The Shimane Maru class was a pair of auxiliary escort carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Four additional conversions...

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

Shin'yō (1943) Shinano (1944) Shimane Maru class escort carrier Shimane Maru (1944) Otakisan Maru (not completed) Yamashio Maru class auxiliary escort carrier...

September 1944 decommissioned 30 July 1971, scrapped 1988 Shimane Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy Shimane Maru escort carrier 11,800 28 February 1945 sunk 24 July...

junior high schools in Shimane, Hiroshima, Ehime and Kochi prefectures who were on school trips. The sinking of the Shiun Maru motivated the Japanese...

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

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

Akitsu Maru and Nigitsu Maru are also considered to be the first amphibious assault ships, although, this title can be disputed with Shinshū Maru that served...

Assault ships. Shimane Maru-class Escort carrier Shimane Maru (1945–1945) 11,989 tonnes Yamashio Maru-class Escort carrier Yamashio Maru (1945–1945) 16...

Nigitsu Maru (にぎつ丸) was a Japanese "Type C" landing craft depot ship operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The vessel did not have a flight deck...

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...

port of Osaka, airfields, and, notably, sank Japanese escort carrier Shimane Maru and disabled the Kaiyō. Two escort ships and several smaller vessels...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Daigo Fukuryū Maru (第五福龍丸, F/V Lucky Dragon 5) was a Japanese tuna fishing boat with a crew of 23 men which was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the...

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...

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Kumano Maru (熊野丸) was a landing craft carrier with a full-length flight deck built for the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. Completed...

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in Kumamoto, Japan Hikawa, Shimane, a former town in Shimane, Japan Hikawa District, Shimane, a former district in Shimane, Japan Hikawa Shrine, one of...

Stories of Japanese Destroyers, Kōjinsha (Japan) 1993, ISBN 4-7698-0611-6 The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.41 Japanese Destroyers I, Ushio Shobō...

The ships were ordered as the fast luxury passenger liners Izumo Maru and Kashiwara Maru by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Company-NYK) in late...

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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...

Navy Combined Fleet, Kōjinsha (Japan), June 1988, ISBN 4-7698-0386-9 The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.27 Sendai class cruisers, Ushio Shobō...

23 Akizuki class destroyers, Gakken (Japan), 1999, ISBN 4-05-602063-9 The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.19 Destroyer Asashio class/Akizuki class...

ZuihōC RyūhōSC ChitoseC IbukiSCI Escort carriers TaiyōC KaiyōSC Shin'yōSC Shimane MaruC Battleships Kawachi Kongō Fusō Ise Nagato Yamato Design A-150X Heavy...

ZuihōC RyūhōSC ChitoseC IbukiSCI Escort carriers TaiyōC KaiyōSC Shin'yōSC Shimane MaruC Battleships Kawachi Kongō Fusō Ise Nagato Yamato Design A-150X Heavy...