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Fujita Salvage Operation
The Fujita salvage operation was a two-year marine salvage operation of World War II shipwrecks in Darwin Harbour in the Northern Territory of Australia from 1959 to 1961. Bombing of Darwin Darwin was bombed by the Japanese Imperial Navy on 19 February 1942. Four Japanese aircraft carriers launched 188 aircraft during the morning led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida targeting ships in Darwin Harbour as well as the town's port facilities. The Japanese raiders arrived over Darwin at 9:58 am. HMAS ''Gunbar'' was the first ship to be attacked, being strafed by several Zero fighters. At about this time, the town's air raid sirens were belatedly sounded. The Japanese bombers then conducted dive bombing and level bombing attacks on the ships in Darwin Harbour. These attacks lasted for 30 minutes and resulted in the sinking of three warships and six merchant vessels, damaging another ten ships. The ships sunk were the USS ''Peary'', HMAS ''Mavie'', , (which exploded while docked a ...
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Fujita (written: , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese long-distance runner * Aya Fujita (born 1987), Japanese shogi player *Emi Fujita (born 1963), Japanese singer *, Japanese musician and model *, Japanese water polo player *Frank Fujita, one of only two Japanese American combat personnel to be captured by the Japanese during World War Two * Gorō Fujita (1844–1915), later name of Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai and police officer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese World War II flying ace *Kazuyuki Fujita (born 1970), Japanese mixed martial arts fighter *, Japanese ice hockey player *Kyohei Fujita (1921–2004), Japanese glass artist *Maiko Fujita (born 1984), Japanese singer, first single "Koi ni Ochite", theme of game "Hiiro no Kakera" *, Japanese actor * (born 1957), Japanese chemist *, Japanese politician *Masahisa Fujita (born 1943), Japanese economist *Nobuo Fujita (1911–1997), Warrant Flying Office ...
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