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CA Aoba
Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Aoba | 1924/02/04 Micubishi Nagasaki | 1926/09/25 | 1927/09/20 | 1945/07/28
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Green Leaf" ("zelený list") - a mountain | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41 | 1stFlt/CruDiv6 | ||||
| 41/12/04 | 41/12/11 | SoSeFor/GuamLandGrp/CruDiv6 | land Guam | ||
| 41/12/08 | 41/12/11 | Guam | |||
| 41/12/21 | 42/12/28 | 2ndWakeInvFor/CruDiv6 | land Wake | 81 | |
| 42/03/08 | 42/03/10 | CovFor/CruDiv6 | land Lae/Salamaua | 99 | |
| 42/04/05 | CovFor/CruDiv6 | land Admiralties | 99 | ||
| 42/05 | CovFor/CruDiv6/DF | xCoralS | |||
| 42/08/08 | 42/08/09 | 8thFlt/CruDiv6/DF | xSavo -damage(destroyed torpedo tube) | ||
| 42/08/17 | 42/08/19 | CruDiv6/DF | sail from Rabaul to Rekata | 99 | |
| 42/08/21 | 42/08/26 | KI | CloSupCovFor/CruDiv6 | xEasSol | |
| 42/08/26 | Kieta | 89 | |||
| 42/10/11 | 42/10/12 | CruDiv6/DF | xEsper damaged > sail to Japan for repairs - 79 KIA | 89 103 | |
| 43/04/03 | damage(B-17,B-24 - 5th Air Force) off Kavieng | 85 | |||
| 43/04/21 | 43/04/25 | towed by Sendai from Kavieng to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/04/25 | 43/09 | Truk - repairs | 99 | ||
| 44/01/23 | 44/01/31 | troop transport run from Singapore to Andamans and back | 99 | ||
| 44/02/27 | 44/03/20 | SA-1 | SEFlt | Indian Ocean Raid | |
| 44/03/20 | Singapore | ||||
| 44/04/02 | 44/04/14 | troop transport run Singapore > Balikpapan > Tarakan and back | 99 | ||
| 44/04/15 | 44/04/19 | transport run from Singapore to Penang and back | 99 | ||
| 44/04/20 | 44/04/2? | sail from Singapore to Davao | 99 | ||
| 44/04/23 | rescued Amagiri survivors | 99 | |||
| 44/05/13 | 44/05/17 | sail from Tarakan to Davao > Palau | 99 | ||
| 44/05/19 | 44/05/22 | transport run from Palau to Sorong and back | 99 | ||
| 44/05/23 | 44/05/27 | transport run from Palau to Sorong > Batjan > Tarakan | 99 | ||
| 44/05/31 | 44/06/05 | KON | TranGrp/F | attempt to reinforce Biak | 86 99 |
| 44/06/10 | 44/07/02 | KON3 | TranGrp | 3rd Biak Reinforce | 86 99 |
| 44/07/02 | Singapore | 99 | |||
| 44/10/21 | 44/10/23 | TranGrp/CruDiv16/GF,DF | sail from Lingga to Manila | 99 | |
| 44/10/23 | TranGrp/CruDiv16/GF,DF | xLeyte disable(Bream) off Manila > towed to Manila | 86 | ||
| 44/10/23 | 44/11/05 | Cavite Kaigun Kosho - emergency repairs | 99 | ||
| 44/11/05 | departed Manila with convoy to Formosa | 99 | |||
| 45/07/24 | damaged by TF 38 aircraft at Kure Kaigun Kosho | 85 | |||
| 45/07/28 | sunk(TF 38) at Kure Navy Yard (34-13N, 132-31E) | 85 | |||