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Topic: Japanese cruiser Nachi


In the News (Wed 3 Dec 08)

  
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The Japanese submarine I-29 is sunk by the submarine USS Sawfish (SS-276) in Luzon Strait in the Philippines.
The Japanese frigate Kursagaki is sunk by the submarine USS Guitarro (SS-363) in the Philippines.
The Japanese minelayer Shirataka is sunk by the submarine USS Sealion (SS-315) in Luzon Strait in the Philippines.
www.america-at-war.net /wwii1944.html   (14628 words)

  
 Nachi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nachi, a cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the place.
The codename for the Indian Pilot Nachiketa Rao, captured in the Kargil War.
NACHI, the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nachi   (106 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Battle of Leyte Gulf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The battles of 1943 drove the Imperial Japanese Army from its bases in the Solomon Islands, and in 1944 a series of Allied amphibious landings supported by large carrier forces captured the Marianas Islands.
The crew of Zuikaku salute as the flag is lowered, and the Zuikaku ceases to be the flagship of the Japanese Navy.
Japanese battleship Yamato and a heavy cruiser, possibly Tone or Chikuma, in action in the battle off Samar Downloaded from [1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Leyte-Gulf   (8824 words)

  
 NWCR Summer 2001: Parshall, Dickson, and Tully   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Japanese carrier doctrine of the time did not specify what to do when suddenly faced with an enemy force within the enemy’s striking range while one’s own armed and fueled aircraft were still in their hangars.
Japanese aircraft were segregated by type and stowed in specific portions of both the upper and lower hangars.
During that attack, the Japanese were able to spot the second wave attack force of 171 aircraft for launch in fifty-five minutes from when the first attack wave and the formation’s CAP fighters were finished launching at 0620.
www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/2001/Summer/sd1-su1.htm   (5507 words)

  
 Battle of Komandorski Island: 27 March 1943 by Vincent P. O'Hara   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At the same time Japanese lookouts on Nachi were clarifying their earlier report “with the help of cards on which sketches indicated the characteristics of foreign vessels.” The two forces sailed on roughly parallel courses with the Americans 20nm southeast of the Japanese.
The Japanese cruisers were slow to respond to this course change and continued west for nearly a half-hour.
The Japanese heavy cruisers were 19,000 yards north northwest, firing steadily and closing while the light cruisers were a little further to the northeast.
www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/kommandorski_islands.htm   (3111 words)

  
 Japanese cruiser Nachi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was named after a mountain in Wakayama Prefecture.
Nachi was laid down at the Kure Naval Arsenal on 26 November 1924, launched and named on 15 June 1927, and was commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 26 November 1928.
She then moved to the Aleutian Islands where she was engaged in the diversionary attack on the islands on 3 June 1942; she was back in the Aleutians when she was damaged on 26 March 1943 in the battle of the Komandorski Islands, and was engaged in an action at Kiska in July 1943.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Nachi   (218 words)

  
 Japanese cruiser Nachi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The IJN Nachi (那智) was the name-ship of the 4-member Nachi class of heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy—the other ships of the class being the Ashigara (足柄), Haguro (羽黒), and the Myoko (妙高).
She carried one aircraft and her main armament was 10 8-inch guns.
The Nachi was laid down on 26 November 1924, launched and named on 15 June 1927, and was commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 26 November 1928.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Nachi   (210 words)

  
 Carrier Battles in the Pacific - 1942 ... and other WWII battles in the Pacific   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Japanese ships were of a new design (with an exception of the two light cruisers), they trained and operated together for quite some time (at least a year).
Now light cruisers whose guns had shorter range were even further away, while heavy cruisers whose guns had greater range were much closer.
Japanese ships were seen in a bright moonlight, far out to port, and the fire was opened at extreme range.
www.everblue.net /1942/java.php   (6444 words)

  
 Battle of Leyte Gulf -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In the Battle of Surigao Strait the Japanese battleships (additional info and facts about Fuso) Fuso and (additional info and facts about Yamashiro) Yamashiro were sunk, Nishimura was killed, and his surviving force retreated west.
The battle destroyed Japanese naval power, and opened the way for the advance to the (A chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972)) Ryukyu Islands in 1945.
The only significant Japanese naval operation in the rest of the war was the disastrous (additional info and facts about Operation Ten-Go) Operation Ten-Go in April 1945.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_leyte_gulf.htm   (3242 words)

  
 DANFS Online: Volume 1B, Part 1
Bache was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet and since that time has made six cruises to the Cari bbean for operations and training exercises and three cruises in the Mediterranean where she operated as a unit of the 6th Fleet.
She cruised for three months on the Atlantic coast and then was assigned to the Naval Academy for duty at the Engineering Experimental Station.
She cruised in the Pacific during the early months of the war and participated in the bombardment of Taroa Island, Marshall Isl ands (1 February 1942).
www.hazegray.org /danfs/volume_b/vol_b_01.htm   (9816 words)

  
 Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Fuso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From 1930 to 1935, she and Yamashiro underwent extensive refits during which they were lengthened 25 feet, their displacement was increased by 9,000 tons, one funnel was taken away, and they were given tall "pagoda"-turret masts.
Yamashiro was sunk by a destroyer in 10°25N, 125°20E, and Mogami was rammed by the Japanese cruiser Nachi and sank later that morning.
Jentschura, Jung and Mickel, Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_036200_fuso.htm   (461 words)

  
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The Japanese strategy was to put their destroyer flotillas (with their light cruiser leaders) on the flanks, apparently so that they might catch the Allied fleet in a long-range 24" torpedo crossfire.
Of course, Japanese heavy cruisers sported formidable 24" torpedo batteries, as well.) We wiley Allies feinted a similar strategy and then "exited stage-right," toward Shawn Harvey's ships, hoping to smother his torpedo batteries with shellfire and to bore through to the fat, helpless transports.
PERTH was just about to break past the Japanese lines (and plunder the transports, off-floor to the rear), when our time/gaming space ran out.
grognard.com /info/little.txt   (894 words)

  
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Nachi, Japanese Heavy Cruiser 1:200 Scale - It took Paul Eisenberg ten months to design and build this 1:200 scale scratch-built model of the Imperial Japanese Heavy Cruiser
Hyuga, Imperial Japanese Battleship - A frequent question on the message board asks if the the new 1:700 scale Japanese warship models with "New Tooling" are worth the additional cost over the older kits on the same subject.
This is the hull for the 1:350 scale model of USS Brooklyn, armored cruiser and flagship at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, being produced by YS Masterpieces.
www.steelnavy.com /SiteAdditions03-4.htm   (4819 words)

  
 leyte gulf collision by Philippine Website Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The collision caused $9 million in damages to the cruiser and $7 million to the
sunk by Japanese naval forces during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
A collision with another Japanese cruiser, additional shellfire hits and dawn air...
www2.nfsp-philippines.org /pinoypedia/leyte-gulf-collision/index.html   (556 words)

  
 Tatet - nachi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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Our members are from ASHI, NAHI, NACHI, and other respected independent inspection organizations.
The IJN Nachi (那智) was the name-ship of the 4-member Nachi class of heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy —the other ships of the class being the Ashigara
tatet.com /search-nachi.html   (108 words)

  
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