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Appendix A

Status of major combatant ships of Japanese Navy at
the conclusion of hostilities
Name Date Commissioned
(Prior to 7 December
1941 unless otherwise
indicated) 		Final Disposition
BATTLESHIPS
FUSO SUNK 25 October 1944 in Surigao Straits, P.I.,
by U.S. destroyers
HARUNA SUNK 28 July 1945 at Kure by U.S carrier
planes
HIYEI SUNK 13-14 November 1942 off Savo Is., Solo-
mons, by U.S. fleet units and aircraft
HYUGA SUNK 28 July 1945 at Kure by U.S. carrier
planes
ISE SUNK 28 July 1945 at Kure by U.S. carrier
planes
KIRISHIMA SUNK 15 November 1942 off Savo Is., Solomons,
by U.S. fleet units
KONGO SUNK 21 November 1944 off Foochow, China,
by U.S. submarine
MUSASHI August 1942 SUNK 25 October 1944 in Sibuyan Sea, P.I., by
U.S. carrier planes
MUTSU SUNK 8 June 1943 in Hiroshima Bay by acci-
dental explosion
NAGATO HEAVILY DAMAGED 18 July 1945 at Yokosuka by
U.S. carrier planes
YAMASHIRO SUNK 25 October 1944 in Surigao Straits, P.I.,
by U.S. fleet units
YAMATO December 1941 SUNK 7 April 1945 off Kyushu by U.S. carrier
planes
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
AKAGI SUNK 4 June 1942 off Midway by U.S. carrier
planes
AMAGI August 1944 HEAVILY DAMAGED 24-28 July 1945 at Kure by
U.S. carrier planes
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Publication Information: Book Title: U. S. Navy at War, 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy. Contributors: Ernest J. King - author. Publisher: United States Navy Department. Place of Publication: Washington, DC. Publication Year: 1946. Page Number: 233.
    
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