From my info......... Oi: "Greater Fountain", a river Ahh the perils of translation: The Oi River or Ōi River is Oikawa ( 大井川). Greater Fountain より大きい噴水
Wasn't expecting to start a serious lesson in Japanese! Are you two fluent in that language or is are you using a translation website? They seem to have some very poetic names for places and ships
What is this ship and class. Tone, of that class, or possibly sister ship Chikuma. If you wanted me to go for one, I'd say Tone.
Wasn't expecting to start a serious lesson in Japanese! Are you two fluent in that language or is are you using a translation website? They seem to have some very poetic names for places and ships I can say about five words in Japanese, but became fascinated by Japanese culture as an undergraduate. And I a have friend who is fluent in Japanese, and teaches "Business English" in Japan. I happened to mention this post in my last email to her yesterday, and she kindly pointed out that I'm an idiot (she loves me really :p). Instead of transliterating Oi (which would have been inappropriate anyway), I'd used a phonetic dictionary. That's why I gave so many meanings for Oi. Anyway, I'm sticking to English from now on.
Tone, of that class, or possibly sister ship Chikuma. If you wanted me to go for one, I'd say Tone. You are correct on both counts! Tone: "Land Possessor", the river between Musashi and Shimosa provinces. Your question Adrian.
OK. now that we can upload images again: What was the intended role of this vessel? If you can name it, even better
A larger picture would help. I'm half blind with the reading glasses on as it is! Aside from that it might be one of the various command ships the RN built for amphibious operations.
I copied this picture from another site and I can't find a way of making it bigger. I thought people had lost interest in this thread; I'll give you a couple of days and post the answer. Clue: its Japanese, not used in a "line-of-battle" role; I wouldn't expect anyone to actually name it - unless you can find the picture on the web of course
Japanese hum? No problemo then. Should be in Jenuria's Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1860 - 1945. I'll look it up a bit later tonight.
Helped enough, at least I could see it. The ship in question is the Hyotekikan (Target Ship) Hakachi. Built by Harima Shipbuilding, Aioi. Started as porject 660 in 1941 under that year's building program. Launched in 1943 and completed 11/18/43. Converted to a escort ship with the addition of 2 120mm guns, 28 25mm AA guns and 36 depth charges (4 K guns). Survived the war and continued in repatriation service until 1947 when she was scrapped at Fujinagata.
The ship in question is the Hyotekikan (Target Ship) Hakachi. Yep thats right. What looks like a flight deck is actually an armoured shield to protect the ship from practice bombs. Well done!
What is this ship and class. View attachment 4374 I know I'm digging up an old post, but both the Tone and Chikuma spent some time trying to sink my dad's ship during the Battle off Samar. Another pic: http://www.bosamar.com/images/ijnpix/g287537_Chicuma_Off_Samar_25_Oct_1944.jpg tom
Wasn't the Yamato a battleship? I can't remember if it had the capacity to launch planes? And wasn't it sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, along with the Fuso, (26Oct1944)?
Wasn't the Yamato a battleship? I can't remember if it had the capacity to launch planes? And wasn't it sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, along with the Fuso, (26Oct1944)? The Yamato was indeed a battleship, with her sister Musashi one of the two largest ever built. The Musashi was sunk during the battle, and the Yamato was sunk in 1945 off Okinawa. The only aircraft they ever launched were spotter floatplanes. Japanese battleship Musashi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wasn't the Yamato a battleship? I can't remember if it had the capacity to launch planes? And wasn't it sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, along with the Fuso, (26Oct1944)? Hi there. Welcome to the forum. Does your user name refer to BB-46, the top dog of battleships of the early 20's? Dave
