Japanese cruiser Aoba
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Aoba was the lead ship in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Launched in 1926 and heavily modernized in 1938–40, Aoba initially served as a patrol craft, largel
Japanese heavy cruiser Aoba
World War II recognition drawings of Aoba
Aoba, photographed off Buin, Bougainville after the Battle of Cape Esperance
Aoba settled on the bottom of shallow Kure harbor at end of World War II
Japanese cruiser Kinugasa
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Kinugasa was the second vessel in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Following the Japanese ship-naming conventions, the ship was named after Mount Kinugasa, lo
Japanese cruiser Aoba
…Following the Japanese ship-naming conventions, the ship was named after Mount Aoba, a volcano located behind Maizuru, Kyoto. Aoba and her sister ship Kinugasa were originally planned as the third and fourth vessels in the Furutaka class of heavy cruisers. However, design issues with the Furutaka class resulted…
Heavy cruiser Kinugasa on commissioning at Kobe
World War II recognition drawing of Kinugasa