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justiceb68 · 6 months
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enriquemzn262 · 5 days
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Size comparison between WW2 Japanese aircraft carriers.
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lonestarbattleship · 4 months
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"Aircraft prepare to launch from the Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carrier Akagi (赤城, red castle) for the second wave of attacks on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii."
Photographed on December 7, 1941.
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admiralnelsoniii · 5 months
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So the story of this piece, roughly, is that the B-26 was being attacked by Japanese fighters and dove for the deck trying to shake them and ended up buzzing the flight deck of an IJN Carrier! Lol I bet that was one hell of a ride!
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supplyside · 6 months
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Imperial Japanese Navy
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carbone14 · 1 year
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Porte-avions Akagi de la Marine Impériale Japonaise (IJN)
©Artwork by Takeshi Yuki
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fulda-gap-express · 9 months
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IJN battleship Nagato in 1946.
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casposters · 1 year
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Title: Guadalcanal 1942–43: Japan's Bid to Knock Out Henderson Field and the Cactus Air Force Authors: Mark Stille & Jim Laurier Attack on the Hiei In a series of attacks on the damaged Japanese battleship Hiei on November 14, the Americans succeeded in sinking the first Japanese battleship of the war. The relays of attacks began at 0615. This scene depicts the attack of six VT-10 TBF Avengers from carrier Enterprise at 1435hrs. The torpedo bombers were escorted by 14 Wildcats, which supported the Avengers by conducting strafing attacks on Hiei to suppress her antiaircraft fire. The six Avengers broke into two groups with three aircraft attacking from each bow of Hiei, which was moving at three knots. All of the Avengers dropped their torpedoes. The starboard-side group scored two hits, one amidships and one on the battleship’s stern. The hit on the stern was critical since it eradicated the progress the Japanese had made on repairing the damage to Hiei’s steering equipment. All of the port-side torpedoes were observed to hit their target, but only one of the unreliable Mark XIII torpedoes was observed to explode. Shortly after this attack, the battleship’s crew was ordered to abandon ship. Hiei foundered that night.
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paktderpakte · 6 months
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IJN Musashi at anchor outside Hong Kong. The landmass visible in the background is the Dapeng Peninsula. Note the forward trim of the patrol boat near her funnel. This was the vessel that carried an envoy from Hong Kong Governor Mark Young, supposedly to negotiate evacuations.
Japanese sailors later reported that British emissaries explained their boat's trim by saying it had a leaky hull prone to taking on water. In fact, it was loaded with several tons of high explosive. Shortly after Musashi engaged her cranes to take the enemy boat on board, it exploded, damaging her upper decks, destroying the long-range comms antenna and several anti-aircraft guns, and causing the turret at her stern to list to one side. The damage looked more serious than it really was, and initial observers reported that the armored portions of the hull had been damaged, as well as the primary superstructure. In fact, the flagship remained seaworthy and capable of combat— though in an extended engagement such as the British Exile leadership had planned, the damage to her main guns and AA complement would no doubt have left her vulnerable to further attack.
Some historians speculate that the bombs were supposed to explode at the waterline, which, judging by the damage that was done to the battleship's more lightly armored upper decks, could have inflicted a wound necessitating immediate repair and possibly even one that would sink the ship. Alternately, penetrating the stern turret's magazine and causing a secondary explosion could have broken the ship in half.
Besides the pilot and purported British negotiator, both of whom were killed by the blast, seven Japanese sailors died instantly and twenty-six were seriously injured. Of those 26, one was the ship's captain and commander of the overall blockade fleet, Admiral Mineichi Koga, who had left the bridge to meet the negotiators. His injury, and the reluctance of Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome to order a retaliatory bombardment, kept the fleet immobilized for over an hour before Admiral Koga's passing.
— Extract from The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1918-1948, by E. Herbert Norman
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redarmyscreaming · 2 years
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Pilot posses with Aichi Е16А ZUIUN
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unit-54ryn · 7 months
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Experimental Walking Fortress Oddysey class Prototype unit: WF-T/M12040. “Mizuho” based upon Battleship Mizuho 1947 “Empire of Japan”
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justiceb68 · 6 months
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sgmnaval · 1 year
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🇪🇸: El 7 de abril de 1945 los japoneses llevaron a cabo su última misión marítima de gran escala, llamada Ten-Go. En ella usarían al acorazado Yamato como bastión costero para defender las islas de Okinawa. La flota fue interceptada, atacada y hundida por las tropas estadounidenses. 🇬🇧: On April 7, 1945, the Japanese carried out their last large-scale maritime mission, called Ten-Go. In it they would use the battleship Yamato as a coastal bastion to defend the islands of Okinawa. The fleet was intercepted, attacked and sunk by American troops. #battleship #SGM #GuerraMundial #DKM #regiamarina #MarineNationale #Marine #IJN #JapaneseNavy #segundaguerramundial #guerra #wwii #Historia #Story #Marines #RoyalNavy #USNavy #worldwar2 #Navy #worldwar #warship #kriegsmarine #history #carrier #aircraftcarrier #destroyer https://www.instagram.com/p/CqApucvOefX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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lonestarbattleship · 5 months
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Combined Fleet Resupplying for the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in Brunei Bay. From left to right, Mogami (最上) in front of Musashi (武蔵), and Chokai (鳥海) in front of Yamato (大和).
Date: October 21, 1944
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netzach-the-unholy · 9 months
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one of them let americans eat ice cream while burning nazis, and the other is the largest battleship... ever. take your pick
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supplyside · 1 year
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Imperial Japanese Navy
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