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Shumshu (Russian: Шумшу, romanized: Shumshu; ****anese: 占守島, romanized: Shumushu-tō; Ainu: スㇺス (reconstruction), lit. 'good island') is the easternmost...
- The
Shimushu-class
escort ships (占守型海防艦,
Shimushu-gata kaibōkan) were a
class of kaibōkan (equivalent to US
destroyer escorts or
British frigates) built...
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Shimushu (占守) was the lead ship of her
class of four
escort ships built for the
Imperial ****anese Navy
during World War II. The ****anese
called these ships...
- "Modified A-class"
coastal defense vessel (甲型海防艦, Kō-gata kaibōkan). The
Shimushu-class kaibōkan, as with the Chidori-class
torpedo boat, was a consequence...
- Kaibōkan (海防艦, "sea
defence ship") or
coastal defense ship was a type of
naval ship used by the
Imperial ****anese Navy
during World War II for
escort duty...
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fleet destroyers.
Seven classes of Kaibōkan were
built in total: Four
Shimushu-class (占守) or Type A
ocean defence ships were
ordered under the 1937 Programme...
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supported the 25th Army
landings in
southern Thailand Escort ship IJN
Shimushu escorted transports Zenyo Maru,
Miike Maru and Toho Maru' to
Nakorn Sri...
- Type A
Shimushu Etorofu (A Kai) Type B
Mikura Hiburi (B bis)
Ukuru (B Kai) Type C
Number 1 Type D
Number 2...
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Marshall Islands in
October of same year.
Later units were sent to Saipan,
Shimushu and Palau. The
uniforms of SNLF
troops were
exactly the same as
those worn...
- Type A
Shimushu Etorofu (A Kai) Type B
Mikura Hiburi (B bis)
Ukuru (B Kai) Type C
Number 1 Type D
Number 2...
