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Still at peace, the Japanese battleship Kirishima and the carrier Akagi at anchor in 1939.
A couple of Major IJN units seen here at peace in1939, the battleship Kirishima and the large carrier Akagi lie at anchor. Kirishima was sunk a couple of days after her sister ship Hiei, falling victim to the accurate radar controlled gunfire of the US battleships Washington and South Dakota in the same general area as Hiei, and in yet another bitter action around the embattled island of Guadalcanal in November 1942. Akagi of course was one of four Japanese carriers to meet their fate during the battle of Midway in June 1942, in the pivotal battle of the Pacific war when the US Navy gained its first measure of revenge for Pearl Harbour, sinking four of the six carriers involved in the "Day of Infamy"
Still at peace, the Japanese battleship Kirishima and the carrier Akagi at anchor in 1939.
A couple of Major IJN units seen here at peace in1939, the battleship Kirishima and the large carrier Akagi lie at anchor. Kirishima was sunk a couple of days after her sister ship Hiei, falling victim to the accurate radar controlled gunfire of the US battleships Washington and South Dakota in the same general area as Hiei, and in yet another bitter action around the embattled island of Guadalcanal in November 1942. Akagi of course was one of four Japanese carriers to meet their fate during the battle of Midway in June 1942, in the pivotal battle of the Pacific war when the US Navy gained its first measure of revenge for Pearl Harbour, sinking four of the six carriers involved in the "Day of Infamy"