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64-571: The Japanese planned to occupy islands in the Aleutians in order to extend their defensive perimeter in the North Pacific to make it more difficult for the U.S. to attack Japan from that area. The air raid on Dutch Harbor was conducted to support the invasions on Kiska Island and Attu Island by the Japanese military under Operation AL. Dutch Harbor was ringed with anti-aircraft artillery batteries from

128-512: A B-17 Flying Fortress . Takao returned to Ōminato on 24 June. In August 1942, Takao was assigned to "Operation Ka", the Japanese reinforcement during the Battle of Guadalcanal , departing Hashirajima with Atago and Maya on 11 August for Truk . The cruisers were in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August from a distance, and did not see combat. However, during the Battle of

192-504: A Japanese carrier strike force, under the command of Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta , comprising the carriers Ryūjō and Jun'yō plus escort ships, sailed to 180  mi (160  nmi ; 290  km ) southwest of Dutch Harbor to launch air strikes at the United States Army and United States Navy facility to support a Japanese offensive in the Aleutians and in the central Pacific at Midway . Shortly before dawn at 02:58, given

256-568: A Type 21 radar. Repairs were not complete until 18 January 1944. Takao was assigned to Vice Admiral Ozawa’s First Mobile Fleet based at Palau from 1 March 1944, and was stationed at Davao in the southern Philippines from 1 April. She was attacked by the submarine USS  Dace on 6 April, but all of her torpedoes missed. On 13 June, during the Battle of the Philippine Sea , Takao was part of Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita ’s Mobile Force Vanguard, deployed from Tawi Tawi in an attempt to force

320-469: A few merchant ships in the port. The Zero fighters concentrated on strafing the gun positions, while the bombers destroyed the fuel tanks located at the harbor. One wing of the military hospital at the base was destroyed. After hitting the fuel tanks, the enemy dive-bombers and high-level bombers concentrated on the ships in the harbor, Fillmore and Gillis . Driven away from these two targets by intense anti-aircraft fire, they finally succeeded in destroying

384-498: A full-scale attack along the United States West Coast . As a result, military and commandeered civilian aircraft flew nearly 2,300 troops to Nome , along with artillery and antiaircraft guns and several tons of other equipment and supplies to deter a possible Japanese landing in mainland Alaska. Fearing a Japanese attack on other Aleutian Islands and mainland Alaska, the U.S. government evacuated hundreds more Aleuts from

448-489: A result of the brief "friendly fire" engagement between U.S. and Canadian forces, 28 Americans and four Canadians were killed. There were an additional 130 casualties from trench foot . The destroyer USS  Abner Read hit a mine, resulting in 87 casualties. That night the Imperial Japanese Navy warships, thinking they were engaged by Americans, shelled and attempted to torpedo the island of Little Kiska where

512-400: A separate campaign concurrent with the Japanese plan for the Battle of Midway . The Japanese captured the sole inhabitants of the island: a small United States Navy Weather Detachment consisting of ten men, including a lieutenant, along with their dog. (One member of the detachment escaped for 50 days. Starving, thin, and extremely cold, he eventually surrendered to the Japanese.) The next day

576-626: A single ship landing. Starting in 1775, Kiska, the Aleutian Islands, and mainland Alaska became fur trading outposts for the Russian-American Company managed by Grigory Shelekhov . In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska with the Russian Empire . Kiska was included in the purchase. The Japanese No. 3 Special Landing Party and 500 marines went ashore at Kiska on June 6, 1942, as

640-462: A target ship in 1946. The Takao -class ships were approved under the 1927 to 1931 supplementary fiscal year budget, and like her sister ships, was named after a mountain. Mount Takao (高雄山) is located outside Kyoto and is not to be confused with the similarly named Mount Takao (高尾山) located outside Tokyo, or the city of Takao (高雄), in Taiwan . The Takao -class cruisers were an improved version of

704-759: A unit during the 1930s. She was captained by Captain Chūichi Nagumo from November 1933 – 1934, Captain Eiji Gotō from November 1934 – 1935, Captain Takeo Takagi from December 1936 – 1937 and Captain Tadashige Daigo from December 1937 – 1938. During this time, issues with their stability and seaworthiness due to the top-heavy design became evident. Takao and Atago were rebuilt at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal between 1938 and 1939, resulting in an improved design:

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768-563: Is also a part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (AMNWR) and contains the largest colony of least auklets (over 1,160,000 birds) and crested auklets . Research biologists from Memorial University of Newfoundland have been studying the impact of introduced Norway rats on the seabirds of Kiska since 2001. Much of the aftermath of World War II is still evident in Kiska. The slow erosion processes on

832-542: Is required to visit it. The island has no permanent population. In 1741 while returning from his second voyage at sea during the Great Northern Expedition , Danish-born Russian explorer Vitus Bering made the first European discovery of most of the Aleutian Islands, including Kiska. Georg Wilhelm Steller , a naturalist - physician aboard Bering's ship, wrote: On 25 October 1741 we had very clear weather and sunshine, but even so it hailed at various times in

896-730: The 206th Coast Artillery (Anti Aircraft) group of the Arkansas National Guard , and was one of the key targets protected by the Eleventh Air Force based out of mainland Alaska. The 206th CA (AA) was deployed to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands in August 1941 and had been on station for approximately four months when the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December. The 206th CA

960-512: The Combined Fleet which was retreating after being defeated at Midway. Two days later, a small Japanese invasion force landed and occupied two of the Aleutian Islands, Attu and Kiska , without further incident. Aleuts on Kiska and Attu were imprisoned on the Japanese mainland. The bombing of Dutch Harbor and the subsequent occupations of Kiska and Attu by the Japanese helped trigger an impression among Americans that they were going to launch

1024-689: The Doolittle raid task force. On 2 May, Takao assisted in rescue efforts for the seaplane carrier Mizuho , which had been torpedoed by the US submarine USS  Drum off of Omaezaki. Takao rescued 471 crew from the sinking ship . In June 1942, Takao and Maya supported the invasion of the Aleutian Islands , protecting the convoy for Kiska and providing fire support for landings on Attu . On 3 June 1942, their reconnaissance floatplanes were attacked by USAAF Curtiss P-40 fighters from Umnak and two were shot down; on 5 June, Takao shot down

1088-571: The Gilbert Islands , Takao sortied with Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa 's fleet to engage the American carriers. The fleet consisted of the aircraft carriers Shōkaku , Zuikaku and Zuihō , the battleships Yamato and Nagato , heavy cruisers Myōkō , Haguro , Tone , Chikuma , Mogami , Atago , Takao , Chōkai and Maya , the light cruiser Agano and fifteen destroyers. Despite extensive searches, this force failed to make contact with

1152-433: The heavy cruisers Takao and Maya —encountered U.S. fighters searching for the departing Japanese squadron . The 206th CA spent much of the night of 3/4 June moving guns down off the mountain tops surrounding the harbor down into the city of Unalaska and into harbor facilities. This was partially as a deception and partially to defend against an expected land invasion. Civilian contractors filled sandbags to protect

1216-477: The tundra have had little effect on the bomb craters still visible both from the ground and in satellite images on the hills surrounding the harbor. Numerous equipment dumps, tunnels (some concrete-lined), Japanese gun emplacements, shipwrecks , and other war relics can be found, all untouched since 1943. In 1983, a memorial plaque was placed on Kiska by the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment , inscribed: To

1280-483: The 13th Infantry Brigade from the 6th Canadian Infantry Division ), with supporting units including two artillery units from the 7th US Infantry Division, 95 ships including three battleships and a heavy cruiser, and 168 aircraft landed on Kiska , only to find the island completely abandoned. Despite the lack of Japanese presence, Allied casualties during this invasion nevertheless numbered close to 200, either from bad weather, Japanese booby traps or friendly fire . As

1344-528: The Aleutians, but to prevent a U.S. operation across the Kuril Islands . The U.S. Navy began operations to deny Kiska supply which would lead to the Battle of the Komandorski Islands . During October 1942, American forces undertook seven bombing missions over Kiska, though two were aborted due to weather. Following the winter, Attu was recaptured, and bombing of Kiska resumed until a larger American force

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1408-426: The American 5th Fleet into a "decisive battle" off of Saipan . In what came to be called the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot", Japanese aircraft attacking US Task Force 58 off Saipan suffered severe losses. On 26 June Takao was again at Kure Naval Arsenal , where yet more anti-aircraft guns were installed, as well as a Type 13 air-search radar. Takao returned to Singapore in mid-July and conducted operations in

1472-453: The American striking force and returned to Truk. Takao was refueling at Rabaul when the base was attacked on 5 November 1943 by American carrier aircraft. She was targeted by SBD Dauntless dive bombers from USS  Saratoga and hit by two bombs, killing 23 crewmen and damaging her steering. Takao was forced to return to Yokosuka for dry dock repairs. During the repair work, additional anti-aircraft guns were fitted, along with

1536-505: The Dutch freighter Enggano . The next night, Takao and Atago overtook the old United States Navy destroyer Pillsbury and sank her with no survivors. Early on 4 March, Takao , Atago , Maya and the destroyers Arashi and Nowaki , attacked a convoy near Tjilatjap . The Royal Australian Navy sloop HMAS  Yarra defended the convoy for an hour and half, but was sunk. The Japanese cruisers then sank three ships from

1600-512: The Japanese captured Attu Island . The military importance of this frozen, difficult-to-supply island was questionable, but the psychological impact upon the Americans of losing U.S. soil to a foreign enemy for the first time since the War of 1812 was tangible. During the winter of 1942–43, the Japanese reinforced and fortified the islands—not necessarily to prepare for an island-hopping operation across

1664-593: The Japanese soldiers were waiting to embark. Admiral Ernest King reported to the secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox , that the only things that remained on the island were dogs and freshly brewed coffee . Knox asked for an explanation and King responded, "The Japanese are very clever. Their dogs can brew coffee." In 1985 the Japanese occupation site on the island was designated a National Historic Landmark and part of Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument . The island

1728-538: The Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October, all three cruisers (together with Myōkō and Haguro ) participated in night combat operations resulting in the sinking of the crippled and abandoned American aircraft carrier USS  Hornet . This was followed by a determined attempt to shell the US base at Henderson Field leading to the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal . Early in the morning of 15 November 1942,

1792-602: The U.S. government formally apologized for the internment of the Unangan people and their treatment in the camps. Kiska Kiska ( Aleut : Qisxa , Russian : Кыска ) is one of the Rat Islands , a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska . It is about 22 miles (35  km ) long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles (2.4 to 9.7 km). It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, special permission

1856-479: The afternoon. We were surprised in the morning to discover a large tall island at 51° to the north of us. Prior to European contact, Kiska Island had been densely populated by native peoples for thousands of years. Kiska, and the other Rat Islands, were reached by independent Russian traders in the 1750s. After the initial exploitation of the sea otter population, Russians rarely visited the island as interest shifted further east. Years would frequently pass without

1920-415: The battleship Kirishima , supported by Takao and Atago , engaged the American battleships Washington and South Dakota . All three Japanese ships hit South Dakota multiple times with shells, knocking out her radar and fire controls. Takao and Atago fired Long Lance torpedoes at Washington but missed. However, Kirishima was quickly disabled by Washington and sank a few hours later. Atago

1984-514: The construction of a cinder cone about 98 feet (30 m) high at Sirius Point on the north flank of Kiska Volcano, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) from the summit of the main cone ( Anchorage Daily News , January 30, 1962). A second eruption that produced a lava flow was reported to have occurred on March 18, 1964 ( Bulletin of Volcanic Eruptions , 1964). Since then, the volcano has emitted steam and ash plumes, as well as smaller lava flows. Japanese cruiser Takao (1930) Takao ( 高雄 )

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2048-403: The convoy: the tanker Francol , the depot ship Anking , and Royal Navy Minesweeper-51 . Two Dutch freighters, the 1030 ton Dutch freighter Duymaer van Twist and the 7089 ton freighter Tjisaroea were also captured. Takao , Maya and Atago then returned to Yokosuka for a refit with additional anti-aircraft guns, arriving 18 March. In April, she participated in the unsuccessful pursuit of

2112-460: The first day occurred when bombs struck barracks 864 and 866 in Fort Mears, killing 17 servicemen of the 37th Infantry and eight from the 151st Engineers. When all the Japanese planes were recovered, there were erroneous reports of enemy ships in the vicinity, but search planes found no ships within the area. During the search, four Nakajima E8N 2 "Dave" two-seat reconnaissance planes —launched from

2176-420: The geographic latitude and longitude , Admiral Kakuta ordered his aircraft carriers to launch their strike which was made up of 12 A6M Zero fighters , 10 B5N Kate high-level bombers , and 12 D3A Val dive bombers which took off from the two small carriers in the freezing weather to strike at Dutch Harbor. One B5N was lost on takeoff from Ryujo . The planes arrived over the harbor at 04:07 and attacked

2240-432: The harbor and began to return fire. In addition to their 3 in (76 mm) guns, 37 mm (1.46 in) guns and .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, members of the unit fired their rifles, and one even claimed to have hurled a wrench at a low-flying enemy plane. Several members reported being able to clearly see the faces of the Japanese aviators as they made repeated runs over the island. The highest casualties on

2304-452: The harbor defenses, XE3 maneuvered under Takao , where diver Acting Leading Seaman James Joseph Magennis exited the submarine and attached six limpet mines to Takao ' s hull using an improvised piece of rope (the hull was covered with a thick layer of seaweed, and the magnets of the limpet mines would not hold them on the hull); when the mines exploded, they blew a hole 20 by 10 metres (66 by 33 ft). Several compartments below

2368-533: The island is relocated closer to Russia and China, but the island's topography is replicated near-exactly, with elements of the game designed around it, instead of vice versa. Kiska Volcano (Qisxan Kamgii in Aleut) is an active stratovolcano , 5.3 by 4.0 mi (8.5 by 6.4 km) in diameter at its base and 4,006 feet (1,221 m) high, located on the northern end of Kiska Island. On January 24, 1962, an explosive eruption occurred, accompanied by lava extrusion and

2432-517: The landings at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon in the Philippines . In February 1942, operating out of Palau , Takao was assigned to intercept shipping escaping from the Netherlands East Indies , sinking the Dutch freighter Toradja , British minesweeper HMS  Scott Harley and capturing the Dutch freighter Bintoehan on 1 March. On the same day, one of Takao 's floatplanes bombed

2496-543: The light cruisers Nagara and Agano , and 11 destroyers. The Japanese transports were successful in evacuating 11,700 troops from the island. Under the command of Inoguchi Toshihira , Takao operated in the central Pacific from her base at Truk. She returned to Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 26 July for the installation of additional anti-aircraft guns. After returning to Truk on 23 August, she continued on to Rabaul on 27 August, disembarking army troops and supplies. In response to American carrier aircraft raiding in

2560-547: The lower deck were flooded, including two ammunition magazines, the main gun plotting room and the lower communications room. Fraser and Magennis were awarded the Victoria Cross . It was discovered after the end of the war that Takao was manned by a skeleton crew and had no ammunition aboard for her 8-inch main armament. Japanese forces surrendered Seletar Naval Base to the British on 21 September 1945. On 27 October 1946, Takao

2624-480: The men of Amphibious Task Force 9 who fell here August 1943 placed here August 1983 by 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment. In September 1989, divers from the United States Navy rescue and salvage ship USS  Safeguard  (ARS-50) surveyed the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine Ro-65 , which sank in the harbor at Kiska with the loss of 19 lives on November 3, 1942. On August 22, 2007,

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2688-403: The new gun positions. On 4 June the Japanese carriers steamed to less than 100 mi (87 nmi; 160 km) south of Dutch Harbor to launch a second attack. At 16:00, a second airstrike of nine fighters, 11 dive bombers, and six level bombers attacked less than an hour later. More targets were damaged including some grounded aircraft, an army barracks, oil storage tanks, aircraft hangar, and

2752-464: The pilot was killed, the plane was not seriously damaged. This Zero—known as the " Akutan Zero "—was recovered by American forces, inspected, and repaired. The recovery was an important technical intelligence gain for the U.S., as it showed the strengths and weaknesses of the Zero's design. The following day, Admiral Kakuta received orders to break off further attacks and head for the central Pacific to support

2816-521: The previous Myōkō -class design, incorporating technical elements learned with the development of the experimental light cruiser Yūbari . They had a distinctive profile with a large, raked main funnel, and a smaller, straight, second funnel. Intended to address issues with the Myōkō class, the Takao class had thicker armor, dual-purpose main guns which could be used against aircraft, and torpedo launchers moved to

2880-415: The same engagement. Chōkai was lost a few days later at the Battle off Samar , leaving Takao as the sole survivor of her class. Takao limped back to Brunei, escorted by the destroyers Naganami and Asashimo , the torpedo boat Hiyodori and the transport Mitsu Maru , and on to Singapore by 12 November. Takao was assessed as being unrepairable at Singapore and impossible to tow to Japan. She

2944-453: The ship to be returned to Japan so that it can defend the country against Godzilla . Takao arrives in time to rescue the main cast and battles Godzilla at point-blank range, forcing back the kaiju , only to be destroyed by the monster's atomic breath and its resulting nuclear explosion. The ship also makes an appearance in the anime Arpeggio of Blue Steel where she defects from the Fog to help

3008-654: The six U.S. fighters were lost as well. As a result of the enemy actions, the Eleventh Air Force lost four B-17s , two Martin B-26 Marauders , and two P-40s , while the Navy suffered six PBY Catalinas destroyed. 43 Americans were killed: 33 soldiers, eight sailors, a Marine, and a civilian. Another 50 were wounded in the attack. None of the Japanese ships were harmed, but one Zero was damaged by ground fire and crash-landed on Akutan Island , about 20 mi (17 nmi; 32 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor. Although

3072-615: The size of the bridge was reduced, the main mast was relocated aft, and hull bulges were added to improve stability. Maya and Chōkai were not modified as extensively, and can be considered mistakenly as a separate class. After rebuilding was completed, Takao and Atago patrolled off the coast of China in 1940 and early 1941. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor , Takao was commanded by Captain Asakura Bunji and assigned to Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō 's Sentai -4 together with her three sister ships and provided gunfire support for

3136-416: The station ship Northwestern which, because of its large size, they mistakenly believed was a warship. Northwestern was actually a transport ship which had been beached and used as a barracks for civilian workers. Although in flames and badly damaged, firefighters managed to save the hull. Its power plant was thereafter used to produce steam and electricity for the shore installations. An anti-aircraft gun

3200-526: The submarine USS  Grunion , which disappeared with a crew of 70 during World War II, was found in 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) of water off Kiska. There were no alterations to the landscape since World War II including the traces of the war. Unexploded ammunition is scattered throughout the landscape. Renamed "Skira", the island was used as the setting for the Codemasters video game Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising . The fictionalized version of

3264-438: The town's radio station and oil storage tanks causing some damage. Many members of the 206th were awakened by the sound of bombs and gunfire. While the unit had been on alert for an attack for many days, there was no specific warning of the attack before the Japanese planes arrived over Dutch Harbor. With no clear direction from headquarters, gun crews from every battery quickly realized the danger, ran to their guns stationed around

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3328-492: The upper deck for greater safety. However, as with its predecessors, the Takao class was also top-heavy. The Takao class displaced 16,875 t (16,608 long tons). Takao was 203.8 metres (669 ft) long, with a beam of 20.4 metres (67 ft), draft of 6.32 metres (20.7 ft) and were capable of 35.25 knots. Propulsion was by 12 Kampon boilers driving four sets of single-impulse geared turbine engines, with four shafts turning three-bladed propellers. The ship

3392-533: The vicinity of Singapore and Brunei until mid-October. On 22 October, Takao sortied from Brunei as part of Admiral Kurita's Center Force for the Battle of Leyte Gulf . In the predawn hours of 23 October, the Japanese force was intercepted by two American submarines in the Palawan Passage . Takao was hit by two torpedoes from USS  Darter , which shattered two shafts, broke her fantail and flooded three boiler rooms. Atago and Maya were both sunk in

3456-522: The western chain and the Pribilofs , placing them in internment camps in southeast Alaska, where many died of measles , influenza and other infectious diseases which spread quickly in the overcrowded dormitories. In total, about 75 died in American internment and 19 as a result of Japanese occupation. The Aleut Restitution Act of 1988 was an attempt by the Congress to compensate the survivors. On 17 June 2017

3520-651: Was laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 28 April 1927, launched and named on 12 May 1930, and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 31 May 1932. Although the first ship in her class to be laid down, Atago was actually completed two months earlier. All of the Takao class were assigned to the Yokosuka Naval District , forming Sentai -4 of the IJN 2nd Fleet , and trained as

3584-576: Was allocated to defeat the expected Japanese garrison of 5,200 men. The Japanese, aware of the loss of Attu and the impending arrival of the larger Allied force, successfully removed their troops on July 28 under the cover of fog, without being detected by the Allies. On August 15, 1943, an invasion force consisting of 34,426 Allied troops, including elements of the US 7th Infantry Division , 4th Infantry Regiment, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment , 5,300 Canadians (mainly

3648-518: Was armored with a 127 mm (5 in) side belt , and 35 mm (1 in) armored deck ; the bridge was armored with 10 to 16 mm (0.39 to 0.63 in) armored plates. Takao ’s main battery was ten 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns , the heaviest armament of any heavy cruiser in the world at the time, mounted in five twin turrets. Her secondary armament included eight Type 10 12cm dual purpose guns in four twin mounts on each side, and 16 Type 90 torpedoes in four quadruple launchers. She

3712-400: Was blown up, and four U.S. Navy servicemen were killed. Two Japanese dive bombers and one fighter, damaged by anti-aircraft fire, failed to return to their carriers. On the way back, the Japanese planes encountered an air patrol of six Curtiss P-40 fighters over Otter Point . A short aerial battle ensued which resulted in the loss of one Japanese fighter and two more dive bombers. Two out of

3776-439: Was damaged. Takao escaped unharmed, but was forced to retreat to Truk, and from there went back to Kure Naval Arsenal for repairs at the end of November, returning to Truk by the end of December. In early 1943, Takao supported the evacuation of Guadalcanal . The force consisted of the carriers Zuikaku , Zuihō and Jun'yō , the battleships Kongō and Haruna , heavy cruisers Atago , Takao , Myōkō and Haguro ,

3840-523: Was equipped with the 3-inch Gun M1918 (an older model with a vertical range of 26,902 ft (8,200 m)), .50in (12.7mm) M2 Browning machine guns, and 60 in (150 cm) Sperry searchlights. The 206th had one radar in position at Dutch Harbor at the time of the attack. In the harbor were two old destroyers, King and Talbot , destroyer- seaplane tender Gillis , submarine S-27 , Coast Guard cutter Onondaga , and U.S. Army transports President Fillmore and Morlen . On 3 June 1942

3904-614: Was the lead vessel in the Takao -class heavy cruisers , active in World War II with the Imperial Japanese Navy . These were the largest cruisers in the Japanese fleet, and were intended to form the backbone of a multipurpose long-range strike force. Her sister ships were Atago , Maya and Chōkai . Takao was the only ship of her class to survive the war. She was surrendered to British forces at Singapore in September 1945, then sunk as

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3968-670: Was therefore moored as a floating anti-aircraft battery defending Seletar Naval Base along with Myōkō , the latter crippled at the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea and then further damaged by a submarine-launched torpedo. Concerned that both cruisers could interfere with Allied forces approaching Singapore, the Royal Navy launched Operation Struggle on 31 July 1945 with the midget submarines HMS  XE3 (Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser ) assigned to attack Takao , and HMS  XE1 (Lieutenant J. E. Smart) to attack Myōkō . After penetrating

4032-517: Was towed to the Strait of Malacca and was sunk as a target ship by the light cruiser HMS  Newfoundland on 29 October 1946 at 03°05′05″N 100°41′00″E  /  3.08472°N 100.68333°E  / 3.08472; 100.68333 . She was removed from the navy list on 3 May 1947. Takao has an important role in the 2023 film Godzilla Minus One , where the United States authorizes

4096-659: Was very deficient in anti-aircraft capability, with only two 40 mm (1.57 in) anti-aircraft guns . Takao was repeatedly modernized and upgraded throughout her career in order to counter the growing threat of air strikes, and in her final configuration was armed with ten 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (5x2), eight Type 89 12.7 cm (5 in) dual purpose guns , (4x2), and 16 Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes in four quadruple launchers (plus 8 reloads). Anti-aircraft protection included 24 triple-mount and 12 twin-mount and 26 single-mount Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns and four 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns . Takao

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