Usio ships restoration thread

[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Kumano. A "Mogami" class heavy cruiser, launched Oct 1936, commissioned Oct 1937, rebuilt 1937-Oct 1939. Served in the Malaya invasion, D.E.I., Indian ocean raids, Midway, the Solomons and the Phillipines. On 25 October 1944,Kumano was part of the Japanese Central Force in the Battle off Samar and took heavy damage, limping into Manila for repairs. Departing Manila for Taiwan on 6 November 1944 off Cape Bolinao, Luzon, Kumano was hit by 2 torpedoes and was towed into Santa Cruz. On 25 November 1944, Kumano came under attack by aircraft launched by the carrier USS Ticonderoga. She was hit by five torpedoes and four 500 lb (230 kg) bombs, and at 15:15 she rolled over and sank.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Fubuki. A "Fubuki" class Destroyer, launched Nov 1927, commissioned Aug 1928. Involved in the Malaya invasion, Battle of Sunda Strait, invasion of Sumatra then back to Kure. Involved in the Battle for Midway, then to the Solomons. On 11 October 1942, in the Battle of Cape Esperance, she was sunk by gunfire of a US cruiser/destroyer group.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Hatsuyuki. A "Fubuki" class Destroyer, launched Sep 1928, commissioned Mar 1929. Operated off China, Malayan peninsular invasions, the Battle of Sunda Strait, Sumatra, Midway, then the Solomons, on "Tokyo Express" duties. On 17 July 1943, while docked at Shortland, a USAAF airstrike sent a bomb into her after magazine and she sunk in shallow water.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Hatsuzuki. An "Akizuki" class Destroyer/escort, launched Apr 1942, commissioned Dec 1942. Oct 1944 part of the force opposing allied landings in the Leyte Gulf. On 25 October, in the Battle off Cape Engaño, she was sunk by a US cruiser-destroyer group, while covering the rescue of survivors of the aircraft carriers Zuikaku and Zuihō.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Kagero. A "Kagero" class Destroyer, launched Sep 1938, commissioned Nov 1939. In the Kuriles at Pearl Harbour, then to Rabaul, back to Yokosuka the to the DEI. In the Indian Ocean raid, then to Saipan, Midway, the Aleutians before becoming part of the "Tokyo Express" in the Solomons. On 7 May 1943, Kagero was disabled by a mine while leaving Vila. She was then attacked by allied aircraft and sank SW of Rendova.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Mutsuki. Nameship of the "Mutsuki" class Destroyers, launched july 1925, commissioned Mar 1926. China station in the late 1930s, the Wake Island invasion (both attempts), then to the Solomons, based out of Rabaul. During the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 25 August 1942, Mutsuki was sunk in an attack by USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bombers while assisting the damaged transport Kinryu Maru, taking a direct bomb hit in her engineering section.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Simotsuki. An "Akizuki" class Destroyer, launched Apr 1943, commissioned Mar 1944. Torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Cavalla on 25 November 1944, ENE of Singapore.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Hiryu. A modified "Soryu" design, launched Nov 1937, commissioned July 1939. Initially on South China blokade duties and involved in the invasion of French Indo-China, Hiryu was part of the Pearl Harbour attack force, and after return to Japan, to Wake, then the DEI invasion and the Indian Ocean raids on Ceylon. On 4 June 1942, Hiryu sank after sustaining unrepairable damage at the Battle of Midway, from 4 1000lb bombs, delivered by Duantless.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio IJN Shinano. Laid down as a "Yamato" class battleship, Shinano was launched in Oct 1944, completed for trials in Nov 1944 and sunk by the submarine USS Archerfish, 29 Nov 1944 approx 120 miles off the coast.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Kaga. Converted from a "Tosa" class Battleship hull, Kaga was completed as an Aircraft Carrier, launched Nov 1921, commissioned Nov 1929 and rebuilt 1933-35. Participated in the Chinese theatre, then the Pearl Harbour raid, invasion of Rabaul, launched airstrikes on Darwin, the invasion of DEI then to Japan for repairs after hitting a reef. Participated in the Midway battle and was scuttled on 4 June 1942, after severe damage from aerial attack.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Ryujo. A Light Aircraft Carrier, launched Apr 1931, commissioned May 1933. Refitted in 1933, 1935, 1939 and 1942 to keep her active. Participated in the attacks on Shanghai and Nanking, the invasion of the Phillippines, Singapore and activity in the Bay of Bengal. Next , was the invasion of the Aleutian Islands, June- July 1942, then to the Solomons after the allied invasion of Guadalcanal. During the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 Aug 1942, Ryujo was hit by 3-4 bombs and a torpedo, was abandoned and sank.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Ryujo as it was in 1937

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Soryu. Launched Dec 1935, commissioned Jan 1937. Sōryū's aircraft were employed in operations during the Second Sino-Japanese War in the late 1930s and the Japanese invasion of French Indochina in mid-1940. She took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Wake Island, the conquest of the Dutch East Indies. In February 1942, her aircraft bombed Darwin, Australia, and she continued on to assist in the Dutch East Indies campaign. Scuttled after being heavily damaged by dive bombers at the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Kongo. Built as a Battlecruiser in the UK, launched May 1912, commissioned Aug 1913. Rebuilt in 1929 and upgraded to Battleship status, upgraded again in 1937 to Fast Battleship. In 1942 covered the landings in Malaya, DEI, Midway and Guadalcanal. participated in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944, and was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sealion while transiting the Formosa Strait on 21 November 1944.

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: JMK_CV3_Saratoga1932 by Usio with alternate dps and effects.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Yaku. Commissioned Oct. 1944, Yaku served as a convoy escort, Japan - Singapore. Torpedoed and sunk, 23 Feb 1945 outside Na Trang Bay by USS Hammerhead.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's Japan Coast Guard Patrol Boat, Yashima (PLH 22). PLH MIZUHO class helicopter equipped Patrol Vessel. Entered service Dec 1988.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's Light Cruiser IJN Tatsuta. A Tenryu class light cruiser, commissioned May 1919, served off the Chinese coast from 1937, Wake Island, first battle of Savo Island, Tulagi and New Guinea. Sunk 13 Mar 1944, by the submarine USS Sand Lance off Hachijojima

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Tenryu. A Tenryu class light cruiser, commissioned Nov 1919, alternating between China duty and training until WW2. Involved with all SWP theatres, on 9 Aug 1942, she saw action in the Battle of Savo Island, during which she sank USS Quincy with two torpedoes. On 18 Dec 1942, after successfully delivering troops and supplies to Madang, Australian New Guinea, the supply convoy returning to Truk was attacked by US submarine USS Albacore. Tenryu was hit by one torpedo in the stern and sank.

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's destroyer, Yukikaze. A Kagerō class destroyer, commissioned January 1940. Took part in the invasions of the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the battles of Midway, Santa Cruz, Leyte Gulf, and the Philippine Sea and the attack on the American force landing on Okinawa. On 6 July 1947, Yukikaze was transferred to the Republic of China as a war reparation, where she was renamed Tan Yang. Scrapped in 1970 after running aground in a Typhoon.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Tone. A Tone class Heavy Cruiser, launched 1937, commissioned Nov 1938.Served in the attack on Pearl Harbour and Wake, then to the DEI, Indian ocean, Midway, the Solomons, and the Phillipines. In July 1945 was hit by bombs from planes from USS Monterey, and sank in shallow water in Hiroshima Bay off Kure. Raised and scrapped 1947-48

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Suzuya. A Mogami class Heavy Cruiser, launched Nov 1934, commissioned Oct 1937. Served in the Malaya invasion, D.E.I., Indian ocean raids, Midway, the Solomons and the Phillipines. On 25 October 1944, in the Battle off Samar, in the Leyte Gulf, Suzuya was attacked by up to 40 Avengers in 2 waves, taking mortal damage, was abandoned and sank shortly after.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Suzutsuki. An "Akizuki" class anti-aircraft Destroyer, launched Mar 1942, commissioned Dec 1942. Used on the Truk - Rabaul run. Jan 1944 off Wake Island, bow and stern blown off by USS Sturgeon - towed back to Kure. 6–7 April 1945, escorted the battleship Yamato from the Inland Sea against the Allied forces fighting on Okinawa. Her bow was torn off by an aircraft torpedo, but, by steaming in reverse, managed to return to Sasebo base. Following the end of the war, Suzutsuki was initially used as a breakwater at Takamatsu, then sold for scrap, November 1945.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's IJN Uzuki. A "Mitsuki" class Destroyer, launched Oct 1925, commissioned Sep 1926. Participated in actions in the China theatre, late 1930's, Guam invasion aerly 1942, then to the Solomons on "Tokyo Express" duties, sustaining some damage at times. January 1944, Uzuki escorted the cruiser Nagara back to Japan. Participated in the Battle of the Phillippine Sea, then to convoy escort duties. 12 December, while escorting a troop convoy from Manila to Ormoc, Uzuki was torpedoed by the PT boats PT-490 and PT-492, exploding and sinking 50 miles NE of Cebu.

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[SPman]

A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 - Usio Legacy

Description: Usio's JDF Hyuga. A "Hyuga" class Helicopter Destroyer, launched Aug 2007, commissioned Mar 2009. Can hold a complement of up to 18 SH-60K Seahawk helicopters. Also potentially VTOL aircraft (Osprey and F-35)

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