A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians - Part Two: The Battles for Midway and the Aleutians

JAPANESE SHIP BORNE AIR STRENGTH - ONI WEEKLY 4-29-42   JAP CV's COMPLETED TONNAGE SPEED BATTERY VF___VB___VT   . . . . . . . . . . . HOSHO 1922 7,470 26 4 *5.5 *9+3 *9+3 *9+3 36 * AKAGI 1927 26,900 28.5 10 8" 18+3 18+3 18+3 63 * KAGA 1928 26,900 24 10 8" 18+3 18+3 27+3 72 . RYUJO 1933 7,100 25 12 5"DP 12+4 12+4 . 32 * SORYU 1937 10,050 30 12 5"DP 18+3 18+3 18+3 63 * HIRYU 1938 10,050 30 12 5"DP 18+3 18+3 18+3 63 . KORYU 1941 10,050 30 12 5"DP 18+3 18+3 18+3 63 . SHOKAKU 1941 15,000 30 12 5"DP 18+3 18+3 18+3 63 . ZUIKAKU 1941 15,000 30 12 5"DP 18+3 18+3 18+3 63 * RYUKAKU 1941 15,000 30 12 5"DP 18+3 18+3 18+3 63 . KASUGA 1941 22,500 23 *6 5"DP *9+3 18+3 9+3 45 . NITTA MARU 1939 22,500 22.5 *6 5"DP *9+3 18+3 9+3 45 . TOTAL FOR 12 CARRIERS . . . 220 238 213 671   NAME_ _____JAPANESE _AV's_____   . . . . . . . . . NOTORO 1920 14,050 12 2 4.7 10 VOS 1 Cat. . KANOI 1922 17,000 15 2 5.5 10 VOS . . CHITOSE 1938 9,000 20 4 5"AA 14 VOS 4 Cat. . CHIYODA 1938 9,000 20 4 5"AA 14 VOS 4 Cat. . MIZUHO 1939 9,000 17 6 5"AA 14 VOS 4 Cat. . NISSHIN 1941 9,000 20 4 5"AA 14 VOS . . TOTAL FOR 6 TENDERS . . . 76 VOS .   NAME_ CONVERTED SEAPLANE TENDERS   . . . . . . . . . KAMIKAWA MARU 1937 14,050 21 2 5" 10 VOS . . FUJIKAMA MARU 1938 17,000 21 2 5" 10 VOS . . KENJO MARU . . . . 10 VOS . . SOYO MARU 1936 9,000 21 4 5" 10 VOS . . KAGU MARU 1936 9,000 21 4 5" 10 VOS . . 10 Unknown 1937-38 6,500 21 2 5" 100 VOS . . TOTAL FOR 16 CONVERTED TENDERS . . 160 VOS .   NO. TYPE PLANE TYPE _NO. CARRIED_ *TOTAL . 11 Battleships VOS 3 *33 . *3 KAKO class CA VOS 2 **6 . 12 CA VOS 4 *48 . 13 CL VOS 1 *13 . 15 Submarines VOS 1 *15 . COMBATANT VESSELS TOTAL . . 115 . *SUNK . CV's *347 *VF, VB, VT . AV's *236 *VOS . Combatant Ships **115 *VOS

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