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1. I began my short life in 1939 as a fast submarine support ship called 'Tsurugisaki'. During 1941 I was converted into light aircraft carrier and entered service. I was sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea by dive bombers and torpedo planes from the USS Lexington and USS Yorktown ?
2. Built in 1937 with my sister ship, I had the starboard side island and was slightly lighter. I was one of the six carriers to deliver the stunning attack on Pearl Harbour and was sunk during the battle of Midway by Dive Bombers from USS Yorktown CV5 ?
3. I was called, like my other sisters in the 'Mogami' class, a 'light' cruiser built in 1935 at Nagasaki, but had to undergo a major rebuild a year later to 'iron' out serious design faults. In 1939 I was refitted to become a 'heavy cruiser' with 10 x 8 inch guns and fought at the battle of Sunda Strait. I was sunk at the battle of Midway in 1942 ?
4. I gained a reputation for being almost unsinkable. I was one of the four 'Mogami'class cruisers, and like my two remaining sisters Mogami and Suzuya, I perished in the fierce air and surface actions on November 25th, 1944 ?
5. My sister ship was 'Nagato', I was built in 1920 and oddly blew up at anchor near Hiroshima on the afternoon of June 6, 1943, probably as the result of faulty 16 inch ammunition ?
6. My sister 'Ise' and I were converted to hybrid battleship carriers after the Battle of Midway, and I was sunk 24 July 1945 in shallow water near Kure. I was later raised and scrapped 1952 ?
7. I was conceived as a sister battleship to the 'Huge' Yamato and Musashi, but was completed as an aircraft carrier Sunk by submarine USS Archerfish (SS-311) 29 Nov 1944 ?
8. I gave my name to my class of fast destroyers, armed with the famous long lance torpedo ?
9. I was laid down in March 1938 at Nagasaki's Mitsubishi Shipbuilding yard as unnamed 'Battleship No2' completed in 1942. During 1943 and into 1944 I was stationed at Truk, with the US invasion of the Marshalls and raids by aircraft carrier planes against Japanese positions further west, I was moved to the Palaus. I was torpedoed by the submarine USS Tunny SS 282 on 29 March 1944, necessitating repairs in Japan, during which my anti aircraft firepower was enhanced. On 24 October 1944, while en route to the prospective battle area off the Leyte Gulf landing beaches, I and my consorts were attacked by hundreds of U.S. Navy carrier aircraft. In this Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, I was hit by some nineteen torpedoes and seventeen bombs ?
10. Back to the carriers, my sister was Zuikaku, who along with myself took part in the Pearl Harbour attack. I was completed at Yokosuka Dockyard, Japan, in August 1941. I took part in many engagements and was damaged during several, finally being sunk on 19 June 1944 ?
11. I was built at Kobe and Yokosuka, Japan. Launched as a battleship, and was completed as Japan's first large aircraft carrier in March 1926. I was thoroughly reconstructed in 1934-35, receiving a full length flight deck. I took part in the Pearl Harbour attack and was sunk On 4 June 1942 by dive bombers from USS Enterprise at the battle of Midway ?
12. Originally conceived as an Amagi Class battlecruiser, I was converted to a carrier before completion because of the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Built initially to hold 60 aircraft, I was later modified to carry heavier aircraft and more AAW weaponry. As first converted I had three flight decks forward, no island and two funnels on the starboard side. During the 1935 reconstruction, the two lower flight decks were removed and the main flight deck was extended forward to the bow, plus an island was added on the port side. I led the attack on Pearl Harbor, but met my end only seven months later at the disastrous Battle of Midway.
13. Commissioned in December 1941, I was perhaps Japan's largest Kamikaze base sent to sea with not enough fuel to get home again. I was truly massive with 65,000 ton (over 72,800 tons at full load). I had nine 18" inch guns and took part in both the battle of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. On 7 April 1945, while still some 200 miles north of Okinawa, I was attacked by a massive force of U.S. carrier planes and sunk. Which ship was I?
14. I was designed by Sir George Thurston, and actually built by Vickers (and was the last Japanese capital ship to be built outside of Japan), completed in 1913 I was strong fast and gave my name to my class of battleship, I had 3 sister ships and had 8 x 14 inch guns and displacement of 36,601 tons ?
15. I was completed in 1942 with 6 x 6 inch guns as a light crusier and gave my name to my class, I had 3 sister ships and 8,534 tons displacement. On 5th November 1943 I was damaged in an air attack at Rabaul by aircraft from the carriers Saratoga and Princeton. On the 11th, I was damaged further in another air attack by a torpedo. I was sunk by the US submarine Skate 160NM north of Truk on 16th Feb 1944 ?
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