Kitakami (北上) was a Kuma-class cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the Kitakami River in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. After the construction...
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Kitakami may refer to: Kitakami, Iwate, a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan Kitakami Station, a JR train station in Kitakami Kitakami Line, a JR railway...
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cruisers Ōi and Kitakami were converted to torpedo cruisers with four 5.5 in (140 mm) guns and forty 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes. In 1944 Kitakami was...
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Japan have been named Kitakami: Japanese cruiser Kitakami, a Kuma-class cruiser launched in 1920 and scrapped in 1946 JDS Kitakami, an Isuzu-class destroyer...
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torpedo cruisers and urged a revision to the Navy's tactics. While the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff debated the issue, Ōi and Kitakami were converted...
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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...
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the Kuma class of light cruisers were appointed for renovation, namely Kitakami, Ōi and Kiso. Renovation of Ōi and Kitakami began in 1941, with large-scale...
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The Kitakami River (北上川, Kitakami-gawa) is the fourth largest river in Japan and the largest in the Tōhoku region. It is 249 kilometres (155 mi) long...
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Ōi (大井) was the fourth of five Kuma-class light cruiser, which served in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was named after the Ōi River...
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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...
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first captain was Captain Tomoshige Samejima, formerly captain of the cruiser Kitakami, who oversaw her completion and remained captain until November 1935...
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ship, or from coastal installations as a coastal defense weapon. The cruiser Kitakami was equipped to launch eight Kaiten and took part in sea launch trials...
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Kinu and Kuma were anchored at Juliana Quay alongside the cruisers Ōi and Kitakami. The cruisers were attacked by 17 B-24 Liberator bombers of the 319th...
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Screening Force (Rear Adm. Fukuji Kishi] in Kitakami) 9th Cruiser Division (Rear Adm. Kishi) CL Kitakami (Capt. Saiji Norimitsu) CL Ōi (Capt. Moichi Narita)...
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bombs and sunk on 24 July, attacked again on 28 July by rockets and bombs. Kitakami: Damaged by strafing on 24 July. Ōyodo: Strafed and hit by five bombs on...
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the destroyers Kawakaze, Tanikaze, Yura, and Sunosaki, the light cruisers Kitakami and Ōi, and the battleship Hizen. Nishimura was promoted to lieutenant...
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List of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters (redirect from Midori Kitakami)
(Funimation), Bijou Vann (Amazon Prime Video) (English) Midori Kitakami (北上ミドリ, Kitakami Midori) is an engineer serving on AAA Wunder. She is slim, has...
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Sasebo Naval Arsenal (section Cruisers)
Ōtsuki(Unfinished) Tenryū-class: Tatsuta Kuma-class: Kuma, Kitakami Nagara-class: Nagara, Yura Experimental cruiser Yūbari Agano-class: Agano, Yahagi, Sakawa Type...
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maneuvers, Abukuma rammed the cruiser Kitakami between her No.2 and No.3 funnels. The collision only lightly damaged Kitakami, but Abukuma lost her bow and...
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for one year. After his return, he received his first command, the cruiser Kitakami. He was subsequently captain of the battleship Fusō. On 1 December...
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Kuma (球磨) was a Kuma-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The lead vessel of the five ship class, she was named after the Kuma River in...
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Kuma-class Light cruiser Kuma Tama Kitakami Ōi Kiso 5,500 tonnes Kitakami and Ōi later converted to a torpedo cruiser under a short-lived Imperial Japanese...
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officer in France. He returned in 1922 to become executive officer on the Kitakami. On his promotion to captain on December 1, 1926, Koga was again posted...
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carrier Hosho; eight heavy cruisers Aoba, Ashigara, Haguro, Myoko, Nachi, Takao, Kumano and Tone; nine light cruisers Kitakami, Kiso, Isuzu, Kashima, Kashii...
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(used by the Army) Izumi Itsukushima Akashi Chikuma Tokiwa Yakumo Tenryu Kitakami Abukuma Sendai Kako Haguro Maya Mogami Kashii Agano Ōyodo Urakaze Tanikaze...
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(Sendai), Natalie Hoover (Jintsū), Jad Saxton (Naka) (English) Three light cruisers belonging to the Third Torpedo Squadron. They give Fubuki different training...
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destroyer Ikazuchi-class destroyer escort Isuzu-class destroyer escort Kitakami-class destroyer escort It was developed in Canada by combining the AN/SPS-12...
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Maru and laid mines. She torpedoed and damaged the Japanese light cruiser Kitakami, and attacked the U-1062 but missed her with torpedoes. She survived...
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Expeditionary Fleet and was promoted to captain. He was given command of the cruisers Kitakami from 1932 to 1934, Mogami from 1934 to 1935,. Haguro from 1935–1936...
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Shikinami escorted the cruisers Aoba, Ōi, Kinu, and Kitakami on a resupply run to the Andaman Islands, and towed the torpedoed Kitakami back to Singapore afterwards...
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