Latest posts tagged with #IJNAS on Bluesky
Five I-boats carrying midget subs had departed #Kure a day earlier. The fleet steamed south as submarines scanned for any indication of American knowledge of the plan. Approval for the attack was granted on 1 Dec. by the Emperor. Six days later #IJNAS aircraft were over #Hawaii. #NavalHistory 2/2
The Kawanishi H8K was designed as a replacement for the Kawanishi H6K, which entered service in 1938. The Imperial Japanese Navy ordered the development of a larger, longer-ranged patrol aircraft under the designation Navy Experimental 13-Shi Large-size Flying Boat. The H8K was powered by four Mitsubishi MK4Q Kasei 22 Engines giving it a maximum speed of 467 km/h (290 mph) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft). Its range was 7,152 km (4,444 miles) The aircraft’s defensive armament was formidable, consisting of five 20mm cannons and five 7.7mm machineguns, along with the capability to carry two torpedoes or 2,000 kg of bombs or depth charges. It had a crew of ten. Total Production was 167. The Allied reporting name for the Kawanishi H8K was Emily The H8K entered production in 1941 and first saw operational use on the night of 4 March 1942 in a second raid on Pearl Harbor. This mission, known as Operation K, involved two H8Ks bombing Oahu, Hawaii, but due to bad weather, the mission achieved limited success. As Oahu was outside the range of the H8Ks, they were refuelled by a submarine at French Frigate Shoals, 900km west of Hawaii.
The Kawanishi H8K flying boat was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service flying boat of World War Two www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #Aviation #KawanishiH8K #FlyingBoat #aeroplane #airplane #IJNAS #WW2 #JapaneseFlyingBoat
Spring and summer 1944 saw Nagara refit at #Maizuru and #Yokosuka, increasing the number of anti-air guns and torpedo tubes. In July she delivered elements of the 2nd #IJNAS and 40 tons of cargo in #Okinawa. She then departed for Sasebo via #Kagoshima on 7 August. 4/5
#OTD January 19 1944, the third and #Unryu-class aircraft carrier, Katsuragi #葛城 was launched at #Kure Naval Arsenal. Although she was completed in October of 1944 she never embarked an #IJNAS air group or left Japanese waters. She was lightly damaged in the #TF38 raids on Kure in 1945. 1/2
Tsukuba was destroyed exactly 12 years after being laid down. The wreck was raised and used as target practice for the #IJNAS until being broken up in 1918.
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Here’s a link to a NY Times article on the explosion:
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USS Utah was a training ship at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. She was mistakenly sunk; there were better targets in the area for the #IJNAS. Some pilots mistook the boxes on her main deck for gun turrets and put two torpedoes into her; in fact the boxes just were covers for empty holes. 1/2
Wakamiya was converted to an aircraft carrier in 1920; #IJNAS pilots used her for training as the first purpose-built carrier, #IJN #Hōshō, was being built. Wakamiya was decommissioned in 1931 and broken up in 1932. Photo credit: NavGeneralboard. #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory 6/6
The aircraft that attacked HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse were Mitsubishi G3M and G4M bombers of the #IJNAS #大日本帝國海軍航空隊 operating out of Malaya. They were armed with bombs and torpedoes. The ships never stood a chance. #IJN #ImperialJapaneseNavyAirService #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory
Recommend ‘Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki’ for further reading on this. #IJN #IJNAS #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #WW2 #SWW
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