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CA Kinugasa
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 Kawasaki Kobe | 1926/10/24 | 1937/09/30 | 1942/11/14
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| Namesake: "Silk Parasol" ("hedvábný slunečník"), 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 | ||
| 41/12/21 | 41/12/28 | 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 | xCoralS | |||
| 42/08/08 | 42/08/09 | 8thFlt/CruDiv6 | xSavo | ||
| 42/08/17 | 42/08/19 | CruDiv6 | sail from Rabaul to Rekata | 99 | |
| 42/08/21 | 42/08/26 | KI | CloSupCovFor/CruDiv6 | xEasSol | |
| 42/08/26 | Rabaul | 89 | |||
| 42/10/11 | 42/10/12 | CruDiv6 | xEsper | ||
| 42/10/15 | shell Henderson Field | ||||
| 42/10/24 | 42/10/26 | escort reinforcement convoy to Guadalcanal | 89 | ||
| 42/11/01 | TokioEx/CovGrp | cover troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 89 99 | ||
| 42/11/02 | TokioEx/CovGrp | cover troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/11/03 | TokioEx/CovGrp | cover troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/11/14 | BombGrp | xGuada2 | 99 | ||
| 42/11/14 | BombGrp | sunk(VB-10) 15 nm NW of Rendova (08-45S, 157-00E) covering shelling off Guadalcanal - 511 KIA | 81 89 85 | ||