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Shirataka (白鷹, "White Hawk") was a medium-sized
minelayer of the
Imperial ****anese Navy,
which was in
service during the
Second Sino-****anese War and...
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States Army Air
Forces B-25 Mitc****
medium bomber.
Splinters from Akitsushima′
s anti-aircraft s****
struck the
nearby ****anese p****enger ship
Tennyo Maru...
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These concepts pioneered by Shinshū Maru
persist to the
current day, in the U.
S. Navy's LHA and LHD
amphibious ****ault ships. On 3
January 1945,
while returning...
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ItsukushimaS Yaeyama
S Okinoshima
S Tsugaru
S MinooSC ShiratakaS Hatsutaka Tsubame Natsushima (1933)
Sokuten (1938)
Hirashima Ajiro
S Kamishima Hashima Sokuten...
- Annapolis, Maryland:
Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-902-2. Dull, Paul
S. (1978). A
Battle History of the
Imperial ****anese Navy, 1941–1945. Annapolis...
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ItsukushimaS Yaeyama
S Okinoshima
S Tsugaru
S MinooSC ShiratakaS Hatsutaka Tsubame Natsushima (1933)
Sokuten (1938)
Hirashima Ajiro
S Kamishima Hashima Sokuten...
- force. Ozawa's was a
desperate mission—provide an
attractive target for U.
S.
Admiral William F. Halsey's
Third Fleet,
hopefully pulling the
powerful American...
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ItsukushimaS Yaeyama
S Okinoshima
S Tsugaru
S MinooSC ShiratakaS Hatsutaka Tsubame Natsushima (1933)
Sokuten (1938)
Hirashima Ajiro
S Kamishima Hashima Sokuten...
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Reclassified to
Minelayer (敷設艇, Fusetsutei). 1
March 1945: Sunk by air raid from U.
S. Navy
aircraft carrier at
Ishigaki Island. 10 May 1945:
Removed from Navy...
- U.
S. Army
Transportation In The
Southwest Pacific Area 1941–1947. Washington, D. C.:
Transportation Unit,
Historical Division,
Special Staff, U.
S. Army...
