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CV Hijo
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Hijo | 1939/11/30 Kawasaki | 1941/06/24 | 1942/07/31 | 1944/06/20
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| Namesake: "A Falcon Flying Away" (" odlétající sokol ") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/07/14 | 3rdFlt/CarDiv2 | IJN reorganization - 21xA6M2,18xD3A1,9xB5N2 | |||
| 42/08 | 42/09 | 3rdFlt/CarDiv2 | Inland Sea - training duty | 99 | |
| 42/08/12 | 3rdFlt/CarDiv2/DF | 99 | |||
| 42/10/04 | 42/10/09 | sail from Saeki to Truk | 99 | ||
| 42/10/11 | 42/10/17 | 3rdFlt/CarDiv2 | xSCruz - strike Henderson Field - machinery troubles > sail to Truk | 91 99 | |
| 42/10/17 | damaged by fire in generator room - top speed 16 kts | 99 | |||
| 42/10/17? | 42/10/26 | sail into Truk | 99 | ||
| 42/10/26 | 42/12/05 | Truk | 99 | ||
| 42/11/13 | damaged by bomb at Truk | 99 | |||
| 42/11/27 | damaged by bomb at Truk | 99 | |||
| 42/12/05 | 42/12/10 | sail from Truk to Kure (escorted by DesDiv11) | 99 | ||
| 42/12/10 | 43/02/2? | Kure, Tokujama, Inland Sea | 99 | ||
| 43/02/26 | 43/03/04 | Kure - repairs in drydock | 99 | ||
| 43/03/04 | 43/03/22 | movements Kure <> Tokujama | 99 | ||
| 43/03/22 | 43/03/27 | sail from Saeki to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/03/27 | 43/05/17 | Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/04/12 | damaged in air raid on Truk | 99 | |||
| 43/05/17 | 43/05/21 | CF/3rdFlt/CarDiv2 | sail from Truk to Jokosuka | 99 | |
| 43/05/25 | arrived to Kisarazu | 99 | |||
| 43/06/02 | arrived Jokosuka | 99 | |||
| 43/06/05 | arrived Kisarazu | 99 | |||
| 43/06/07 | 43/06/10 | Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/06/10 | CarDiv2/DF | departed Jokosuka for Truk - disabled (Trigger) 17 miles from Mijake Is. | 82 99 | ||
| 43/06/11 | towed (Isuzu) to Tatejama | 99 | |||
| 43/06/12 | 43/09/15 | sail from Tatejama to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 43/06/12 | Jokosuka - repairs | 99 | |||
| 43/06/15 | 43/08/31 | crew and air group assigned to temporary duty onboard Rjuho | 99 | ||
| 43/06/29 | 43/08?? | Jokosuka - drydock | 99 | ||
| 43/10/2? | 43/10/29 | sail frm Jokosuka to Kure | 99 | ||
| 43/11/24 | 43/12/03 | sail from Kure to Manila (11/29-11/30) > Singapore | 99 | ||
| 43/12/09 | 43/12/22 | ferry cruise from Singapore to Tarakan (12/14-12/15) > Palau (12/18-12/19) > Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/12/27 | 43/12/29 | aircraft ferry cruise from Truk to Saipan | 99 | ||
| 43/12/30? | 44/01/02 | sail from Saipan to Kure | 99 | ||
| 44/05/11 | 44/05/16 | sail from Saeki to Okinawa (05/12) > Tawi Tawi | 99 | ||
| 44/06/13 | 44/06/20 | A-Go | ForB/CarDiv2/DF | xPhilip - 652nd kokutai (part): 27xA6M2,18xD3A2,6xB5N2 | 104 |
| 44/06/20 | sunk(Belleau Wood aircraft) NW of Yap Is. (15-30N, 133-50E) - 250 KIA, 1000 survivors | 99 85 | |||