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Hi convoys were a numbered series of World War II trade convoys between Japan and Singapore. Merchant ships from Moji and Kaibōkan from Sasebo formed southbound convoys in Imari Bay to carry supplies
IJN Shimushu was one of the Kaibōkan escorting Hi convoys.
Kaiyō was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The ship was originally built as the ocean liner Argentina Maru. She was purchased by the IJN on 9 December 1942
Hi convoys
…South 3 April 1944 16 April 1944 1 April departure delayed by storm Hi-58 North 3 May 1944 21 April 1944 Submarine USS Robalo seen by aircraft from Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō and damaged by convoy escort 24 April 1944 Hi-59 South 20 April 1944 Terminated 2 May 1944 at Manila Hi-60 Did not sail Hi-61 South 3 May 1944 18 May…
Kaiyō at sea
Kaiyō being scrapped in Beppu Bay, c. 1946–1947