Operation Ten-Go (天号作戦, Ten-gō Sakusen), also known as Operation Heaven One (or Ten-ichi-gō 天一号), was the last major Japanese naval operation in the Pacific...
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Japanese battleship Yamato (section Operation Ten-Go)
Imperial Japanese Navy's response was to organise a mission codenamed Operation Ten-Go that would commit much of Japan's remaining surface strength. Yamato...
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Komura's new DesRon 2. On 6 April 1945, Komura received orders for Operation Ten-Go, to attack the American invasion force on Okinawa. Yahagi was ordered...
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kamikaze attacks against ships involved in the invasion of Okinawa, Operation Ten-Go, and began training pilots and assembling aircraft for the defense...
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I-44, I-47 and I-56, formed to attack American shipping as part of Operation Ten-Go. I-58 was unable to penetrate the intense U.S. anti-submarine defences...
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Moon (in Autumn)". Suzutsuki is best known for her participation in Operation Ten-Go as one of the battleship Yamato's eight escort ships, where her bow...
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Allied fleets in the waters around Okinawa, as part of Operation Ten-Go. The name of the operation, "Kikusui" (Japanese: 菊水, "Chrysanthemum Water"), comes...
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War II. He commanded the battleship Yamato during its final mission, Operation Ten-Go. Aruga was a native of Nagano prefecture, and graduated from the 45th...
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USS Hornet (CV-12) (section Operation Ten-Go)
sister Hancock, one battleship, a destroyer and a destroyer escort. Operation Ten-Go (Ten-gō sakusen) was the attempted attack by a strike force of 10 Japanese...
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sank by air strikes while en route from Japan to Okinawa as part of Operation Ten-Go in April 1945. The design of the Yamato-class battleships was shaped...
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