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style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_seaplane_tender_Nisshin_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Nisshin_1942.jpg/300px-Japanese_seaplane_tender_Nisshin_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Nisshin_1942.jpg/450px-Japanese_seaplane_tender_Nisshin_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Japanese_seaplane_tender_Nisshin_1942.jpg/600px-Japanese_seaplane_tender_Nisshin_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="655" /></a></span><div><i>Nisshin</i> in 1942</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/42px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/63px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/84px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">Japan</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Nisshin</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>1937</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_Arsenal" title="Kure Naval Arsenal">Kure Naval Arsenal</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>2 November 1938</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>30 November 1939</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>27 February 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sunk in combat 22 July 1943; <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span 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style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">11,317 long tons (11,499 t) (standard)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12,500 long tons (12,701 t) (full load)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">192.5 m (631 ft 7 in) OA</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">174 m (570 ft 10 in) P-P</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>19.71 m (64 ft 8 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>47,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (35,000 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × shafts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>28 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">kn</a> (52 km/h; 32 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>633 (in 1943)</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/14_cm/50_3rd_Year_Type_naval_gun" title="14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun">14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns</a> (3 × 2)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">24 × <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> (8 × 3)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Yamanouchi 5 cm salute guns (2 × 1)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>12 × <a href="/wiki/Floatplane" title="Floatplane">floatplanes</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aviation facilities</td><td>2 × aircraft <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult#Interwar_and_World_War_II" title="Aircraft catapult">catapults</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i><b>Nisshin</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日進</span></span>)</span> was a <a href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">seaplane tender</a> (AV) 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>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was built at <a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_Arsenal" title="Kure Naval Arsenal">Kure Naval Arsenal</a> from 1938 to 1942 and was equipped with two aircraft <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult#Interwar_and_World_War_II" title="Aircraft catapult">catapults</a> and facilities for launching, lifting, and carrying up to 12 <a href="/wiki/Floatplane" title="Floatplane">floatplanes</a>. She also could carry, launch, recover, and support 12 Type 'A' <a href="/wiki/Midget_submarine" title="Midget submarine">midget submarines</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1930s, the Imperial Japanese Navy made increasing use of <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">naval aviation</a> as scouts for its cruiser and destroyer squadrons. Due to restrictions imposed by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty" title="Washington Naval Treaty">Washington Naval Treaty</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty" title="London Naval Treaty">London Naval Treaty</a>, the number of aircraft carriers was strictly regulated; however, there was no limitation as to seaplane tenders. <i>Nisshin</i> was a follow-on to the purpose-built seaplane tender design begun with the <i>Chitose</i>-class and was ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy under the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Naval_Armaments_Supplement_Programme" title="3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme">3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme</a> of 1937. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fig_of_japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin_1942.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Fig_of_japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin_1942.png/300px-Fig_of_japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin_1942.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Fig_of_japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin_1942.png/450px-Fig_of_japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin_1942.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Fig_of_japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin_1942.png/600px-Fig_of_japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin_1942.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption><i>Nisshin</i> in 1942</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Nisshin</i> was designed with two aircraft catapults for launching seaplanes, and cranes for recovering landed aircraft on her aft deck. She also had two elevators to transport midget submarines from the ship's interior along with 900 tonnes of aviation fuel. As designed, <i>Nisshin</i> carried a complement of 12 <a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_E7K" title="Kawanishi E7K">Kawanishi E7K</a> Type 94 "Alf", <a href="/wiki/Nakajima_E8N" title="Nakajima E8N">Nakajima E8N</a> Type 95 "Dave" and <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_F1M" title="Mitsubishi F1M">Mitsubishi F1M</a> Type 0 "Pete" <a href="/wiki/Floatplane" title="Floatplane">floatplanes</a> which were stored on the top of the ship. </p><p>Her armament consisted of six <a href="/wiki/14_cm/50_3rd_Year_Type_naval_gun" title="14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun">14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in three turrets on the foredeck, giving <i>Nisshin</i> nearly the firepower of a <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a>. Anti-aircraft protection was initially provided by 24 <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> in eight triple mountings. <i>Nisshin</i> was modified after the start of World War II to carry twelve <a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarines</a>, with a reduction in her original aircraft capacity to twelve aircraft. </p><p>Although similar to the preceding seaplane carrier <i>Chitose</i> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho"><i>Mizuho</i></a>, <i>Nisshin</i> was fitted with more powerful 47,000 bhp, two-shafted engines which enabled it to reach speeds of 28 knots. <i>Nisshin</i> had a range of 11,000 nautical miles at 18 knots, and was often used on high speed transport missions to get more equipment and reinforcements to designated areas quickly.<sup id="cite_ref-nisshin_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nisshin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Nisshin</i> was laid down on 2 November 1938 and launched on 30 November 1939 at <a href="/wiki/Kure_Naval_Arsenal" title="Kure Naval Arsenal">Kure Naval Arsenal</a>. Her completion was delayed by design changes and the onset of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a> and was not commissioned until 27 February 1942. Shortly after commissioning, on 20 March 1942 <i>Nisshin</i> was assigned to Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Teruhisa_Komatsu" title="Teruhisa Komatsu">Teruhisa Komatsu</a>’s <a href="/wiki/IJN_6th_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="IJN 6th Fleet">IJN 6th Fleet</a> together with the seaplane tender <a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Chiyoda" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda"><i>Chiyoda</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Auxiliary cruiser">auxiliary cruiser</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Aikoku_Maru" class="mw-redirect" title="Aikoku Maru">Aikoku Maru</a></i>, and participated in training exercises in the <a href="/wiki/Seto_Inland_Sea" title="Seto Inland Sea">Inland Sea</a>, during which time she recovered a miniature submarine which had been lost by <i>Chiyoda</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Combined_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combined-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a>, <i>Nisshin</i> was part of Main Body of the Japanese fleet. For this operation, she carried twelve <a href="/wiki/Type_A_K%C5%8D-hy%C5%8Dteki-class_submarine" title="Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine">Type A Kō-hyōteki-class midget submarines</a>, which were intended to be stationed at <a href="/wiki/Kure_Atoll" title="Kure Atoll">Kure Atoll</a>, which was to be seized as a seaplane base for operations against <a href="/wiki/Midway_Atoll" title="Midway Atoll">Midway Atoll</a>. The operation was cancelled on the loss of the Japanese aircraft carriers during the Battle of Midway, and <i>Nisshin</i> returned to <a href="/wiki/Hashirajima" class="mw-redirect" title="Hashirajima">Hashirajima</a> with her submarines on 14 June without having seen combat.<sup id="cite_ref-Combined_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combined-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From September 1942, <i>Nisshin</i> was at <a href="/wiki/Kavieng" title="Kavieng">Kavieng</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>, where she was assigned to a number of <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Express" title="Tokyo Express">Tokyo Express</a> high speed transport runs to <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a> through the end of November. These missions included the transport of artillery. On 28 September, she narrowly missed an attack by <a href="/wiki/USS_Sculpin_(SS-191)" title="USS Sculpin (SS-191)">USS <i>Sculpin</i></a> east of the island of <a href="/wiki/Kokoda" title="Kokoda">Kokoda</a>. In October, she was damaged during an attack by an American <a href="/wiki/Dive_bomber" title="Dive bomber">dive bomber</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Tassafaronga" class="mw-redirect" title="Tassafaronga">Tassafaronga</a>. She was unloading at Tassafaronga during a subsequent run on 12 October when the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Esperance" title="Battle of Cape Esperance">Battle of Cape Esperance</a> began, but was able with withdraw without engaging in combat and in November she was withdrawn to Truk.<sup id="cite_ref-Combined_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Combined-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the first half of 1943, <i>Nisshin</i> continued to be used primarily as a fast transport between the Japanese home islands and Truk and <a href="/wiki/Rabaul" title="Rabaul">Rabaul</a>. </p><p>With the start of the large-scale Allied offensive in June 1943 against Japanese-occupied New Georgia and the Solomon Islands, <i>Nisshin</i> rushed troop reinforcements from Yokosuka to <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_Island" title="Bougainville Island">Bougainville Island</a>. Loaded with 630 soldiers, 22 light tanks, ammunition and food supplies, she stopped at Truk and on 22 July, escorted by three destroyers, <i>Nisshin</i> attempted to run <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_Strait" title="Bougainville Strait">Bougainville Strait</a> towards <a href="/wiki/Buin,_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Buin, Papua New Guinea">Buin</a>. The convoy was attacked at 13:45 approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) southwest of Buin by three waves of American bombers, including 34 <a href="/wiki/Douglas_SBD_Dauntless" title="Douglas SBD Dauntless">Douglas SBD Dauntless</a> and twelve <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a> bombers. <i>Nisshin</i> was able to evade the B-24s, working up to 34 knots, but was hit by four 500-pound (230 kg) and two 1,000-pound (450 kg) bombs dropped by the dive bombers during the second and third strikes, which exploded her aviation fuel stores and caused many casualties among the crowded soldiers. Severely damaged, <i>Nisshin</i> capsized to starboard and sank some fourteen minutes after the start of the air raid. Of the 1263 on board at the time (633 crewmen and 630 embarked troops), only 178 were rescued by the escorting destroyers, their efforts severely hampered by renewed air attacks. </p><p>On 10 September 1943, <i>Nisshin</i> was struck from the <a href="/wiki/Navy_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy list">navy list</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-combined_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-combined-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJentsura1976" class="citation book cs1">Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). <i>Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=NEGLECTED+DISASTER%3A+NISSHIN&rft.pub=www.combinedfleet.com&rft.aulast=Tully&rft.aufirst=A.P.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.combinedfleet.com%2Fatully10.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+seaplane+carrier+Nisshin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Nisshin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFD'Albas1965" class="citation book cs1">D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). <i>Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II</i>. Devin-Adair Pub. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8159-5302-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8159-5302-X"><bdi>0-8159-5302-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Death+of+a+Navy%3A+Japanese+Naval+Action+in+World+War+II&rft.pub=Devin-Adair+Pub&rft.date=1965&rft.isbn=0-8159-5302-X&rft.aulast=D%27Albas&rft.aufirst=Andrieu&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+seaplane+carrier+Nisshin" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDull1978" class="citation book cs1">Dull, Paul S. (1978). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/battlehistoryofi0000dull"><i>A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945</i></a></span>. Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-097-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-097-1"><bdi>0-87021-097-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Battle+History+of+the+Imperial+Japanese+Navy%2C+1941-1945&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-87021-097-1&rft.aulast=Dull&rft.aufirst=Paul+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbattlehistoryofi0000dull&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+seaplane+carrier+Nisshin" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowarth1983" class="citation book cs1">Howarth, Stephen (1983). <i>The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945</i>. Atheneum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-689-11402-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-689-11402-8"><bdi>0-689-11402-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fighting+Ships+of+the+Rising+Sun%3A+The+drama+of+the+Imperial+Japanese+Navy%2C+1895-1945&rft.pub=Atheneum&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-689-11402-8&rft.aulast=Howarth&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+seaplane+carrier+Nisshin" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJentsura1976" class="citation book cs1">Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). <i>Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945</i>. Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-893-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-893-X"><bdi>0-87021-893-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Warships+of+the+Imperial+Japanese+Navy%2C+1869-1945&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-87021-893-X&rft.aulast=Jentsura&rft.aufirst=Hansgeorg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJapanese+seaplane+carrier+Nisshin" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatts1967" class="citation book cs1">Watts, Anthony J. (1967). <i>Japanese Warships of World War II</i>. 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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 href="/wiki/Japanese_seaplane_carrier_Mizuho" title="Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho"><i>Mizuho</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><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_July_1943" 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:July_1943_shipwrecks" title="Template:July 1943 shipwrecks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:July_1943_shipwrecks" title="Template talk:July 1943 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:July_1943_shipwrecks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:July 1943 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_July_1943" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1943</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_July_1943" title="List of shipwrecks in July 1943">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">2 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Hoihow" title="SS Hoihow"><i>Hoihow</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-126_(1940)" title="German submarine U-126 (1940)">U-126</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-628" title="German submarine U-628">U-628</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_LST-429" title="HMS LST-429"><i>LST-429</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Venice" title="SS City of Venice"><i>City of Venice</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Strong_(DD-467)" title="USS Strong (DD-467)">USS <i>Strong</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-535" title="German submarine U-535">U-535</a></i> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Helena_(CL-50)" title="USS Helena (CL-50)">USS <i>Helena</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Erg_(tug)" title="Erg (tug)">Erg</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Nagatsuki_(1926)" title="Japanese destroyer Nagatsuki (1926)">Nagatsuki</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Niizuki" title="Japanese destroyer Niizuki">Niizuki</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-951" title="German submarine U-951">U-951</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-232" title="German submarine U-232">U-232</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-514" title="German submarine U-514">U-514</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Samuel_Heintzelman" title="SS Samuel Heintzelman"><i>Samuel Heintzelman</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-435" title="German submarine U-435">U-435</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-590" title="German submarine U-590">U-590</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Maddox_(DD-622)" title="USS Maddox (DD-622)">USS <i>Maddox</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Sentinel_(AM-113)" title="USS Sentinel (AM-113)">USS <i>Sentinel</i></a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Alice_F._Palmer" title="SS Alice F. Palmer"><i>Alice F. Palmer</i></a></i> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Flutto" title="Italian submarine Flutto">Flutto</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_California_(1923)" title="SS California (1923)">HMS <i>California</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Duchess_of_York_(1928)" title="SS Duchess of York (1928)"><i>Duchess of York</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-409" title="German submarine U-409">U-409</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-506" title="German submarine U-506">U-506</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-561" title="German submarine U-561">U-561</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Acciaio" title="Italian submarine Acciaio">Acciaio</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Gwin_(DD-433)" title="USS Gwin (DD-433)">USS <i>Gwin</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Jints%C5%AB" title="Japanese cruiser Jintsū">Jintsū</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Timothy_Pickering" title="SS Timothy Pickering"><i>Timothy Pickering</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-487" title="German submarine U-487">U-487</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-607" title="German submarine U-607">U-607</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-179" title="Japanese submarine I-179">I-179</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-160_(1941)" title="German submarine U-160 (1941)">U-160</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-135_(1941)" title="German submarine U-135 (1941)">U-135</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-509" title="German submarine U-509">U-509</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-759" title="German submarine U-759">U-759</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-67_(1940)" title="German submarine U-67 (1940)">U-67</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hatsuyuki_(1928)" title="Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki (1928)">Hatsuyuki</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-513" title="German submarine U-513">U-513</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kiyonami" title="Japanese destroyer Kiyonami">Kiyonami</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-558" title="German submarine U-558">U-558</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Y%C5%ABgure_(1934)" title="Japanese destroyer Yūgure (1934)">Yūgure</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Florizel" title="SS Empire Florizel"><i>Empire Florizel</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-662" title="German submarine U-662">U-662</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Jul: <i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nisshin</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-527" title="German submarine U-527">U-527</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-598" title="German submarine U-598">U-598</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-613" title="German submarine U-613">U-613</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-459" title="German submarine U-459">U-459</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-622" title="German submarine U-622">U-622</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Vaterland_(1940)" title="SS Vaterland (1940)"><i>Vaterland</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/HMAT_A45_Bulla" class="mw-redirect" title="HMAT A45 Bulla">Weissesee</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_801_Max_Gundelach" title="German trawler V 801 Max Gundelach">Max Gundelach</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Jul: <a href="/wiki/MV_El_Argentino" title="MV El Argentino"><i>El Argentino</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-359" title="German submarine U-359">U-359</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_Hamburg" title="SMS Hamburg">Hamburg</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-168" title="Japanese submarine I-168">I-168</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">28 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Ariake_(1934)" title="Japanese destroyer Ariake (1934)">Ariake</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Mikazuki_(1926)" title="Japanese destroyer Mikazuki (1926)">Mikazuki</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-159_(1941)" title="German submarine U-159 (1941)">U-159</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-404" title="German submarine U-404">U-404</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Pietro_Micca_(1935)" title="Italian submarine Pietro Micca (1935)"><i>Pietro Micca</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-614" title="German submarine U-614">U-614</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-43_(1939)" title="German submarine U-43 (1939)">U-43</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-375" title="German submarine U-375">U-375</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-461" title="German submarine U-461">U-461</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-462" title="German submarine U-462">U-462</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-504" title="German submarine U-504">U-504</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-591" title="German submarine U-591">U-591</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-199" title="German submarine U-199">U-199</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Parthian_(N75)" title="HMS Parthian (N75)">HMS <i>Parthian</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-103" title="Japanese submarine Ro-103"><i>Ro-103</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-107" title="Japanese submarine Ro-107"><i>Ro-107</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-647" title="German submarine U-647">U-647</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Protector_(1884)" title="HMAS Protector (1884)">Sidney</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">9 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Permit_(SS-178)" title="USS Permit (SS-178)">USS <i>Permit</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_California_(1923)" title="SS California (1923)">HMS <i>California</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Duchess_of_York_(1928)" title="SS Duchess of York (1928)"><i>Duchess of York</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cleopatra_(33)" title="HMS Cleopatra (33)">HMS <i>Cleopatra</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Jul: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Newfoundland_(59)" title="HMS Newfoundland (59)">HMS <i>Newfoundland</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jul: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Asturias_(1925)" title="RMS Asturias (1925)"><i>Asturias</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Tuna_(SS-203)" title="USS Tuna (SS-203)">USS <i>Tuna</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Grouper" title="USS Grouper">USS <i>Grouper</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Jul: <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Mol%C3%A8ne_(B262)" title="French ship Molène (B262)">V 624 <i>Köln</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-100" title="Japanese submarine Ro-100"><i>Ro-100</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1942" title="List of shipwrecks in 1942">1942</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1942" 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