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Japanese Seaplane Tender Sanuki Maru (1939)
''Sanuki Maru'' (''Japanese'':讃岐丸) was a 1939-built cargo ship, requisitioned as a seaplane tender by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. History She was laid down on 29 August 1938 at the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering for the benefit of the Nippon Yusen K.K. and launched on 8 February 1939. She was the 2nd of seven ships of the ''Sakito Maru''-class of high speed transports: ''Sakito Maru'' (崎戸丸), ''Sado Maru'' (佐渡丸), ''Sagami Maru'' (相模丸), '' Sagara Maru'' (相良丸), ''Sasako Maru'' (笹子丸), and ''Sakura Maru'' (佐倉丸). On 1 May 1939, she was completed and she made several journeys including one to London. On 17 August 1941, she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy and began conversion as a seaplane tender. She was fitted with two 150-mm/45 caliber single mount guns, two 80-mm single mount guns, and two 13.2-mm single mount machine guns. Work was completed on 5 September 1941 and she was regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of Japan
The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent formation of modern Japan. It encompassed the Japanese archipelago and several colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories. Under the slogans of and following the Boshin War and restoration of power to the Emperor from the Shogun, Japan underwent a period of industrialization and militarization, the Meiji Restoration, which is often regarded as the fastest modernisation of any country to date. All of these aspects contributed to Japan's emergence as a great power and the establishment of a colonial empire following the First Sino-Japanese War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War, and World War I. Economic and political turmoil in the 1920s, including the Great Depression, led to the rise of militarism, nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maizuru Naval District
was one of four main administrative districts of the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy. Its territory included the entire Sea of Japan coastline from northern Kyūshū to western Hokkaidō. History The strategic importance of the location of Maizuru, Kyoto, Maizuru and its potential for development into a military port for operations in the Sea of Japan towards Korea, Russia and even China was early recognized by the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the administrative re-organization of the Navy in 1889, Maizuru was designated as the headquarters of the ''Fourth Naval District'' (, ''dai-yon kaigunku''), and its harbor was dredged, a Breakwater (structure), breakwater constructed and docking facilities for warships were established. With the First Sino-Japanese War, the port was fortified with the addition of heavy coastal artillery. However, the naval bases at Sasebo and Kure, Hiroshima, Kure were geographically more convenient for the Navy during the war, and received the bulk of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Netlayer Fukuei Maru No
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies ( Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japan ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Submarine Chaser Shonan Maru No
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luzon
Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city. With a population of 64 million , it contains 52.5% of the country's total population and is the fourth most populous island in the world. It is the 15th largest island in the world by land area. ''Luzon'' may also refer to one of the three primary island groups in the country. In this usage, it includes the Luzon mainland, the Batanes and Babuyan groups of islands to the north, Polillo Islands to the east, and the outlying islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque and Mindoro, among others, to the south. The islands of Masbate, Palawan and Romblon are also included, although these three are sometimes grouped with another of the island groups, the Visayas. Etymology The name ''Luz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Attack On Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The United States was a neutral country at the time; the attack led to its formal entry into World War II the next day. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI, and as Operation Z during its planning. Japan intended the attack as a preventive action. Its aim was to prevent the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and those of the United States. Over the course of seven hours there were coordinated Japanese attacks on the US-held Philippines, Guam, and Wake Island and on the British Empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Invasion Of The Philippines
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Invasion Of Batan Island
The Japanese invasion of Batan Island (Filipino: ''Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa Isla ng Batan'') was the first step in their invasion of the Philippines, an American colony. The purpose was to obtain control of local air strips, which could be used as forward bases by fighter aircraft for operations further south in the Philippines. The attack on Batan Island was the first of several other advance landings; the other landings took place at Aparri, Vigan, Legaspi, Davao, and Jolo Island. Background The Japanese had been officially planning a strike on the American fleet at their main base at Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii since early 1941, but the idea had been informally speculated for many years. Following the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria, beginning the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japan spent considerable effort trying to isolate China and to obtain sufficient natural resources to attain victory in China. The 1940 Japanese invasion of French Indochina was su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batan Island
Batan Island ( ) is the main island of Batanes, an archipelagic province in the Philippines. It is the second largest of the Batanes Islands, the northernmost group of islands in the country. Four of the six municipalities of Batanes are located on the long island including the provincial capital of Basco. The other municipalities are Ivana, Mahatao and Uyugan. Geography Batan is a dumbbell-shaped volcanic island, part of the Luzon Volcanic Arc. The northern part of the island is dominated by the high active volcano, Mount Iraya, which last erupted in 1454."Iraya" . Retrieved on 2013-04-11. The lower portion of the island is the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Destroyer Shimakaze (1920)
The Japanese destroyer was one of 15 s built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. The ship was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and then into a destroyer transport the next year. After the start of the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in late 1941, the Dutch East Indies campaign in early 1942 and played a minor role in the Battle of Midway in mid-1942 before she was sunk by an American submarine in early 1943. Design and description The ''Minekaze'' class was designed with higher speed and better seakeeping than the preceding s. The ships had an overall length of and were between perpendiculars. They had a beam of , and a mean draft of . The ''Minekaze''-class ships displaced at standard load and at deep load.Whitley, p. 188 They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce , which would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Gunboat Aso Maru (1932)
''Aso Maru'' (''Japanese:'' 阿蘇丸) was a Japanese cargo ship that was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II and converted into an auxiliary gunboat. History She was laid down 20 November 1931 at the Kobe shipyard of Mitsubishi Zosen K.K. for the benefit of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL). She was launched on 26 March 1932, completed on 15 April 1932, and registered in Osaka. She worked as a cargo ship until 16 December 1940, when she was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy for service as an auxiliary gunboat. On 15 January 1941, her outfitting was completed at the Sakurajima facility of Osaka Iron Works and she was assigned to the Maizuru Naval District. Her two sister ships, ''Fuji Maru'' and ''Kiso Maru'', were also requisitioned, the former as a subchaser and the latter, as a gunboat. On 10 April 1941, she was assigned to the 2nd Base Force, Third Fleet, as part of the 3rd Gunboat Division (along with gunboats '' Kiso Maru'' and '' Nampo Maru'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Air Groups Of The Imperial Japanese Navy
This article contains a list of air groups of Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. Literal translation of 海軍航空隊 (''Kaigun Kōkūtai'') is "Naval Air Group", however, "Naval" is typically omitted in most of the established English-language sources (e.g., ). The list below follows the same convention. Place name Numbered name Regional name Appendix Carrier Aircraft Group Until January 1944 *Aircraft carrier *Seaplane tender After February 1944 See also *''Kōkūtai'' *List of Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy * List of Imperial Japanese Navy carrier division and air flotilla * List of Imperial Japanese Navy flying squadron Notes Bibliography * * * * *Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan. **Kingendaishi Hensankai, ''Military history of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Groups and Imperial Japanese Army Flying Regiments'', 2001, . **''Rekishi Dokuhon'', Document of the war No. 52 ''Naval Air Group and Kamikaze'', 2001, . *''Air World'', Air Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
