Akitsu Maru (あきつ丸) was a Japanese "Type C" landing craft depot ship and escort aircraft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). In some...

With the deployment of the 8,000-ton Shinshū Maru and a further refinement, the 9,000-ton Akitsu Maru (1941), the Japanese amphibious forces had in hand...

Army (IJA). The vessel did not have a flight deck like Akitsu Maru of the same type. Nigitsu Maru was a passenger liner taken over before completion and...

force of surface combatants including the escort carriers Shinyo and Akitsu Maru which were sunk in the Yellow Sea by American submarines. Over the course...

Taiyō Maru, Unyo Maru, Chuyo Maru, Kaiyō Maru, Shinyo Maru, Kamakura Maru, Akitsu Maru, Nigitsu Maru, Kumano Maru, Yamashiro Maru, Shimane Maru, Chigusa...

Harbour in July 1945. The greatest loss of life was the 2,046 killed on Akitsu Maru—a converted passenger liner with a small flight deck, carrying the Imperial...

into escort carriers and agreed to forgo any further construction of Akitsu Maru-class landing craft carriers with limited aviation facilities. The Imperial...

US Wasp-class assault ships, Brazilian NAM Atlântico (A140), Japanese Akitsu Maru escort carrier, and French Mistral class. Catapult aircraft merchantmen...

Hailstone. Akagi Maru Asaka Maru Awata Maru List of ship classes of the Second World War IJN AWATA MARU: Tabular Record of Movement IJN ASAKA MARU: Tabular Record...

Kuil, Peter (March 2003). "List of Casualties". The Sinking of the Junyo Maru. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. "Greatest Maritime Disasters"...

autogyros. Both were sunk by submarines in 1944. Akitsu Maru was completed in January 1942. Nigitsu Maru was completed in March 1943. The others were based...

The Yamashio Maru class (Japanese: 山汐丸) consisted of a pair of auxiliary escort carriers operated by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. They...

Scharnhorst 1942. Sunk 1944 by USS Spadefish. Akitsu Maru-class Escort carrier Akitsu Maru (1942–1944) Nigitsu Maru (1942–1944) 11,800 tonnes Operated by the...

fleet carrier 36,500 27 March 1927 sunk 5 June 1942 Akitsu Maru  Imperial Japanese Army Akitsu Maru escort carrier 11,800 30 January 1942 sunk 15 November...

Queenfish struck first on 15 November, sinking the 9,186-ton escort carrier Akitsu Maru. Over the next two days the subs destroyed eight ships of the convoy...

the Army) Yamashio Maru (1944) Chigusa Maru (not completed) Akitsu Maru (1941, landing craft carrier and escort carrier) Kumano Maru (1945, landing craft...

Shinshū Maru (神州丸 or 神洲丸) was a ship of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. She was the world's first landing craft carrier ship to be designed...

Teiyō Maru, Zuihō Maru, Kyokutō Maru, Nisshō Maru, and Eiyo Maru; transports Awa Maru, Noshiro Maru, Teia Maru, and Noto Maru; cargo ship Kashii Maru; and...

Sixteen ships of the class were planned under the Maru Kyū Programme (Ship #302 in 1941) and the Kai-Maru 5 Programme (#5001–5015 in 1942). However, only...

American submarine USS Queenfish torpedoes Japanese aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru in the East China Sea; 2,246 drown. November 16 – WWII: U.S. forces begin...

400 tons (standard) 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) 31 converted oilers Akitsu Maru, Nigitsu Maru 1942 Japan (Army) 11,800 tons (standard) 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)...

Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2021. "Tatsuta Maru". Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021...

craft/aircraft carrier "Akitsu Maru" Hei-class landing craft/aircraft carrier "Kumano Maru" Ko-class landing craft carrier "Mayasan Maru" Ko-class landing craft...

Maru class escort carrier Escort carriers and similar aviation vessels operated by the Japanese Imperial Army: Yamashio Maru Akitsu Maru Nigitsu Maru...

the Soviet Union. USS Queenfish torpedoed Japanese aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru; 2,246 drown. Nazi resistance members Walter Cramer, Bernhard Letterhaus...

41 guns. Six of this class were authorized in 1939 Maru 4 Programme and another ten in the 1941 Maru Kyū Programme. Only one of the last four was even...

launchers located on either side of the boat behind the driver. The similar Maru-Ni, which were used by the Imperial Japanese Army, were equipped with two...

Type C Akitsu MaruSC Nigitsu MaruSC M Type C Kumano MaruSC Tokitsu Maru SCI Type A Mayasan Maru SC Tamatsu MaruSC M Type A Kibitsu Maru SC Hyugū Maru SC Settsu...

Type C Akitsu MaruSC Nigitsu MaruSC M Type C Kumano MaruSC Tokitsu Maru SCI Type A Mayasan Maru SC Tamatsu MaruSC M Type A Kibitsu Maru SC Hyugū Maru SC Settsu...

World War II. The ship was originally built as the ocean liner Argentina Maru. She was purchased by the IJN on 9 December 1942, converted into an escort...