HIJMS Furutaka

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Ship	HIJMS Furutaka


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

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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
	Mitsubishi At Nagasaki	1922 Dec 02	1925 Feb 25	1926 Mar 31	1942 Oct 11	816day	399day	1 215day	16.53yr

Activities
Involved In Activity	as	Details
Directive: 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Directive First Stage First Phase	N
1941 Dec 10 Japanese Landing Guam, Mariana Islands	N
1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest MO Operation Tulagi, Solomon Islands Port Moresby	N
1942 08 09 0100 Surface Action First Battle Of Savo Island, Solomon Islands	N	The Japanese planned to engage the Allied warships then destroy the transports in a night attack. The Japanese approach was not detected and the Allied commanders were not expecting a night attack. The superb Japanese night fighting ability and their JPN 61cm type 93 long lance torpedoes resulted in the sinking of 4 Allied heavy cruisers. The Japanese withdrew without attacking the transports as the whereabouts of the American carriers was not known.
1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands	N	Aim: To destroy Allied ships in the vicinity of the Solomon Islands before destroying US Airfield Lunga Point Guadalcanal. To prevent American attacks on a troop convoy to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

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