything like precision where England and America will concentrate their activities.
		The Japanese cruiser Ashigara is sunk by a British submarine after evacuating 1200 men from Batavia.
		Eva Peron, wife of President Juan Peron, is given a tumultuous reception in Madrid by General Franco, a rare greeting by the Spanish dictator for an international dignitary.
	members.tripod.com /dailytrh/0608.html (784 words)

	[No title]
		In the 1920s the Imperial Japanese Navy experimented with new warship design theories and construction in an effort to pack more offensive power into a cruiser design on less tonnage.
		For the next class the Japanese went in the other direction and tried to design the heaviest possible cruiser with the heaviest armament.
		Japanese warships were normally different shades of solid gray, depending upon the naval base where they were refitted.
	www.steelnavy.com /OkretySwiataMyoko.htm (712 words)

	Gallery Cruisers
		The cruiser was a Baltimore heavy cruiser converted to a missile cruiser by the removal of the aft turret and installation of missile systems.
		This kit portrays the cruiser after that conversion and as she appeared as part of the Japanese force at the Battle of Surigao Strait, where she was sunk.
		USS Brooklyn, Armored Cruiser 1898 - The 1:350th scale model of the flagship at the Battle of Santiago, Cuba from Iron Shipwright has been built in her buff and white paint scheme by Michael Taylor.
	www.steelnavy.com /gallery_cruisers.htm (5773 words)

	LEYTE GULF - The Japanese Southern Force
		The heavy cruiser Ashigara - part of Vice Admiral Shima's Force C - seen here in Spithead at the 1937 Coronation Naval Review
		These two groups were meant to carry out a co-ordinated attack, but failed to do so.
		The picture of heavy cruiser Ashigara at the head of page is reproduced with thanks from
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/LEYTE_GULF_IJN_Southern_Force_.htm (174 words)

	[No title]
		During the course of this voyage (1838-1842), the officers and men of the expedition were transferred freely from one vessel to another, Alden-promoted to lieutenant on 25 February 1841-concluding the cruise as executive officer of the sloop PORPOISE.
		A short time later, it was determined that the victim of the earlier attack by EDSALL and the Australian minesweeper HMAS DELORAIRE was I-124, a large Japanese mine- laying submarine whose mines had already sunk three Allied merchantmen.
		Intelligence information indicating the possibility of a Japanese landing attempt in the vicinity, a mixed Dutch and American force (HOUSTON, the Dutch cruisers DE RUYTER and JAVA, two Dutch destroyers, and five American-including ALDEN) stood out after dark on 25 February and conducted a sweep off the northern coast of Madura Island.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/escorts/dd-211.txt (5001 words)

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