HIJMS Tatsuta

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Ship	HIJMS Tatsuta


Operated By Country	Japan
Unit Type	Ship
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Ship Class	HIJMS Tenryu
Ship Type	Cruiser

Sunk In Activity	1944 03 13 0100 Torpedoing Of Tatsuta South West Of Yokosuka
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Postings	0

Units
	Operated By Country
	Japan

Ships
	Built By Shipbuilder	Laid Down YMD	Launch YMD	Commissioned YMD	Final YMD	On Slip	Fitting Out	Total Building	Life Year
	Sasebo Dockyard	1917 Jul 24	1918 May 29	1919 Mar 13	1944 Mar 13	309day	288day	597day	25yr

Activities
1) Involved In Activity	2) 1: as	3) 2:Engagement Result	4) 1: Details
1944 03 13 0100 Torpedoing Of Tatsuta South West Of Yokosuka	N	Sunk
Directive: 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Directive First Stage First Phase	N
1941 Dec 11 Japanese Attack Wake Island, Northern Pacific	N
1942 Jan 27 Japanese Landing Kavieng	N
1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest MO Operation Tulagi, Solomon Islands Port Moresby	N
1942 Jul 22 Japanese Landing Operation RI Buna, New Guinea	N		Aim: To provide air cover and a base for an overland attack on Port Moresby. Results: By 1942 Aug 21 13,500 troops had been landed for the attack on Port Moresby.
1942 Aug 01 Japanese Landing Operation RE Milne Bay, New Guinea	N		Aim: To establish an airfield to provide air cover for the overland assault on Port Moresby and for the operations a Buna, New Guinea and Gona. Results: Japanese were defeated by predominately Australian troops. Some survivors were evacuated.
1942 Oct 01 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	N
1942 Oct 04 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	N
1942 Oct 07 Japanese Landing Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	N		Possibly aborted due to bad weather.

Assignments
1) Covered By Assignment	2) 1: Assign To Unit	3) 2: Covered By Assignment	4) 3: Assign To Unit	5) 1: Summary
1941-Nov-01 - IJN 18th Cruiser Division	IJN 18th Cruiser Division	1941 Nov 01 - IJN 4th Fleet	IJN 4th Fleet	Or much earlier

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