Kiri (桐, "Paulownia") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in mid-1944...
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named Kiri (桐 / きり, "paulownia"): Japanese destroyer Kiri (1915), a Kaba-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I Japanese destroyer Kiri (1944)...
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Kiri, Sugi, Maki, Kashi, Kaya, Kaede, Tsuta, Hagi, Nire, Nashi and Sii, from May to July 1945. Stille, Mark (2013). Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers...
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the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 (1st English ed.). London: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-151-1. MaritimeQuest Japanese Destroyer Index MaritimeQuest...
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Japanese destroyers of World War II included some of the most formidable destroyers (駆逐艦, kuchikukan) of their day. This came as a surprise to the Allies...
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marines, escorted by Destroyer Division 30 (Yuzuki, Uzuki, Kiri) and Submarine Chaser Division 21 (CH-17, CH-37). On 9 December 1944, the task force left...
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Chaser Division 21 (consisting of CH-17 with CH-37) and Destroyer Division 30 (Yuzuki, Uzuki, Kiri) were to serve as escorts for three transports (Mino Maru...
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following is a list of destroyers and 1st class (steam) torpedo boats of Japan grouped by class or design. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable...
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This List of Japanese Naval ships and war vessels in World War II is a list of seafaring vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II. It includes...
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Urakaze (浦風, "Bay Wind") was the lead ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy′s Urakaze-class destroyers. Completed in 1915, she served during World War I, followed...
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The Japanese destroyer Yūzuki (夕月, ”Evening Moon”) was the last of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the...
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Leyte Gulf order of battle (category Conflicts in 1944)
history, was fought 24–25 October 1944 in the waters of the Philippine Islands by elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet (bringing together...
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Battle of Ormoc Bay (category Conflicts in 1944)
the third, Kiri, was damaged. By fighting this series of engagements in Ormoc Bay, the U.S. Navy was eventually able to prevent the Japanese from further...
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Suzutsuki, Fuyutsuki Destroyer Division 43 : Destroyer Take, Kiri, Maki, Sii Destroyer Division 52 : Destroyer Sugi, Kashi, Kaba, Escort ship CD-31, CD-43...
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This is a list of destroyers of the Second World War. The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically...
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Kaiten (category CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja))
adapted to carry Kaiten were: Light cruiser: Kitakami Destroyer: Shiokaze, Namikaze, Take, Kiri, Sugi, Maki, Kashi, Kaya, Kaede, Tsuta, Hagi, Nire, Nashi...
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"Castanopsis") was one of 23 escort destroyers of the Tachibana sub-class of the Matsu class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the final stages of...
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and transport Kiri Maru 8. Continuing to prowl off Japan, Greenling sank her last ship 10 November 1944 when she torpedoed old destroyer Patrol Boat 46...
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(d. 2007) The Japanese Indian Ocean raid ended inconclusively. The American submarine Tautog torpedoed and sank the Japanese destroyer Shirakumo east...
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off a Japanese retreat. January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces...
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Kure Naval District (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
administrative districts of the pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy. Its territory included the Inland Sea of Japan and the Pacific coasts of southern Honshū from...
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USS Everett (redirect from JDS Kiri (PF-291))
also served in the Soviet Navy as EK-15 and in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force as JDS Kiri (PF-11/PF-291/YAC-20). Originally classified as a patrol...
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ships, such as US Navy "destroyer escorts", and British "escort destroyers" and sloops but US Navy "escort destroyers", are destroyer-class vessels and found...
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Nagato, and Kongō, the cruiser Yahagi, and the destroyers Hamakaze, Isokaze, Urakaze, Yukikaze, Kiri, and Ume. At 02:45, Sealion, ahead of the task force...
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Battle of Iwo Jima (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
In March 1944, the Japanese 31st Army, commanded by General Hideyoshi Obata, was activated to garrison this inner line. (Note that a Japanese army was...
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Battle of Biak (category Conflicts in 1944)
War II, fought between the United States Army and the Japanese Army from 27 May to 17 August 1944. Taking place on the island of Biak, in Geelvink Bay...
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Uraga Dock Company (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
in 1902. In 1906, Uraga Dock Company launched its first destroyer for the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Nagatsuki. Over its subsequent history, the dockyards...
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Tacoma-class frigate (category Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States)
Rockford, teamed with the minesweeper Ardent to sink the Japanese submarine I-12 in November 1944, but the US Navy generally relegated the patrol frigates...
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Modified 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (redirect from Modified 5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Japan, 1942))
Keikaku) was one of the wartime armaments expansion plans of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). In September 1942, after being defeated in the Battle of Midway...
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USS Colahan (category World War II destroyers of the United States)
vessel for Tokyo Bay until 3 September. On 8 October, she aided the Japanese MV Kiri Marti, which had gone aground on Miyake Shima, and transferred the...
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