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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_seaplane_tender_Mizuho_1940.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Japanese seaplane carirer Mizuho in 1940 off Tateyama"><img alt="Japanese seaplane carirer Mizuho in 1940 off Tateyama" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Mizuho_1940.jpg/300px-Japanese_seaplane_tender_Mizuho_1940.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Mizuho_1940.jpg/450px-Japanese_seaplane_tender_Mizuho_1940.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Mizuho_1940.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span><div><i>Mizuho</i> off <a href="/wiki/Tateyama,_Chiba" title="Tateyama, Chiba">Tateyama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaplane carrier">Seaplane carrier</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>10,930 tons standard</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>183.6 m (602 ft 4 in) (<a href="/wiki/Waterline" title="Waterline">waterline</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>18.8 m (61 ft 8 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2-shaft <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel engines</a>, 15,200 bhp (11,300 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/12.7_cm/40_Type_89_naval_gun" title="12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun">12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">20 × <a href="/wiki/Type_96_25_mm_AT/AA_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun">Type 96 25 mm AA guns</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>24 <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplanes</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Mizuho</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">瑞穂</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">"Fresh Grain"</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> was a <a href="/wiki/Seaplane_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaplane carrier">seaplane carrier</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The ship was built at Kawasaki Shipbuilding at <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and was completed in February 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-hazegray_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazegray-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-budge_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-budge-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_description">Design and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Mizuho</i> was built to a similar design as the seaplane carrier <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Chitose" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose"><i>Chitose</i></a>, but with slightly less powerful diesel engines instead of <i>Chitose</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s turbines.<sup id="cite_ref-global_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-global-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She carried 24 <a href="/wiki/Seaplanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaplanes">seaplanes</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-hazegray_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazegray-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was equipped to carry twelve miniature submarines,<sup id="cite_ref-hazegray_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazegray-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although she could not carry full loads of both at one time.<sup id="cite_ref-global_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-global-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Mizuho</i> participated in invasion support for much of her career;<sup id="cite_ref-hazegray_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazegray-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> her first mission was with the Fourth Surprise Attack Force.<sup id="cite_ref-budge_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-budge-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 March 1942, planes from <i>Mizuho</i> and <i>Chitose</i> damaged the American <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Pope_(DD-225)" title="USS Pope (DD-225)">USS <i>Pope</i></a>, which was later sunk by aircraft from the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABj%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō"><i>Ryūjō</i></a> and gunfire from the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Ashigara" title="Japanese cruiser Ashigara"><i>Ashigara</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_My%C5%8Dk%C5%8D" title="Japanese cruiser Myōkō"><i>Myōkō</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sinking">Sinking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sinking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MIZUHO.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/MIZUHO.jpg/220px-MIZUHO.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/MIZUHO.jpg/330px-MIZUHO.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/MIZUHO.jpg/440px-MIZUHO.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1473" data-file-height="522" /></a><figcaption>Painting of <i>Mizuho</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The American <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Drum_(SS-228)" title="USS Drum (SS-228)">USS <i>Drum</i></a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoed</a> <i>Mizuho</i> at 23:03 hours on 1 May 1942 40 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (74 km; 46 mi) off <a href="/wiki/Omaezaki,_Shizuoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Omaezaki, Shizuoka">Omaezaki</a>, Japan. She capsized and sank at 04:16 hours on 2 May 1942 with the loss of 101 lives. 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Collier_(ship)" title="Collier (ship)">Colliers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">oilers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notoro-class_oiler" title="Notoro-class oiler"><i>Notoro</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ondo-class_oiler" title="Ondo-class oiler"><i>Ondo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunosaki-class_combat_support_ship" title="Sunosaki-class combat support ship"><i>Sunosaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashizuri-class_combat_support_ship" title="Ashizuri-class combat support ship"><i>Ashizuri</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Kazahaya" title="Japanese fleet oiler Kazahaya"><i>Kazahaya</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hayasui" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hayasui"><i>Hayasui</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_fleet_oiler_Hario" title="Japanese fleet oiler Hario"><i>Hario</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muroto-class_collier" title="Muroto-class collier"><i>Muroto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teiy%C5%8D_Maru_(1931)" title="Teiyō Maru (1931)"><i>Teiyō Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_oiler_%C5%8Cse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese oiler Ōse (page does not exist)"><i>Ōse</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Genota_(1934)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Genota (1934) (page does not exist)">SS <i>Genota</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Food_supply_ship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Food supply ship (page does not exist)">Food supply ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_supply_ship_Mamiya" title="Japanese supply ship Mamiya"><i>Mamiya</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_food_supply_ship_Nosaki" title="Japanese food supply ship Nosaki"><i>Nosaki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinesaki-class_food_supply_ship" title="Kinesaki-class food supply ship"><i>Kinesaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_supply_ship_Irako" title="Japanese supply ship Irako"><i>Irako</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_food_supply_ship_Kurasaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese food supply ship Kurasaki (page does not exist)"><i>Kurasaki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">Landing ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_landing_ship" title="No.1-class landing ship"><i>No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.101-class_landing_ship" title="No.101-class landing ship"><i>No.101</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_amphibious_assault_ship_Shinsh%C5%AB_Maru" title="Japanese amphibious assault ship Shinshū Maru"><i>Shinshū Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span> (Army)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS-class_landing_ship" title="SS-class landing ship"><i>SS</i></a> (Army)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Armed_merchant_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed merchant cruiser">Armed merchant cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aikoku_Maru_(1940)" title="Aikoku Maru (1940)"><i>Aikoku Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dkoku_Maru" title="Hōkoku Maru"><i>Hōkoku Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Maru_(1934)" title="Kongō Maru (1934)"><i>Kongō Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noshiro_Maru" title="Noshiro Maru"><i>Noshiro Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Cable_layer" title="Cable layer">cable layer</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tokiwa" title="Japanese cruiser Tokiwa"><i>Tokiwa</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Itsukushima" title="Japanese minelayer Itsukushima"><i>Itsukushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Yaeyama" title="Japanese minelayer Yaeyama"><i>Yaeyama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Okinoshima" title="Japanese minelayer Okinoshima"><i>Okinoshima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Tsugaru" title="Japanese minelayer Tsugaru"><i>Tsugaru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Minoo" title="Japanese minelayer Minoo"><i>Minoo</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Shirataka" title="Japanese minelayer Shirataka"><i>Shirataka</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatsutaka-class_minelayer" title="Hatsutaka-class minelayer"><i>Hatsutaka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsubame-class_minelayer" title="Tsubame-class minelayer"><i>Tsubame</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natsushima-class_minelayer_(1933)" title="Natsushima-class minelayer (1933)"><i>Natsushima</i></a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Sokuten</i></a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Hirashima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer_(1938)" title="Sokuten-class minelayer (1938)"><i>Ajiro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamishima-class_minelayer" title="Kamishima-class minelayer"><i>Kamishima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashima-class_cable_layer" title="Hashima-class cable layer"><i>Hashima</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokuten-class_minelayer" title="Sokuten-class minelayer"><i>Sokuten</i></a> (1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary minelayer"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Fleet_ships#Miscellaneous" title="List of Eastern Fleet ships"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Barlight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Barlight (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Barlight</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class minesweeper"><i>No.1</i></a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class minesweeper"><i>No.5</i></a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.13-class minesweeper"><i>No.13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.13-class minesweeper"><i>No.17</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.7-class_minesweeper_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="No.7-class minesweeper (1938)"><i>No.7</i></a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.19-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="No.19-class minesweeper"><i>No.19</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Taitam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Taitam (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Taitam</i></a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Waglan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Waglan (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Waglan</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_minesweeper" title="No.1-class auxiliary minesweeper"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Frores" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Frores"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>DEFG</i>-class)</li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Djember" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Djember"><i>Aux. No.104</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>DEFG</i>-class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_patrol_boat" title="No.1-class patrol boat"><i>No.1</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.31-class_patrol_boat" title="No.31-class patrol boat"><i>No.31</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.31-class_patrol_boat" title="No.31-class patrol boat"><i>No.46</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)"><i>No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/HMS_Thracian_(1920)" title="HMS Thracian (1920)">HMS <i>Thracian</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)"><i>No.102</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)">USS <i>Stewart</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)"><i>No.103</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)">USS <i>Finch</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No.104-class_patrol_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No.104-class patrol boat (page does not exist)"><i>No.104</i></a> (ex-Dutch East Indies <i>Valk</i> and <i>Arend</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_patrol_boat_No.105&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese patrol boat No.105 (page does not exist)"><i>No.105</i></a> (ex-Philippine customs <i>Arayat</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralen-class_destroyer" title="Admiralen-class destroyer"><i>No.106</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Banckert_(1929)" title="HNLMS Banckert (1929)">HNLMS <i>Banckert</i> (1929)</a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SCI</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)"><i>No.107</i></a> (ex-<a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)">USS <i>Genesee</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_patrol_boat_No.109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese patrol boat No.109 (page does not exist)"><i>No.109</i></a> (ex-Dutch East Indies <i>Fazant</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_patrol_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary patrol boat"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Repair_ship" title="Repair ship">Repair ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Asahi" title="Japanese battleship Asahi"><i>Asahi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_repair_ship_Akashi" title="Japanese repair ship Akashi"><i>Akashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_repair_ship_Hayase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese repair ship Hayase (page does not exist)"><i>Hayase</i></a> (ex-Chinese passenger <i>Chin Kiang</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_repair_ship_Hitonose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese repair ship Hitonose (page does not exist)"><i>Hitonose</i></a> (ex-ROCN <i>Min Sheng</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">Seaplane tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Notoro" title="Japanese seaplane tender Notoro"><i>Notoro</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Kamoi" title="Japanese seaplane tender Kamoi"><i>Kamoi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitose-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Chitose-class aircraft carrier"><i>Chitose</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Mizuho</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Nisshin"><i>Nisshin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Akitsushima" title="Japanese seaplane tender Akitsushima"><i>Akitsushima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamikawa_Maru-class_seaplane_tender" title="Kamikawa Maru-class seaplane tender"><i>Kamikawa Maru</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_chaser" title="Submarine chaser">Submarine chasers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.1-class submarine chaser"><i>No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.1-class submarine chaser"><i>No.3</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.4-class_submarine_chaser" class="mw-redirect" title="No.4-class submarine chaser"><i>No.4</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.13</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.28</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.13-class_submarine_chaser" title="No.13-class submarine chaser"><i>No.60</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.1-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" class="mw-redirect" title="No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Smeroe-class_minesweeper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Smeroe-class minesweeper (page does not exist)"><i>Aux. No.101</i></a> (ex-<a href="/w/index.php?title=HNLMS_Tjerimai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HNLMS Tjerimai (page does not exist)">HNLMS <i>Tjerimai</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._Ardjoeno_(1937)" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. Ardjoeno (1937)"><i>Aux. No.102</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>Ardjoeno</i> class)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No.103-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No.103-class auxiliary submarine chaser (page does not exist)"><i>Aux. No.103</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>B1</i> class)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr._Ms._P" class="extiw" title="nl:Hr. Ms. P"><i>Aux. No.111</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>P13</i> or <i>P14</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_A_(1929)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS A (1929)"><i>Aux. No.112</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>A</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Bantam_(1938)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNLMS Bantam (1938)"><i>Aux. No.117</i></a> (ex-HNLMS <i>Bantam</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.251-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" title="No.251-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.251</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No.251-class_auxiliary_submarine_chaser" title="No.251-class auxiliary submarine chaser"><i>Aux. No.253</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine tenders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_tender_Komahashi" title="Japanese submarine tender Komahashi"><i>Komahashi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jingei-class_submarine_tender" title="Jingei-class submarine tender"><i>Jingei</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Ry%C5%ABh%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō"><i>Taigei</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heian_Maru_(1930)" title="Heian Maru (1930)">Heian Maru</a></i><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Research_vessel" title="Research vessel">Survey ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsukushi-class_survey_ship" title="Tsukushi-class survey ship"><i>Tsukushi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_survey_ship_Katsuriki" title="Japanese survey ship Katsuriki"><i>Katsuriki</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_auxiliary_survey_ship_Hakusa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Japanese auxiliary survey ship Hakusa (page does not exist)"><i>Hakusa</i></a> (ex-China customs <i>Fu Hsing</i>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Target_ship" title="Target ship">Target ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Settsu" title="Japanese battleship Settsu"><i>Settsu</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Yakaze" title="Japanese destroyer Yakaze"><i>Yakaze</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_target_ship_Hakachi" title="Japanese target ship Hakachi"><i>Hakachi</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Chama-class_target_ship" title="Ōhama-class target ship"><i>Ōhama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">Training ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Fuji" title="Japanese battleship Fuji"><i>Fuji</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Shikishima" title="Japanese battleship Shikishima"><i>Shikishima</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Asama" title="Japanese cruiser Asama"><i>Asama</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Azuma" title="Japanese cruiser Azuma"><i>Azuma</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Kasuga" title="Japanese cruiser Kasuga"><i>Kasuga</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Yat_Sen" title="Chinese cruiser Yat Sen"><i>Atada</i></a> (ex-ROCN <a href="/wiki/Chinese_cruiser_Yat_Sen" title="Chinese cruiser Yat Sen"><i>Yat Sen</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dya_(icebreaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sōya (icebreaker)"><i>Sōya</i></a> (freighter)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_munition_ship_Kashino" title="Japanese munition ship Kashino"><i>Kashino</i></a> (turret transporter)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_icebreaker_%C5%8Ctomari" title="Japanese icebreaker Ōtomari"><i>Ōtomari</i></a> (icebreaker)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tategami-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Tategami-class salvage tugboat"><i>Tategami</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasashima-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Kasashima-class salvage tugboat"><i>Kasashima</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tategami-class_salvage_tugboat" title="Tategami-class salvage tugboat"><i>Miura</i></a> (salvage tug)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiy%C5%8D_No.1-class_oceanographic_research_ship" title="Kaiyō No.1-class oceanographic research ship"><i>Kaiyō No.1</i></a> (oceanographic research ship)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_gunboat_Yung_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese gunboat Yung Chien (page does not exist)"><i>Asuka</i></a> (traffic ship, ex-ROCN <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinese_gunboat_Yung_Chien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinese gunboat Yung Chien (page does not exist)"><i>Yung Chien</i></a>)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>SC</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>S</dt> <dd>Single ship of class</dd> <dt>C</dt> <dd>Converted to ship type</dd> <dt>I</dt> <dd>Incomplete until the end of war</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_May_1942" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:May_1942_shipwrecks" title="Template:May 1942 shipwrecks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:May_1942_shipwrecks" title="Template talk:May 1942 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:May_1942_shipwrecks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:May 1942 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_May_1942" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1942</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_May_1942" title="List of shipwrecks in May 1942">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Angarstroy" title="SS Angarstroy"><i>Angarstroy</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Punjabi" title="HMS Punjabi">HMS <i>Punjabi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Cythera_(PY-26)" title="USS Cythera (PY-26)">USS <i>Cythera</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Edinburgh_(16)" title="HMS Edinburgh (16)">HMS <i>Edinburgh</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_destroyer_Z7_Hermann_Schoemann" title="German destroyer Z7 Hermann Schoemann">Hermann Schoemann</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/ORP_Jastrz%C4%85b" title="ORP Jastrząb">ORP <i>Jastrząb</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Mindanao_(PR-8)" title="USS Mindanao (PR-8)">USS <i>Mindanao</i></a>, <i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mizuho</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-74_(1940)" title="German submarine U-74 (1940)">U-74</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Pigeon_(ASR-6)" title="USS Pigeon (ASR-6)">USS <i>Pigeon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Tanager_(AM-5)" title="USS Tanager (AM-5)">USS <i>Tanager</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minesweeper_Wa-1_(1942)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese minesweeper Wa-1 (1942)">Wa-1</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 May: <i><a href="/wiki/French_submarine_B%C3%A9v%C3%A9ziers_(1935)" title="French submarine Bévéziers (1935)">Bévéziers</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kikuzuki_(1926)" title="Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki (1926)">Kikuzuki</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Genesee_(AT-55)" title="USS Genesee (AT-55)">USS <i>Genesee</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Maryann_(yacht)" title="Maryann (yacht)">Maryann</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Alcoa_Puritan_(1941)" title="SS Alcoa Puritan (1941)"><i>Alcoa Puritan</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/French_aviso_D%27Entrecasteaux_(1931)" title="French aviso D'Entrecasteaux (1931)">D'Entrecasteaux</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Buffalo" title="SS Empire Buffalo"><i>Empire Buffalo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Luzon_(PG-47)" title="USS Luzon (PG-47)">USS <i>Luzon</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Oahu_(PR-6)" title="USS Oahu (PR-6)">USS <i>Oahu</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_auxiliary_minesweeper_Tama_Maru_(1936)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Tama Maru (1936)">Tama Maru</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Quail_(AM-15)" title="USS Quail (AM-15)">USS <i>Quail</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 May: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Le_H%C3%A9ros" title="French submarine Le Héros"><i>Le Héros</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sh%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō">Shōhō</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Sims_(DD-409)" title="USS Sims (DD-409)">USS <i>Sims</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-2)" title="USS Lexington (CV-2)">USS <i>Lexington</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Monge_(Q144)" title="French submarine Monge (Q144)"><i>Monge</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Olympus_(N35)" title="HMS Olympus (N35)">HMS <i>Olympus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 May: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-352" title="German submarine U-352">U-352</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 May: <a href="/wiki/Italian_hospital_ship_Ramb_IV" title="Italian hospital ship Ramb IV">HMHS <i>Ramb IV</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 May: <a href="/wiki/HMT_Bedfordshire" title="HMT Bedfordshire">HMT <i>Bedfordshire</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Kipling_(F91)" title="HMS Kipling (F91)">HMS <i>Kipling</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lively_(G40)" title="HMS Lively (G40)">HMS <i>Lively</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Neosho_(AO-23)" title="USS Neosho (AO-23)">USS <i>Neosho</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Dell" title="SS Empire Dell"><i>Empire Dell</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Jackal_(F22)" title="HMS Jackal (F22)">HMS <i>Jackal</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_minelayer_Okinoshima" title="Japanese minelayer Okinoshima">Okinoshima</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Norlantic" title="SS Norlantic"><i>Norlantic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 May: <a href="/wiki/Soviet_destroyer_Dzerzhinsky" title="Soviet destroyer Dzerzhinsky"><i>Dzerzhinsky</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Potrero_del_Llano" title="SS Potrero del Llano"><i>Potrero del Llano</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 May: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Trinidad_(46)" title="HMS Trinidad (46)">HMS <i>Trinidad</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 May: <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Challenger_(ID-3630)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Challenger (ID-3630)">Challenger</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-28" title="Japanese submarine I-28">I-28</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-64" title="Japanese submarine I-64"><i>I-64</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 May: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_George_Calvert_(MC_Hull_29)" class="mw-redirect" title="SS George Calvert (MC Hull 29)">George Calvert</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Faja_de_Oro" title="SS Faja de Oro"><i>Faja de Oro</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Muscatine_(ID-2226)" title="USS Muscatine (ID-2226)">Elizabeth</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Presidente_Trujillo" title="SS Presidente Trujillo"><i>Presidente Trujillo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Samuel_Q._Brown" title="SS Samuel Q. 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Brown</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 May: <i><a href="/wiki/Soviet_submarine_L-21" title="Soviet submarine L-21">L-21</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 May: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Asahi" title="Japanese battleship Asahi">Asahi</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Carrabulle" title="SS Carrabulle">SS <i>Carrabulle</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Eurana" title="SS Eurana"><i>Alamar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Sylvan_Arrow" title="SS Sylvan Arrow"><i>Sylvan Arrow</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 May: <a href="/wiki/Italian_destroyer_Emanuele_Pessagno" title="Italian destroyer Emanuele Pessagno"><i>Emanuele Pessagno</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-568" title="German submarine U-568">U-568</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other 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