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    Aoba (青葉) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1926 and heavily modernized in 1938-40...
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    Aoba Shrine (青葉神社, Aoba Jinja) is the memorial shrine of Date Masamune, located in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, near the site of the former...
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    The Aoba-class cruisers (青葉型巡洋艦, Aoba-gata jun'yōkan) were a class of two heavy cruisers constructed for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) which saw service...
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  • Furutaka (1926–1942) Kako (1926–1942) 7,100 tonnes Aoba-class Heavy cruiser Aoba (1927–1945) Kinugasa (1927–1942) 7,100 tonnes Variation of the Furutaka class...
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    main thoroughfares such as Jōzenji Street (定禅寺通, Jōzenji dōri) and Aoba Street (青葉通, Aoba dōri). In the summer, the Sendai Tanabata Festival, the largest...
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    maximum elevation of 40° were installed only aboard Aoba-class cruisers. The Mark I guns installed in 1927 were replaced by Mark II guns in 1937 and 1938....
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    Japanese cruiser Kinugasa (category Aoba-class cruisers)
    Kinugasa (衣笠) was the second vessel in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Mount Kinugasa...
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    owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aoba-dōri Station in Sendai to Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, and provides...
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    6 kg (45 lb 7 oz), with a complete round weighing 32.4 kg (71 lb 7 oz). Aoba-class cruiser Furutaka-class cruiser Takao-class cruiser Taiyō-class escort...
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  • with the Kaga. 18 (plus 1 building) (1) 2 Furutaka built 1926-1927 2 Aoba built 1926-1927 4 Myōkō built 1928-1929 4 Takao built 1932 4 Mogami built 1935-1937(2)...
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    9,800 t, 7 guns 2 York, 8,400t, 6 guns Japan (6 classes) 2 Furutaka, 2 Aoba, 7,000 t, 6 guns 4 Myōkō, 4 Takao, 4 Mogami*, 10,000 t, 10 guns *converted...
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    Higashi-Shiogama Station (category Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927)
    and is located 17.2 kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station. Higashi-Shiogama Station has one elevated side platform and...
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    Japanese cruiser Nachi (category 1927 ships)
    (13,300 long tons), with a hull design based on an enlarged version of the Aoba-class cruiser. Nachi was 203.8 metres (669 ft) long, with a beam of 19.5...
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  • The list of ship commissionings in 1927 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1927....
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    sinking cruiser Furutaka, and two days later escorted the badly damaged Aoba to Truk. During the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 October, she was on alert...
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    13,500 t (13,300 long tons), with a hull design similar to the preceding Aoba-class cruiser. The displacement was substantially more than the designed...
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  • by USS S-44 off New Ireland (island) Aoba Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Aoba-class heavy cruiser 10,822 20 September 1927 28 July 1945; Sunk by USN aircraft, Kure...
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  • Kodaihasu November 2, 1989 Yorii M. Arai, H. Mori  · 18 km MPC · JPL 4292 Aoba 1989 VO Aoba November 4, 1989 Ayashi Station M. Koishikawa  · 25 km MPC · JPL 4293...
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    Matsushima-Kaigan Station (category Railway stations in Japan opened in 1927)
    is located 23.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the Senseki Line at Aoba-dōri Station. The station has one elevated island platform with the station...
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    January 1945 sold for scrap 11 February 1972 Aoba  Imperial Japanese Navy Aoba heavy cruiser 8,300 20 September 1927 sunk 28 July 1945, raised and scrapped...
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    (西方寺) is a Buddhist temple built in 1706 belonging to the Jōdo-shū sect in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. It is rarely called by its formal name by...
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    class, ordered in 1926, and the six of the Northampton class, ordered in 1927. Ordered for the U.S. Navy in fiscal year 1930, Indianapolis was originally...
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    modification) 2 Andromeda Attack cargo ship  United States Navy 1943–1945 6,761 30 Aoba Heavy cruiser  Imperial Japanese Navy 1926 7100 2 Aquila (a.k.a. Vifor) Scout...
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  • excavated from Yayoi ruins and germinated in Japan MPC · 4291 4292 Aoba 1989 VO Aoba Castle, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan MPC · 4292 4293 Masumi 1989 VT Masumi...
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    aircraft flying-off platform for a Mitsubishi 1MF3 fighter on Turret No. 2 in 1927. It was replaced by a platform on Turret No. 5 for a Yokosuka E1Y reconnaissance...
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    an hour. One Japanese cruiser, the Furutaka, sank; the flagship cruiser Aoba was severely damaged and required several months of repairs; a third cruiser...
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  • Yoshitake Suzuki 49 GK  GER Svend Brodersen 55 DF  JPN Yota Fujii 62 MF  JPN Aoba Isomoto Type 2 63 DF  JPN Koki Kawakami Type 2 64 MF  JPN Narumi Fujita Type...
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    Japanese cruiser Myōkō (category 1927 ships)
    (13,300 long tons), with a hull design based on an enlarged version of the Aoba-class cruiser. Myōkō was 203.8 metres (669 ft) long, with a beam of 19.5...
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  • the shifting Japanese demographics. 25 January A court sentences Shinji Aoba to death for a 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation studio in Fishimi, Kyoto...
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  • Aug. 16 1980 London United Kingdom 37 23  A Sentenced to life imprisonment Aoba, Shinji, 41 (青葉真司) July 17 2019 Kyoto Japan 36 33  A Sentenced to death Unknown...
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