Akagi Maru
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Akagi Maru was one of three Akagi Maru-class armed merchantmen of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was launched in 1936. Akagi Maru was used initially used as a refrigerated cargo/passenger ship betwee
Akagi Maru in 1937
Operation Hailstone
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Operation Hailstone was a large-scale United States Navy air and surface attack on Truk Lagoon on 17–18 February 1944, conducted as part of the American offensive drive against the Imperial Japanese N
Akagi Maru
…in World War II in the Pacific Ocean and was sunk with great loss of life by air attack on 17 February 1944 in Chuuk Lagoon as a part of the Allied Operation Hailstone. Akagi Maru was initially a refrigerated cargo/passenger ship that was 462 ft 8 in (141.0 m) long between perpendiculars with a beam of 62 ft 3 in (19.0…
Japanese ships off Dublon Island.
Japanese ammunition ship Aikoku Maru exploding after a torpedo hit, 17 February 1944.