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CV Hirju
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Hirju | 1936/07/08 Jokosuka Kaigun Kosho | 1937/11/16 | 1939/07/05 | 1942/06/05
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Dragon Flying in Heaven" ("drak létající v nebi") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41 | 1stAirFlt/CarDiv2/DF | ||||
| 41/11/22 | 41/12/ | raidPH | StrFor1/CarDiv2/DF | ||
| 41/12/21 | 41/12/28 | 2ndWakeInvFor/CarDiv2/DF | land Wake | 99 | |
| 42/01/08 | 42/04/09 | StrFor1/CarDiv2/DF | |||
| 42/01/12 | 42/01/17 | sail from Hashiradzima to Palau | 99 | ||
| 42/01/21 | 42/01/28 | strike Ambon | 99 | ||
| 42/02/15 | 42/02/21 | StrFor1/CarDiv2 | 1st Port Darwin Raid | 74 | |
| 42/02/25 | 42/03/07 | StrFor1/CarGrp/CarDiv2 | 2nd Port Darwin & Tjilatjip Raid | 74 | |
| 42/03/26 | 42/04/22 | StrFor1/CarGrp/CarDiv2 | raid Indian Ocean | 74 | |
| 42/05 | 42/06 | B1/CarrGrp/StrFor1/CarDiv2/DF | xMidway | ||
| 42/06/04 | B1/CarrGrp/StrFor1/CarDiv2/DF | disabled by planes | 01 | ||
| 42/06/05 | B1/CarrGrp/StrFor1/CarDiv2/DF | sunk(scuttled by Kazegumo, Jugumo) (31-38N, 178-51W) | 01 85 | ||