file created: 12/07/02 00:57:16 , last update: 05/24/02
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CL Noshiro
Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Agano 1941/09/04
Jokosuka Kaigun Kosho
1942/07/19 1943/06/30 1944/10/26
sunk
Namesake: "Large Passage Through a Plain" ("velký průchod přes rovinu"), a river in Ugo province
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/10/17 43/10/26     sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back as reaction to US strikes on Wake   99 
43/11/03 43/11/05 RO 2ndFlt/DesRon2/SF sail from Truk to Admiralty Is > Rabaul  
43/11/05   RO 2ndFlt/DesRon2/SF attacked(TF 38) in Rabaul  
43/11/06 43/11/07 RO 2ndFlt/DesRon2/SF sail from Rabaul to Truk   99 
43/12/30 44/01/02     troop transport run from Truk to Kavieng (44/01/01) and back   99 
43/12/30 44/01/02     troop transport run from Truk to Kavieng (44/01/01) and back   99 
44/01/01       damaged at Kavieng by TG 37.2 strike   85 
44/04/05 44/04/09     sail from Davao to Lingga   99 
44/06/10 44/06/12 KON3 CovFor 3rd Biak Reinforce   86 
44/06/15 44/06/20 A-Go AdvFor/DesRon2/SF xPhilip   81  86 
44/10     CenFor/DesRon2/SF xLeyte  
44/10/24     CenFor/DesRon2/SF xSibuya  
44/10/25     CenFor/DesRon2/SF xSamar  
44/10/26     CenFor/DesRon2/SF sunk(Hornet II,Wasp) S of Mindoro (11-35N, 121-45E)   85 

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