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	WORLD WAR II 1942
		Japanese invasion of Netherlands East Indies with landings at Tarakan and Jesselton in Borneo and Menado and Kema in the Celebes.
		The tugs USS Genesee (ATO-55) and USS Vaga (YT-116) are scuttled in the Philippines.
		The Japanese submarine RO-61 is sunk by the destroyer USS Reid (DD-369) and Naval land-based aircraft (VP-43) in the Aleutians.
	www.blountweb.com /blountcountymilitary/wars/ww2/timelines/1942_ww2.htm (7784 words)

	Japanese gunboat Akagi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Akagi (赤城) was a Japanese gunboat that saw service as a dispatch vessel in Admiral Itoh Sukeyuki's fleet at the Battle of Yalu River in 1894.
		Akagi was laid down by builder Onohama of Kobe in June 1886, launched in August 1888, and completed in July 1890.
		Akagi was one of four vessels of the Maya class of gunboats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_gunboat_Akagi (187 words)

	The capture of Rabaul and Kavieng in 1942
		The Japanese having captured Tarakan and Menado were ready in the last week of January 1942 to thrust their trident further south.
		Japanese aircraft, travelling singly and very high, began to overfly the area and a couple of weeks after Japan's invasion of Malaya compulsory evacuation of all European women and children began on the islands of the Kaiser Wilhelm Archipelago.
		The Japanese formation that took part in this sledge-hammer attack to crack an eggshell was the Nankai, or South Seas Force, commanded by a short and balding Major-General Tomitaro Horii, previous commander of the Japanese 55th Infantry Division which was the principal unit the force had been drawn from.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/rabkav.html (1888 words)

	The Fight
		The Japanese confidently pressed the attack and held their fire for another five minutes as they rapidly closed the distance to the Chinese fleet.
		Japanese losses were put at 294 killed and wounded, with 107 of the deaths occurring aboard Vice Admiral Ito's flagship, the Matsushima, which had been hit with two Chinese 12-inch shells and one 10.2-inch shell.
		Japanese successes against the Chinese in Korea received scant attention from the rest of the world, but their startling success at the Battle of the Yalu River immediately focused the attention of the world on the island empire.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C28/E2803.htm (5833 words)

	Wikinfo \| Battle of Yalu River (1894) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It involved the Japanese and the Chinese navies, and was the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
		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 fast cruisers veered to port and were then despatched by Ito to go to the assistance of the Hiyei, Saikyo and Akagi which had been unable to keep up with the main line and had then been engaged by the lefthand vessels of the Chinese line.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Yalu_River_(1894) (1375 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		Torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-168 slammed into her hull on the afternoon of June 6, but the Yorktown did not go down until early in the morning of June 7.
		The Japanese objective at Midway was to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet and all of its carriers.
		The second, in 1889, was a steel-hulled gunboat, and the third was the carrier that was sunk at Midway in 1942.
	starbulletin.com /98/04/17/news/story5.html (1187 words)

	THE JAPANESE ATTACK AND ITS AFTERMATH
		The Japanese imperial headquarters navy section, in discussions prior to November 7, generally recognized December 8 as a propitious date from an operational viewpoint and decided upon this date in conjunction with the leaders of the combined fleet.
		It is reported from Japanese sources that the reports from foreign diplomatic establishments and commercial firms in foreign countries were regarded as not important enough from the standpoint of intelligence to have a "special write-up, and were considered on their own merits." See committee exhibit No. 8C.
		As soon as the Japanese became aware that a battleship was trying to each open water they sent dive bomber after dive bomber down after her and registered several hits.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/pha/congress/part_2.html (10197 words)

	Wikipedia: Akagi
		The name Akagi means "Red Castle" which refers to a volcano in the Kanto area.
		The first Akagi was a gunboat of the Sino-Japanese War.
		The second Akagi was an aircraft carrier during World War II.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/a/ak/akagi.html (67 words)

	Battle of Yalu River (1894) - China-related Topics BA-BD - China-Related Topics
		Prior to the battle with the Japanese, the vessels and armaments of the Chinese fleet were examined and the ships were repainted.
		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 enthusiasm of the Japanese stokers sent tall columns of smoke drifting skywards, where, trapped by a temperature inversion, the smoke merged to form an extensive fl cloud in an otherwise unmarred sky.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /yalu1894.html (4725 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - May 3rd through May 5th , 1942
		Across the harbor, Japanese troops swarm ashore at Tulagi from the transport Azumasan Maru, led by T. Ishimoto, a Japanese carpenter who spent years living in Tulagi, using his carpenter cover for espionage.
		Even so, the Japanese have thousands of bamboo ladders to scale cliffs, and their artillery has torn apart American searchlights, landmines, machinegun positions, and barbed-wire defenses.
		The object is to prevent the Japanese or Germans from being able to use the island as a U-boat base to menace Britain's supply line to Egypt and India.
	www.usswashington.com /dl03ma42.htm (1697 words)

	Military History Online - After Midway: The Fates of the U.S. and Japanese Warships
		Originally conceived by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as a trap to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet and its remaining aircraft carriers, the battle turned out to be a disaster for the IJN instead.
		An attempt to tow her to safety was abandoned at the approach of a Japanese task force and she was scuttled to prevent her capture.
		She rescued survivors of the torpedoed cruiser USS Indianapolis and was present for the Japanese surrender of Truk Island.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/articles/aftermidway.aspx (5567 words)

	WWII Naval Pilot Training - Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums
		The Japanese Navy had, as near as I can figure, some 3500 “front line” pilots of whom about one half were carrier current, that is, assignable to carrier squadrons.
		The Japanese, on the other hand were saddled with the three-plane section, nine-plane division, a practice that looks nice in air shows and was more suitable for WWI type tactics.
		Bottom line is that the Japanese could not match the numbers of pilots trained and could not make good their own losses.
	www.ww2aircraft.net /forum/aviation/wwii-naval-pilot-training-426.html (2921 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.
		Like the two American carriers, the Akagi and Kaga might justly be called the first aircraft carriers that were truly capital ships, and they formed the core of the first carrier forces such as would come into their own in World War II.
		The last Japanese forces, starving and harried, were finally taken off by destroyers on the night of 7/8 February 1943.
	www.friesian.com /kongo.htm (6807 words)

	Countdown to Pearl Harbor
		Japanese carrier task force formed around six aircraft carriers sails from remote Hittokappu Bay in the Kuriles, its departure shrouded in secrecy.
		Japanese fleet reaches 42° N 170° E (standing-by position) on the afternoon and speedily complete re-fueling".
		Only two U.S. naval vessels remain in Chinese waters: river gunboat Wake (ex-Guam) (PR-3) at Shanghai to maintain communications until a radio station is established at the Consulate General with Navy equipment, and river gunboat Tutuila (PR-4) at Chungking, where she furnishes essential services to the U.S. Embassy.
	www.ww2pacific.com /countdown.html (1811 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Akagi
		Akagi, Shimane (赤来町), a former town in Shimane Prefecture
		Takenori Akagi and Haruko Akagi, two sibling characters from the basketball manga and anime Slam Dunk (manga)
		Japanese gunboat Akagi, fought in the Sino-Japanese War
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Akagi (141 words)

	gunboat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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		A gunboat is literally a boat carrying one or more guns.
	dict.vocamania.com /gunboat.aspx (164 words)

	ironcladpirate: Battle of Yalu Sino-Japanese War
		The Japanese had a mixed force of modern protected cruisers and several older ships, some of which should not have been included in the battle line.
		The Hiei was another old ironclad; the Japanese also included a small gunboat (Akagi) and an armed liner (Saikyo) in their fleet.
		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)

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		On the other hand, the Russians had a gunboat themselves stationed in the bay, and this was able to render valuable assistance to the defending force when the attack developed.
		On the west the waters of Kinchau Bay were too shallow to admit of the approach of vessels of any but the smallest draught, but four of the Japanese gunboats were able to enter close up to the shore, and gave conspicuous aid to General Oku in the course of the operations.
		In this attack they were greatly assisted by the gunboats, the Tsukushi, Saiyen, Akagi and Chiokai, which brought their fire to bear upon the enemy's batteries at Suchiatun and Nanshan, and kept them hotly engaged.
	memory.loc.gov /service/gc/gcmisc/mtfgc/0011/2130240.txt (326 words)

	Two ships of the Japanese Navy Japanese Navy have been named... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The name "Akagi" means "Red Castle" which refers to a volcano in the Kanto Kanto area.
		The first "Akagi" "Akagi" was a gunboat gunboat of the Sino-Japanese War Sino-Japanese War.
		The second "Akagi" "Akagi" was an aircraft carrier aircraft carrier during World War II World War II.
	www.biodatabase.de /Akagi (124 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A FRESH BOMBARDMENT 201 the forts beyond, the Akagi and ChioJcai going close inshore and maintaining their fire throughout the day in a very gallant manner, thus contributing largely to the success of the day.
		Kinchou was traversed by the Japanese right, and the troops then advanced, on as broad a front as the ground allowed, covered by the flanking fire of the gunboats and by the field guns on the ridges of Mount Sampson.
		On the left flank of the Japanese the Russian gunboat also played a useful part in checking the infantry attack, but a Russian attempt to land troops from five transports on the east side of Hand Bay, in order to take the^ Japanese in flank, was frustrated by a Japanese counter-move.
	memory.loc.gov /service/gc/gcmisc/mtfgc/0012/2250201.txt (291 words)

	Japanese Index
		Japanese Army And Navy Strategies For South Seas Areas (1942)
		Japanese Nationalism: Ideological Development From The 1920s To 1945
		Japanese Ranks And Insignia During World War Ii
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/japanese_index (120 words)

	Wings of Valor II- Harl Pease, B17 Pilot
		Japanese troops were landing at the north end of the island and sweeping south.
		With Japanese planes scouring the area for any sign of an escape attempt, with enemy patrols increased to all-time highs around the islands, and with a destroyer division steaming their direction, many at Corregidor set MacArthur's chances of escape at fifty-to-one.
		The Japanese strategy for control of the Pacific was based around a three-phase operation designed to accomplish two primary objectives: to complete the destruction of the American Pacific Fleet, and to isolate Australia so that it could be quickly and easily taken for the Emperor.
	www.homeofheroes.com /wings/part2/02_pease.html (9714 words)

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		In response, during the night the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid is struck by an aerial torpedo on the starboard quarter, 15 feet below her waterline, flooding several compartments and jamming her rudder hard to port.
		Japanese guns also account for damage to the battleship USS Tennessee; heavy cruiser USS Pensacola & destroyer USS Leutze as well as to infantry landing craft (gunboats) USS LCI(G)-346, LCI(G)-348, LCI(G)-438, LCI(G)-441, LCI(G)-449, LCI(G)-450, LCI(G)-457, LCI(G)-466, LCI(G)-469, LCI(G)-471, and LCI(G)-473.
		On board the damaged USS LCI(G)-449, her commanding officer, Lieutenant Rufus G. Herring, although badly wounded, cons his crippled ship himself, maintaining her position in support of the unfolding UDT operations until she is able to move to safety.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/february/17Feb.txt (4011 words)

	PaWM does Yalu
		The Chinese ships, while good on paper, were not all well maintained, their crews were not as good as the Japanese crews, and some of the Chinese ammunition was apparently faulty.
		The Fu Lung was in fact the only vessel to make it through the scenario without a scratch, although after she'd launched her torpedoes she wasn't all that useful.
		Her two light deck guns were out of range of the surviving Japanese ships by that point.
	www.irvania.com /wargames/YaluPaWM.htm (524 words)

	Order of Battle - Pearl Harbor - 7 December 1941
		Akagi 18 (+3) 27 (+3) 18 (+3) 63 (+9)
		The fighters from the Kaga and Akagi were to patrol over Hickham Field and Barbers Point, the fighters from the Soryu and Hiryu over Wheeler and Barbers Point and those from Shokaku and Zuikaku over Kaneohe.
		Robinson, who was waiting dockside for a Liberty Boat when the Japanese attacked, were placed inside the hull of USS Arizona.
	www.veteransalumni.com /order_of_battle.html (1599 words)

	Pearl Harbor Revisited: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence, 1924-1941
		The Japanese naval messages are part of a total of 26,581 Japanese dispatches examined by U.S. Navy cryptanalysts.
		The Japanese messages were originally discovered in a sanitized but unpublished group of 188 messages contained in a document obtained from the Navy Archives at Crane, Indiana by the then NSA Historian, Mr.
		Under these circumstances, it is not yet possible to verify in what Japanese cryptosystem each message was enciphered, nor have all the messages in the unpublished source been found in those released to the National Archives.
	www.history.navy.mil /books/comint/ComInt-A.html (2882 words)

	WTJ Naval, 0011 JP
		WTJ Naval, 0011 JP Japanese pre-dreadnought warships for the WTJ Naval line of 1/3000 scale miniatures.
		May also be used as Chokai, Atago and Akagi.
		Can also be used as Nikko Maru or as a generic packet steamer.
	www.wtj.com /wtj0011.html (89 words)

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