file created: 12/07/02 00:45:57 , last update: 06/20/00
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CL Isuzu
Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Nagara 1920/08/10
Uraga Dock Tokio
1921/10/29 1923/08/15 1945/04/07
sunk
Namesake: "Clear Water" ("čirá voda") or "50 Bells" ("50 zvonů") - a river.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/04 41/12/2?     land Hongkong   99 
42/10/14       shell Henderson Field  
42/11/14 42/11/15   BombGrp xGuada2   99 
42/11/14     BombGrp damage(planes) covering shelling off Guadalcanal   89 
42/11/17 42/11/20     sail from Shortland to Truk   99 
43/06/11       Tokio Bay: towing damaged Hijo to Jokosuka  
43/06/22 43/06/28     troop transport run from Truk to Nauru and back   99 
43/07/24 43/07/28     assist torpedoed(Tinosa) Tonan Maru #3 off Truk, then tow AO to Truk   99 
43/10/22       attacked by Shad en route (with Naka) Shanghai > Rabaul 230 nm NW of Okinawa (28-40N, 124-10E)   85 
43/11/03       tow damaged (B-24s) AP Kijozumi Maru NE of Kavieng   85 
43/11/18       Truk - carry troops to Mili  
43/12/04       damage(TF 50) at Kwajalein  
44/10     MainFor/DesRon11/SF xLeyte  
44/10/25     MainFor/DesRon11/SF xEngano  
44/11/19       damaged by Hake 55nm W of Corregidor (14-22N, 119-38E)   85 
44/11/19 44/11/22     sail from Manila to Singapore   99 
45/04/0 ? 45/04/07     troop transport run from Koepang, Timor to Surabaya   85 
45/04/04       found off Sumbawa - atacked by Spark in Flores Sea   85 
45/04/05       attacked (2 times) by Besugo in Flores Sea   85 
45/04/06       damage(Gabilan) off Sumbawa  
45/04/06       damaged by Dutch B-25s and RAAF B-24s off Flores Is.   85 
45/04/07       sunk(Charr, Gabilan) N of Soembawa Is, Sunda Islands (07-38S, 118-09E)   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 07°38'S., 118°09'E.
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