file created: 12/07/02 00:55:46 , last update: 05/24/02
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CA Mogami
Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Mogami 1931/10/27
Kure Kaigun Kosho
1934/03/13 1935/07/28 1944/10/25
sunk
Namesake: A river, divides the Ugo and Uzen provinces
TTD differences from class:43: 6x203/50, 8x127/40
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     2ndFlt/CruDiv7    
41/12/04 41/12/1? E SoExpFor/MalGrp/SupGrp/CruDiv7 land Malaisia  
41/12/13     CruDiv7 land N Borneo   99 
42/02/10 42/03/26   WCovFor/CruDiv7 land Java   89 
42/04/01 42/04/11? C SupFor/SGrp//CruDiv7 raid Indian Ocean   89  85 
42/04/06   C SupFor/SGrp/CruDiv7 sinking/share British s/s Dardanus, Gandara and Indora   85 
42/05 42/06/14   C4/MidInvFor/CloSupGrp/CruDiv7 xMidway  
42/06/06     C4/MidInvFor/CloSupGrp/CruDiv7 xMidway-disable(planes)  
42/06/14 42/08/05     Truk   99 
42/08/05 42/08/12     sail from Truk to Kure   99 
43/05/20 43/05/21     sail from Tokujama to Jokosuka as reaction on US Attu landing   99 
43/07/19 43/07/21     troop transport run from Truk to Rabaul   99 
43/07/24 43/07/26     sail from Rabaul to Truk   99 
43/10/17 43/10/26   CruDiv7 sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back as reaction to US strikes on Wake   99 
43/11/03 43/11/05 RO 2ndFlt/CruDiv7 sail from Truk to Rabaul   89 
43/11/05   RO 2ndFlt/CruDiv7 damage(TF 38) Rabaul   41 
43/11/05 43/11/07 RO 2ndFlt/CruDiv7 sail from Rabaul to Truk   99 
43/11/1? 44/02     repairs   41 
43/12/16 43/12/22     sail from Truk to Maizuru   99 
44/06/19   A-Go ForB xPhilip   81 
44/07/08 44/07/10   GrpB troop transport run from Kure to Okinawa   99 
44/07/12 44/07/20   GrpB sail from Okinawa to Manila > Lingga Roads   99 
44/10     SouthFor xLeyte  
44/10/25     SouthFor xSuriga - disable(crash with Naci) Surigao Strait  
44/10/25     SouthFor disabled (planes), scuttled by Akebono 40 nm WSW of Surigao (09-40N, 124-50E)   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 09-40N, 124-50E
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