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    Fleet Escort Force (category Naval history of Japan)
    DD-151 Asagiri; DE-232 Sendai; DD-156 Setogiri (Maizuru) 15th Escort Squadron: DD-155 Hamagiri; DE-231 Ōyodo; DE-233 Chikuma (Ominato) 1st Replenishment-at-Sea...
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  • Special Naval Landing Force Sokichi Takagi: chief of staff of the Maizuru Naval Base Kiyohide Shima: chief of Staff of the Maizuru Naval District Michitaro...
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    Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (category Naval history of Japan)
    Area Activity Hanshin Yokosuka District Kure District Sasebo District Maizuru District Ominato District Five district units act in concert with the fleet...
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    the escort ships JS Haruna and JS Myōkō. The destroyer escort joined Maizuru District Force 24th Escort Corps on 6 November 2003. On 26 March 2008, the 24th...
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    castle located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is also known as Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城 Maizuru-jō) or Seki Castle (石城 Seki-jō). Completed in the early Edo period...
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    Asahi had to tow Oryol, and their destination was changed to the closer Maizuru Naval Arsenal to avoid losing the prize of war. Her commander Captain Yung...
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  • Also debuting the same week were the Sasebo Naval District Compilation Vol.1 and Maizuru Naval District Compilation Vol.1 comic anthologies, which sold...
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    its 1915 cruise from Sasebo to Chemulpo, Port Arthur, Dairen, Chinkai, Maizuru and Toba. In 1916, Iwate made a cruise to Hong Kong, Singapore, Fremantle...
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    rear admiral on 15 November 1939 and was Chief of Staff of the Maizuru Naval District. With the start of the Pacific War, Shima was given a combat command...
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    Germany Haifa, Haifa District, Israel Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado, United States Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan...
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    Japanese cruiser Sakawa (category Ships built by Sasebo Naval Arsenal)
    had its tips partly bent. The ship was later transferred to the Maizuru Naval District and arrived there on 19 July. She was attacked by aircraft from...
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    German submarine U-511 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    along with Ro-68 and sent from Kure to the Maizuru naval base. For the rest of the war, Ro-500 was at Maizuru to help train air crews in anti-submarine...
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    Japanese destroyer Ōshio (category Ships built by Maizuru Naval Arsenal)
    their completion, none survived the Pacific War. Ōshio, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal was laid down on 5 August 1936, launched on 19 April 1937 and...
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    Mine Warfare Force (Japan) (category Naval history of Japan)
    Tokuyama, Shimonoseki, and Sasebo Route Enlightenment Corps (Maizuru District Force, Maizuru, Niigata Route Enlightenment Corps). In order to improve the...
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    USS Wahoo (SS-238) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    The sinking of Konron Maru enraged the Japanese navy, and the Maizuru Naval District ordered a 'search and destroy' operation for US submarines. Japanese...
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  • aircraft at Nanao Bay and got in underway for Maizuru, Japan, in company with I-14. They reached Maizuru on 22 June 1945. At 13:25 on 25 June 1945, the...
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    SS Op Ten Noort (category Naval ships of the Netherlands captured by Japan during World War II)
    dry docked at Maizuru Naval District. From July 9 to 11 she was in Saigon. On July 24, 1945 Hikawa Maru No. 2 arrived back in Maizuru. On August 15,...
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    Dalian (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Seine-Maritime, France Los Angeles County, California, United States Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan Milan, Italy Northampton, England, UK Oakland, California...
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    Safety Security Force (category Naval history of Japan)
    Second Staff Supervision Department, and two district units (Yokosuka District Force and Maizuru District Force) were newly formed on the Pacific Ocean...
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  • sent to Kaiheidan (海兵団) units in either of the four naval districts (Yokosuka, Kure, Sasebo and Maizuru) that were responsible for training of enlisted and...
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  • 1943 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    orders the suspension of all Atlantic operations. May 27 – The port city of Maizuru is founded in Japan. May 29 – Norman Rockwell's illustration of 'Rosie...
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    Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (category Naval weapons of the United States)
    "The Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System in Naval Support Facility Redizkowo, Poland, Trans". U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet....
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    Japanese submarine I-400 (category Ships built by Kure Naval Arsenal)
    for another strike. On 13 July 1945, I-400 departed Nanao Bay bound for Maizuru, Japan, which she reached the same day in company with I-401. She began...
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  • renamed Ro-48 on 31 July 1943 and was attached provisionally to the Maizuru Naval District that day. Launched on 15 October 1943, she was completed and commissioned...
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    each year in Fukuoka. Fukuoka Castle, located adjacent to Ohori Park in Maizuru Park, features the remaining stone walls and ramparts left after a devastating...
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    on 31 July 1944. Upon commissioning, Ro-50 was attached to the Maizuru Naval District and assigned to Submarine Squadron 11 for workups. She was reassigned...
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  • was completed on 5 September 1941 and she was registered in the Maizuru Naval District with aircraft code IB-xx and call sign JGBN. She was attached to...
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    were more homogeneous and came under the command of the naval district where their home naval air station was located in, and later were designated either...
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  • Japanese submarine Ro-42 (category Ships built by Sasebo Naval Arsenal)
    Ro-42 on 25 September 1942 and was attached provisionally to the Maizuru Naval District that day. She was launched on 25 October 1942 and was completed...
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    Japanese submarine tender Chōgei (category Second Sino-Japanese War naval ships of Japan)
    1944. On 1 January 1945, Chōgei was assigned to the Maizuru Naval District. On 30 July 1945, Maizuru came under attack by a combined Royal Navy / United...
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