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	Informat.io on Imperial Japanese Navy
		The origins of the Imperial Japanese Navy trace back to early interactions with nations on the Asian continent, beginning in the early medieval period and reaching a peak of activity during the 16th and 17th centuries at a time of cultural exchange with European powers during the Age of Discovery.
		Japanese armoured cruiser Nisshin in the Mediterranean (Malta, 1919).
		The Japanese pilot corps at the beginning of the war were of high caliber as compared to their contemporaries around the world due to intense training practices and frontline experience in the Sino-Japanese War.
	www.informat.io /?title=imperial-japanese-navy (5572 words)

	Last Fight of the Donskoi
		As the speed of the Russian armored cruiser was about the same as that of the Japanese light cruisers there was little chance of bringing her to action.
		But he had misjudged the heroic resistance of his enemy, and just as he turned Naniwa to lead round to port a 6-inch shell hit aft and did so much damage that in a few minutes she was listing 7 degrees and had to withdraw from the action.
		As soon as the firing stopped the 2nd Destroyer Division tried to run in between Donskoi and Matsushima to finish her, but found that she was already too close to the rocks and had to deliver an unsuccessful attack from seaward.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /donskoi.html (661 words)

	Battle of Yalu River (1894) - China-related Topics BA-BD - China-Related Topics
		A Japanese fleet under Admiral Isokuru Ito was attempting to disrupt the landing of Chinese troops protected by a fleet under Admiral Ting Ju ch'ang.
		The Japanese advanced on the Chinese with the flying squadron leading in line astern formation with the despatch vessels off to the port of the second squadron (where the flagship was).
		Japanese shells set many Chinese ships aflame, and were responsible for sinking or seriously damaging eight of them, either during the battle or during later mopping up operations.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Battle_of_Yalu_River_(1894) (1412 words)

	The Battle of the Yalu, 17 September 1894
		In the morning of 20 July 1894 a Japanese Flying Squadron of three ironclad cruisers was on patrol in the Gulf of Asan on the west coast of Korea.
		At daybreak on the 17th the Japanese fleet was in sight of Hai-yang Island, 35 miles off the coast at the northern end of Korea Bay and 100 miles east of Port Arthur, China's main naval base.
		The cruiser Tsi Yuen, survivor of the brush with Togo's Flying Squadron at Asan, was the first ship to be hit, and, true to form, she broke away from the line and ran for the sanctuary of Port Arthur.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /yalu1894.html (4725 words)

	Håkans Aviation page — Sino-Japanese Air War 1938 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As Japanese troop advanced on Wuhan, the temporary capital of the Chinese government, the 4th PG was made responsible for the air defence of the city and was based at Fencheng.
		Hsin was so close to the Japanese aircraft he shot down that lubricants of the Japanese aircraft splashed on his windshield and totally obstructed his vision and he had to break off action.
		In this battle the Japanese adopted a very strange tactics, allowing the bombers to fly in advance without protection while the fighters, in compact groups came later, falling upon the Chinese fighters as they were exiting from their attack on the bombers.
	user.bahnhof.se /~surfcity/sino-japanese-1938.htm (22035 words)

	Battle of Tsushima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A squadron of three cruisers gave chase, but at their top speed of 18 knots were unable to close the distance until another pair of Japanese ships appeared from the NW, forcing Donskoi to alter course towards the Japanese mainland.
		The Japanese ships closed the range, inflicting horrible slaughter on the old Russian vessel, whose decks were packed with 270 survivors of the sunken battleship Sissoi Veliky and the destroyer Buiny.
		Having landed on Matsushima by dawn on the 28th, the survivors were taken off for interment.
	www.cityofart.net /bship/donskoi.html (211 words)

	ironcladpirate: Battle of Yalu Sino-Japanese War
		The flagship and two other French-built cruisers each had a single heavy gun--mounted to the front or to the rear depending on the ship--but were otherwise just protected cruisers, not battleships.
		These ships and many of the supporting cruisers could fire most oif their main guns straight ahead, and the Chinese used a formation that took advantage of this (some have compared it to the Austrian formation that opened the battle of Lissa, the previous ironclad fleet engagement).
		The flagship Matsushima and several of the weaker ships (especially the old ironclad Hiei, the gunboat Akagi, and the armed liner Saikyo) were forced to withdraw after heavy hits.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Agora/8088/YaluB.html (764 words)

	Japanese Navy, World War 1
		Most Japanese wartime losses apart from the Tsingtau operation, were due to accidents, but in the Mediterranean, one destroyer was torpedoed and badly damaged.
		Hizen (12,700t, 30.5cm guns) joined armoured cruiser 'Idzumo' in 1914 in North American waters on trade protection, and after the Battle of Coronel moved down the the west coast of the Americas in the hunt for von Spee.
		Takachiho was part of the large Japanese fleet engaged in the capture of the German base of Tsingtau in northern China.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyJapanese.htm (2249 words)

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		Japanese Admiral Uriu, in command of the Chemulpo invasion fleet, gave the Russians 24 hours to leave port.
		Consider a Russian victory to be strategic if he sinks any Japanese PC or AC, operational if the Varyag escapes to open sea, or tactical (moral) if either or both ships exit the map via 6501-7001 after taking significant damage and return to Chemulpo for scuttling (thereby denying the Japanese a prize ship).
		Matsushima Island extends 10 hexes to the north (i.e., it is a square, 10 hexes on a side).
	grognard.com /variants1/tsushscen.doc (2259 words)

	Nightly Business Report . Video #2 - Tokyo Auto Show--Japan Auto Industry \| PBS
		While the Japanese companies have a significant presence in the U.S., the Detroit companies have a relatively minor one in Japan today.
		Noriyuki Matsushima, director of Equity Research for Nikko Salomon Smith Barney, wrote a lengthy evaluation of what he called the "Era of Great Realignment" in the auto industry.
		Behind the ITS push are five Japanese Government ministries, academia and private companies whose focus is on developing four major ITS systems.
	www.pbs.org /nbr/site/research/educators/060106_02c (1277 words)

	Gallery Cruisers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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 (5249 words)

	Japanese Auxiliary Seaplane Tenders
		The carriers HOSHO and RYUJO and several cruisers and destroyers are damaged by the storm and over 50 men are killed.
		Japanese troops are on night maneuvers at the bridge.
		The convoy consists of the KAMOI, with the convoy commander aboard, and oilers TENEI, KAIHO, KUROSHIO, MATSUSHIMA, MITSUSHIMA, MIRI, MUNAKATA and SARAWAK MARUs and passenger-cargoman TATSUWA MARU.
	www.combinedfleet.com /Kamoi_t.htm (3668 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)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		She is an example of the confusion that existed in all navies cruiser designs of the period.
		Vladimir Monomakh, Russian Armored Cruiser - This early armored cruiser was 25 years old when she sailed in to battle at Tsushima.
		The result was this class of cruisers that were grossly under gunned for their size.
	www.steelnavy.com /SiteAdditions02-3.htm (4680 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > The Sino-Japanese War/ Jiawu War
		Second is the command of the Japanese ships, they are trained to fight individually,in small units, or all together, the Japanese fleet also could change their commander once the commander;s boat is shot.
		The Japanese ships were also much faster in maneuverable, but the heavy armor of the two Beiyang ships proved to be the better choice in navy battle despite the loss.
		Also despite the rules that once the defeated ship waives the white flag to retire from the battle scene, the Japanese still pursue and shot them all down, which were against the rules or naval warfare of that period.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t1286.html (2030 words)

	USSBS: Interrogations of Japanese Officials -- 37/159
		He was Navigation Officer of the cruiser Oi when she was sunk in July 1944 and served on the staff of the 7th Escort Convoy from that time until the end of the war.
		An eye witness account is given of the U.S. carrier air attacks which destroyed most of an important tanker convoy at HONGKONG on 15-16 January 1945.
		The Japanese fighters appeared to be badly outclassed.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/IJO/IJO-37.html (2459 words)

	Yalu 1894 Ship Miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The armoured cruisers King Yuan and Lai Yuan, and the torpedo gunboats Kuang P'ing and Kuang Ting.
		The armoured cruiser Ping Yuen, which did really well in the games despite its ungainly appearance, and the torpedo boats Fu Lung and Tso I, which also did really well in the games when they could get close enough to launch torpedoes.
		The armoured cruiser Chiyoda, protected cruiser Akitsushima, central battery ironclad Fuso, and armoured corvette Hiei.
	www.irvania.com /wargames/Yaluships.htm (309 words)

	Update5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This copy features a personal note to a Japanese gentleman, handwritten in beautiful Kanji, by Shizuo Fukui, and stamped with his personal ink stamp.
		Japanese Aircraft Carrier Taiho, by AJ Press….SB, 76 pp.
		Thoroughly illustrated, incredibly comprehensive book features hundreds of excellent photographs of weapons, uniforms, medals, flags, posters, and a large variety of associated items relevant to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army of the 1869-1945 period.
	www.pacificfront.com /update0804.htm (2416 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > Sep 17-Battle of Yalu River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		But I am interrupting, please go ahead with the naval battle of Yalu river.
		Pity you were not around at that time, the Japanese would have had a bloody nose
		Sep 19 2005, 12:01 AM Unfortunately, made in China and made in Taiwan is still consider inferior products in the world market
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t7265.html (1158 words)

	JAPAN3K
		IJNS TSUGARU and IJNS Okinoshima - Cruiser Minelayers
		TOYKO MARU x2 - Japanese Naval Transport - 1936
		IJNS AIKOKU MARU - Armed Merchant Cruiser - 1941
	www.ss-sms.com /JAPAN3K.htm (118 words)

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		DIDO x2 - A.A. Cruiser - 1940 as completed w/8x 5.25"
		H.M.S. ARETHUSA x2 - 6" gun Light Cruiser - 1935
		JURIEN DE LA GRAVIERE and GUICHEN Protected Cruisers
	www.ss-sms.com /NAV3KVES.html (453 words)

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