Aoba (青葉) 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...

The Aoba-class cruisers (青葉型巡洋艦, Aoba-gata jun'yōkan) were a class of two heavy cruisers constructed for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) which saw service...

Furutaka (1926–1942) Kako (1926–1942) 7,100 tonnes Aoba-class Heavy cruiser Aoba (1927–1945) Kinugasa (1927–1942) 7,100 tonnes Variation of the Furutaka class...

Aoba Shrine (青葉神社, Aoba Jinja) is the memorial shrine of Date Masamune, located in Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, near the site of the former...

main thoroughfares such as Jōzenji Street (定禅寺通, Jōzenji dōri) and Aoba Street (青葉通, Aoba dōri). In the summer, the Sendai Tanabata Festival, the largest...

maximum elevation of 40° were installed only aboard Aoba-class cruisers. The Mark I guns installed in 1927 were replaced by Mark II guns in 1937 and 1938....

Kinugasa (衣笠) was the second vessel in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Mount Kinugasa...

owned and operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Aoba-dōri Station in Sendai to Ishinomaki Station in Ishinomaki, and provides...

6 kg (45 lb 7 oz), with a complete round weighing 32.4 kg (71 lb 7 oz). Aoba-class cruiser Furutaka-class cruiser Takao-class cruiser Taiyō-class escort...

sinking cruiser Furutaka, and two days later escorted the badly damaged Aoba to Truk. During the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 October, she was on alert...