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Was German Kriegsmarine submarine under the name U-862, until given to Japan May 1945. I-503-class: Submarine: I-503: 1,610 tonnes Was a Regia Marina submarine under the name Comandante Cappelini then captured by IJN after Italy's capitulation then given to Kriegsmarine in September 1943 under the name UIT-24. After that captured again by IJN ...
The history of rail transport in Japan began in the late Edo period. There have been four main stages: [1] Stage 1, from 1872, the first line, from Tokyo to Yokohama, to the end of the Russo-Japanese war; Stage 2, from nationalization in 1906-07 to the end of World War II; Stage 3, from the postwar creation of Japanese National Railways to 1987;
List of railway lines in Japan lists existing railway lines in Japan alphabetically. The vast majority of Japanese railways are classified under two Japanese laws, one for railways (鉄道, tetsudō) and another for trams (軌道, kidō). The difference between the two is a legal, and not always substantial, one.
Gakunan Railway Line (Gakunan Railway) No official line name exists. Gala-Yuzawa Line (Common name. East Japan Railway Company) Gamagōri Line (Nagoya Railroad) Gantoku Line (West Japan Railway Company) Geibi Line (West Japan Railway Company) Ginga Dream Line Kamaishi Line (Nickname. East Japan Railway Company) Ginza Line (Tokyo Metro) Gomen ...
In order to gain naval victory, Japan should use both aircraft carriers and island bases (the so-called "unsinkable carriers") to knock out enemy warships from the air. Efforts should meanwhile be made to reinforce air power by making surface transportation secure-thus accelerating aircraft production, in turn.
This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Yoshida Maru No 1-class cargo ships (4 P) Pages in category "World War II merchant ships of Japan" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
Source: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC/CINCPOA) A16-3/FF12 Serial 0395, 11 February 1946: "Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan." U.S. Naval Historical Center - Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945