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The Japanese raiders in the Indian Ocean were those vessels used by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Second World War to pursue its war on Allied commerce in that theatre. Possessing a powerful fleet of warships, prior to the start of World War II, the IJN had strategically planned to fight a war of fleet actions, and as a ...
First ever Japanese Navy diesel ship Kamishima-class: Minelayer: Kamishima Awashima: 778 Japanese survey ship Katsuriki: Minelayer: Katsuriki: 1,565 First purpose-built ocean-going minelayer of Japanese Navy, converted to survey ship in 1942 Japanese minelayer Minoo: Minelayer: Minoo: 3,276 Japanese minelayer Okinoshima: Minelayer: Okinoshima ...
The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C [2] or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around British Ceylon , but failed to locate and destroy the bulk ...
German submarine U-511 was the first U-boat to reach the eastern Indian Ocean and was presented to Japan as IJN RO-500. HMS Tally-Ho was one of several British T-class submarines patrolling the Strait of Malacca. HMS Illustrious operated with USS Saratoga for Indian Ocean air raids.
An Imperial Japanese Navy I-400-class submarine, the largest submarine type of World War II. Japan had by far the most varied fleet of submarines of World War II, including manned torpedoes , midget submarines (Ko-hyoteki, Kairyu), medium-range submarines, purpose-built supply submarines (many for use by the Army), long-range fleet submarines ...
Entering service in 1939, Chikuma saw battle during World War II in the Pacific, hunting small allied ships in the Indian Ocean and serving in many escorting missions throughout many large-scale aircraft carrier battles between Japan and the United States.
Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.
On 9 December 1941, the Japanese submarine I-65 reported sighting of Royal Navy Force Z (the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales, battlecruiser HMS Repulse and supporting destroyers). The report was received by light cruiser Sendai, which relayed the message to Admiral Ozawa aboard his flagship, Chōkai. However, the reception was poor ...