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	Japanese Navy Ships--CV Akagi (1927-42)
		Begun as a battle cruiser, she was completed as one of Japan's first two large aircraft carriers in March 1927.
		Battlecruiser Kongo is in the center, with the training cruiser Kasuga in the distance beyond her stern.
		Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu in the morning of 4 June 1942.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-a/akagi2.htm (524 words)

	Japanese cruiser Yoshino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yoshino (吉野) was a 2nd class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Armstrong Whitworth shipyards in Elswick, in Great Britain.
		However, soon after the start of the war, the Yoshino collided with the Japanese armored cruiser Kasuga in fog.
		The Kasuga's ram hit the Yoshino's port side, and penetrated to the engine room; the Yoshino turned turtle and sank in the Yellow Sea [38.07N, 122.33E] on 15 May 1904 with the loss of 319 lives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yoshino (366 words)

	XGH
		Early in the morning some of Togo's cruisers had sighted the Russian squadron and soon the net was being drawn tightly around them.
		At first the Japanese were astounded, but when Admiral Togo was satisfied that no trick was being attempted, he order his fleet to cease firing and dispatched a detail of officers and men to transfer prisoners and take over the prizes.
		She escaped the Japanese cordon only to be wrecked in a dense fog outside Vladimir Bay.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /xgh.html (694 words)

	XXIV. JAPANESE ESPIONAGE AND. UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE AT PEARL HARBOR—JAPANESE MILITARY AND FLEET MOVEMENTS
		Stephenson discussed the Japanese consular agents of which there were about 240 and the fact that one of them in June 1940 had been proved to have been engaged in espionage.
		He said that the Japanese radio traffic which was received contained a certain amount of "padding or rejecting of messages," but that in his opinion there had been no attempt on the part of the Japanese to practice radio deception in any of its forms.
		Japanese army strength in Indo‑China was believed to be about 25,000 in Tongking Province and between 70,000 and 100,000 in south Indo‑China.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/pha/narrative/24.html (11346 words)

	Koda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Both the Japanese people and their government believed that the concessions gained through the treaty of 1895 were lawful in light of current international custom and, further, had been bought with the blood of Japanese soldiers.
		The Japanese government was patient enough to propose on 30 October an amendment, to establish a neutral zone thirty miles wide on either side of the border between Korea and Manchuria.
		Japanese military leaders coordinated the development of a cooperative, integrated plan by the Army and Navy, in which the roles for each were clearly defined and assigned.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/2005/spring/art1-sp05.htm (13424 words)

	Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi - Wikimedia Commons
		The HIJMS Akagi (Japanese: 赤城, meaning "red castle", a volcano in the Kanto region of Japan) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.
		Battlecruiser Kongo is in the center, with the training cruiser Kasuga in the distance beyond her stern.
		Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu in the morning of 4 June 1942.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/HIJMS_Akagi (216 words)

	Saxon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Japanese cooperation is all the more surprising given that both British and American historians have characterized Japan’s role in the First World War as that of a “jackal state,” one that took a lion’s share of the kill after only minimally assisting the cause.
		The Japanese navy relieved the Akashi in June 1917 with the armored cruiser Izumo and reinforced the Malta squadron with the destroyers Kashi, Hinoki, Momo, and Yanagi.
		Japanese destroyers’ ratio of time at sea to time in port was the highest of any allied warships during the war: Japanese warships were under way 72 percent of the time.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/2000/winter/art3-w00.htm (8958 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		During the course of the battle, Kasuga fired 50 ten-inch shells and 103 eight-inch shells, and was hit by one 12-inch, 1 Ã— 6 in (152 mm) and one unidentified of shell, none of which affected her efficiency.
		Shortly after the Battle of Tsushima, the Kasuga was assigned to the 3rd fleet for the invasion and occupation of Sakhalin.
		Kasuga almost managed to survive the Pacific War, but was sunk at her mooring at Yokosuka on 18 July 1945 during an air raid by American forces.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Japanese_cruiser_Kasuga (983 words)

	Battle of Tsushima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Russian navy was confident in defeating the Japanese with their amased fleet on its way to the Pacific.
		After the Japanese discovered the Russian fleet on May 26, 1905 they shadowed the Russian fleet until the following day when Admiral Togo and his fleet crossed in front of the Russian fleet and the Battle of Tsushima had begun.
		Japanese casualties were approximately 600 compared to the approximate 6000 Russians killed.
	www.geocities.com /SouthBeach/Marina/8163/Tsushima.htm (214 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The was an armored cruiser class of the Imperial Japanese Navy based on Garibaldi-class cruisers developed by Italy at the end of the 19th century.
		The success of the Japanese Navy in using armored cruisers in the line of battle during the Russo-Japanese War of 1905 drew considerable attention from navies and ship designers worldwide.
		The armored cruiser design soon evolved into the dreadnought armored cruiser and finally into the battlecruiser, which would be the most glamorous type of the world's warships until discredited at the Battle of Jutland, eleven years after Tsushima.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Kasuga_class_cruiser (581 words)

	Japanese cruiser Nisshin Information
		Designed as a cross between a battleship and a cruiser, but with a very small displacement, it had the ability to stand in the battle line and the speed to avoid action with battleships.
		With a third of Japan’s battleships thus depleted, the unprecedented decision was taken to use the Nisshin and Kasuga in the line of battle during Battle of the Yellow Sea (August 10, 1904).
		The performance of the Japanese armored cruisers during the Battle of Tsushima and that of Nisshin in particular was such that it led to a burst of construction of armored cruisers in the world's navies and the battlecruiser designs that were shortly to follow.
	www.bookrags.com /Japanese_cruiser_Nisshin (1067 words)

	Sinking of the Haguro
		Clearly the cruiser had spotted our destroyers ahead, turned round and was coming towards us at a relative speed of about 60 knots with a destroyer on her starboard beam.
		At 1.40 he reported ‘Cruiser sinking’ to the C-in-C. At the same time, he knew the cruiser was almost gone, and he knew that Vigilant still had her full outfit of eight torpedoes left.
		The cruiser was lying deep in the water like a sodden log, with her upper deck awash almost from end to end.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/haguro.html (9811 words)

	History of the Combined Fleet- Cruisers
		In this era, she was one of the most fast cruiser in the World.
		In 1892 was managed to Honolulu to protect the interest of the Japanese subjects before the invasion of the Hawaii by the Americans.
		She was launched in French Shipyards under Japanese Naval Program of 1882, but she never was commissioned because she was sank by a Steamship into Inner Sea, during her voyage from France to Japan.
	candamo.iespana.es /japon/iunihistcruceros.htm (732 words)

	Jappap.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Japanese heavy cruiser profiled, its design and construction, wartime modifications and operational history with perspective and 3 view drawings showing every detail of the ship, including machinery and armaments.
		Photo 4 Show a Japanese Naval Aviator wearing the one piece Navy Flight suit with winter flying helmet, goggles and Gloves with his name on them He is also wearing a white wool scarf.
		He is standing in front of a tree with a Japanese house in the background.
	members.aol.com /samurai111/Jappap.htm (2813 words)

	Japanese 10"/40 (25.4 cm) EOC Pattern R
		She was finally purchased by the Japanese in 1904 and renamed Kasuga.
		At the time, this gun was one of the longest-ranged weapons in the Japanese Navy and Kasuga saw significant action during the Russo-Japanese War, notably the shelling of Port Arthur and as part of the main battle line during the Battle of Tsushima (Battle of the Japan Sea).
		As a result of the Washington Naval Limitation Treaty, Kasuga was used as a training ship until being disarmed in 1942.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNJAP_10-40_EOC.htm (298 words)

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		Designed by Edoardo Masdea, the cruiser was almost a hybrid between a cruiser and a battleship.
		The value of the Japanese armored cruisers in the war was noticed elsewhere.
		At first called armored cruisers, then dreadnought armored cruisers and finally battlecruisers, the type would be the most glamorous type of the world’s warships until discredited at Jutland, eleven years after Tsushima.
	www.steelnavy.com /Box261Kasuga.htm (2873 words)

	Organization of Japanese Fleet
		Japanese Naval Forces (Staff Headquarters) 1 PG and 3 DD s in China.
		FOURTH FLEET, which may be termed the MANDATE FLEET, apparently administers, the Naval activities, afloat and ashore and also the Army Garrisons units in the Mandated Islands.
		AIR GROUP TRUK The exact composition of these Air Groups is unknown and the estimates of total plane strength in the Mandates vary widely: 62-268 planes.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/pha/misc/45-41.html (2138 words)

	Kasuga Class
		The two Armoured Cruisers were initially designed and laid down for the Italian Navy, but were purchased by Argentina for the war against Chile.
		KASUGA Built at Ansaldo at Genoa was to be could the Mitra but renamed the Rivadavia by Argentina.
		After 1922 as part of the Washington treaty she was partially disarmed and used as a training ship finally used as a target and sunk 1936.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /kasuga_class.htm (476 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It had ben planned that the initial attack should be made by the giant twelve-inch guns of the Japanese big ships, and that under cover of this bombardment the torpedoers and destroyers should dash for the leading Russian ships and attempt to throw the enemy's column into confusion.
		Until sunset the heavy guns of the Japanese battleships and the ten-inch battery of the cruiser Kasuga roared and fired at the oncoming Russians, while the Russian guns roared in reply.
		The cruiser Nakhitnoft, Go Down in the van of the Russian port column, was also observed to be in distress, and then, the sun having set and the quick-setting darkness having come, the torpedoes were sent out under cover of a still heavier cannonade.
	memory.loc.gov /service/gc/mtfgc/0011/4710531.txt (305 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 (1354 words)

	Category:Imperial Japanese Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of radar models of the Imperial Japanese Navy
		Naval ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II
		Organization of the Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Imperial_Japanese_Navy (117 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: Japanese Aircraft Carriers
		She mounted a cruiser's gun armament, partially in turrets and partially in casemates.
		The program originated as an "flight deck cruiser" designed to get around treaty restrictions, but the design became a full fleet carrier when the treaties were abrogated.
		Disabled by aircraft, sunk by cruiser and destroyer gunfire during Leyte Gulf, 25 October 1944, while serving as a decoy.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/ijn_cv.htm (5450 words)

	The Great White Fleet Visits Japan
		Finally, the Japanese viewed the Cruiser Fleet at Samoa, while the Battleship Fleet was in Yokohama a gesture of hostility.
		The Japanese had prepared a wide selection of souvenir postcards that depicted the ships, the captains and Admiral Sperry, along with the various sites of the cities with English captions.
		In Tokyo, the event was planned for 2500 American sailors and their Japanese counterpart to see performances of Japanese culture, Sailors were treated to 25 platforms that provided entertainment of every sort.
	www.greatwhitefleet.info /history6.html (1393 words)

	Japanese Navy, World War 1
		was besieged and taken on the 7th November 1914 by a largely Japanese naval and land force with a token Western Allied presence.
		Directly engaged in the attack were three old battleships, two coast defence ships, three armoured cruisers, a seaplane carrier and destroyer flotilla with its light cruiser leader.
		On escort duty, her bows were blown off when many of the crew were forward in the mess hall; 68 men killed.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyJapanese.htm (2249 words)

	Imperial Battleships
		The Japanese intercept radio traffic that suggests the Americans are planning another raid on Wake Island.
		Cruiser TAKAO fires four starshells meaning "identify yourself", but no reply is received.
		Carrier JUNYO and light cruiser KISO, escorted by DesDiv 30's YUZUKI and UZUKI arrive at Brunei from Sasebo with ammunition resupply for Kurita's force.
	www.combinedfleet.com /yamato.htm (6790 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.
	steelnavy.com /gallery_cruisers.htm (6101 words)

	Nippon Yusen Kaisha K.K.
		WWII converted to Japanese naval auxiliary cruiser, 1943 torpedoed and sunk by USS GRAYBACK.
		June 1904 captured and sunk by Russian cruiser GROMOBOI west of Okinoshima on voyage Yentau to Inland Sea.
		Mij., Rotterdam), Jan.1905 captured by Japanese cruiser NANIWA on voyage Shanghai - Vladivostok and renamed Kageshima Maru for the Japanese Navy.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/nyk.htm (4146 words)

	Wakamiya Maru at Tsingtao
		The Allied Blockading Fleet was under the overall command of Vice Admiral Sadakichi Kato (BBB) with his flag in the old battleship 'SUWO' (CCC) of the 2nd Fleet.
		The Japanese airmen usually carried bombs for dropping on the enemy positions.
		Armoured cruiser to remain in service until 9th August 1945 when to be bombed by U.S. aircraft and stranded near Ominato, North Honshu, Japan.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/wtsing.htm (1568 words)

	"Akagi" Photo Gallery
		On the aft may be seen a huge Japanese letter denoting "A" of the Akagi in white paint.
		Japanese Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Plane (B5N1 "Kate") takes off from Akagi during the filming of the motion picture "From Pearl Harbor to Malaya", circa March-April 1942.
		This scene is frequently used to represent the launch of torpedo planes to attack Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
	www.warship.get.net.pl /Japonia/Aircraft_Carriers/CV_1927_Akagi_class/_Akagi_photos.html (1376 words)

	HIJMS Kongo - Wikimedia Commons
		HIJMS Kongo was the Imperial Japanese Navy's first superdreadnought class battle cruiser, and the name-ship of its class.
		Japanese Carrier Division Three under attack by Task Force 38 planes, 20 June 1944.
		The battleship in the lower center is either Haruna or Kongo.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/HIJMS_Kongo (190 words)

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