Kinugasa (衣笠) was the second vessel in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Mount Kinugasa...

Kinugasa may refer to: Kinugasa (surname), a Japanese surname Japanese cruiser Kinugasa, an Aoba class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy Kinugasa...

A heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches)...

Furutaka was assigned to Cruiser Division 6 Rear Admiral Aritomo Goto in the First Fleet with the cruisers Aoba, Kako and Kinugasa. At the time of the attack...

heavy cruisers (also called "A class" cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy) was originally planned to include Aoba and her sister ship Kinugasa. The...

heavy cruisers of IJN: two Furutaka-class and two Aoba-class. On 20 May 1933, the 6th Cruiser Division (CruDiv6) received Aoba (flagship), Kinugasa, and...

August, the four heavy cruisers of Cruiser Division 6 (Aoba, Kako, Furutaka and Kinugasa), the heavy cruiser Chōkai, light cruisers Tenryū and Yūbari and...

Aoba and her sister ship Kinugasa were originally planned as the third and fourth vessels in the Furutaka class of heavy cruisers. However, design issues...

a list of cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy built between 1885 and 1945. Note that the four Tsukuba and Ibuki class armoured cruisers were re-classed...

pounded the heavy cruiser USS Astoria, and as Aoba, Kako, and Kinugasa joined in, Astoria sank. Finally, while other cruisers lit the cruiser USS Quincy aflame...

time but in a separate operation, the three heavy cruisers of Cruiser Division 6 (CruDiv6)—Aoba, Kinugasa, and Furutaka, all participants in the Battle of...

from Kavieng were four heavy cruisers of Cruiser Division 6 under Rear Admiral Aritomo Goto: the Aoba-class Aoba and Kinugasa and the Furutaka-class Furutaka...

Henderson Field on Guadalcanal on 14 November. Suzuya, cruisers Maya, Tenryū, Chōkai, Kinugasa and Isuzu and destroyers Kazagumo, Makigumo, Michishio...

subsequent battle, Kinugasa was sunk and Chōkai was slightly damaged. A Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber crashed into the cruiser Maya. Tenryū was undamaged...

The heavy cruiser was designed for long range, high speed, and heavy calibre naval guns. The first heavy cruisers were built in 1915, although it only...

no hits) before reporting her contact by radio. Kinugasa was the third and last Japanese heavy cruiser to be sunk in the Solomon Islands campaign. Almost...

Kako (sunk by a submarine near Rabaul on 10 August) 2 Aoba-class: Aoba, Kinugasa (damaged) Top speed: 33 knots Main battery: 6 × 8-inch Secondary btty.:...

the Kinugasa, light cruiser Isuzu, and destroyers Arashio and Asashio to carry out Kondō's original plan and bombard Henderson Field with his cruisers where...

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Tsugaru as flagship; seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru; 4 cruisers, Aoba, Furutaka, Kako, Kinugasa (Cruiser Division 6, detached from 1st Fleet); and 4 destroyers...

commanded by Rear Admiral Aritomo Gotō, consisted of the heavy cruisers Aoba, Kinugasa, and Furutaka and the destroyers Fubuki and Hatsuyuki. As the two...

Force Rear Admiral Gotō in heavy cruiser Aoba Cruiser Division 6 (Rear Adm. Gotō) 4 heavy cruisers: Aoba, Kako, Kinugasa, Furutaka 1 light carrier Shōhō...

large US naval force was located by spotters from the heavy cruisers Furutaka and Kinugasa, prompting both ships to launch their planes, fearing US carriers...

Tsugaru as flagship; seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru; 4 cruisers, Aoba, Furutaka, Kako, Kinugasa (Cruiser Division 6, detached from 1st Fleet); and 4 destroyers...

Thor (HSK 4) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in World War II, intended for service as a commerce raider. Also known to the Kriegsmarine...

Aoba-class Heavy cruiser Aoba (1927–1945) Kinugasa (1927–1942) 7,100 tonnes Variation of the Furutaka class Myōkō-class Heavy cruiser Myōkō (1929–1945)...

Aoba-class heavy cruisers: Aoba, Kinugasa till 1938: 3 twin 7.9-inch type C 40° from 1938: 3 twin 8.0-inch type C 40° Myoko-class heavy cruisers: Myoko, Nachi...

Aritomo Goto commanded: Light carrier Shōhō Heavy cruisers Aoba, Kinugasa, Kako and Furutaka Light cruisers Tenryū, Tatsuta Destroyer Sazanami During the...

Marseillaise was a French light cruiser of the La Galissonnière class. During the Second World War, she remained with Vichy France. The La Galissonnière...

Nakajima B5Ns at 06:00 to scout for TF 17. Around the same time, Gotō's cruisers Kinugasa and Furutaka launched four Kawanishi E7K2 Type 94 floatplanes to search...