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Order of battle for Amoy Operation

Order of battle for Amoy Operation

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Below is the order of battle for the Amoy Operation fought May 10–12, 1938, part of a campaign by the Imperial Japanese Navy to blockade the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan

5th Fleet[1]
Vice Admiral Koichi Shiozawa[2]

9th Sentai
1 Myōkō-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots)
Myōkō[3]
1 Kuma-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 31.75 knots):
Tama[3]
10th Sentai
2 Tenryū-class light cruisers (4 × 5.5-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 33 knots):
Tenryū[3]
Tatsuta[3]
1st Gunboat Unit
4 gunboats(?)
1st Air Sentai
Fleet carrier Kaga
90 aircraft
Fighter Daitai: Nakajima A2N, Type 95 Mitsubishi A5M[4]
Bomber Daitai: Aichi D1A1s, A2's dive bombers[4]
Attack Daitai: Mitsubishi B2M, Type 96 Yokosuka B4Y1 torpedo bombers[4]
3rd Air Sentai
Kamoi seaplane tender
12 aircraft (probably Nakajima E8N Type 95 "Dave" Recon Seaplane)[4]
2nd Combined SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Kure 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 7th SNLF
Kinmen (Quemoy) Garrison
1st Garrison Unit

Notes

  1. Earlier in the Shanghai campaign the 1st Air Sentai had an escort of a 30th Tai of 4 destroyers. Formerly Kamoi had an escort of 28th Tai of 4 destroyers also. It is likely they had similar if not the same escorts here.
  2. From: History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
    5/10 11 Ships and 18 planes bombarded Ho-to and Ao-tou. 20 motor boats landed infantry at Wu-tung.
    5/11 More landings at Huang-tso and Ta-tao. 3 destroyers and 2 Gunboats attacked the fortress there to cover the landings. This indicates there was at least one Tai of destroyers with this operation.

China

Amoy Area
Chen Yi, Director, Fukien Pacification HQ[1]

75th Division – Han Wen-ying
Amoy fortress Command – Kao Hsien-shen
Pai-shih Fortress
Yu-tse-wei Fortress (naval garrison)
2 batteries of fortress garrison forces
Hui-li-shan battery
Pan-shih battery

References

  1. [1]
    Hsu Long-hsuen; Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Wen Ha-hsiung (trans.) (2nd ed.). Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing.
  2. [2]
    "Imperial Japanese Navy". Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. [3]
    "抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
  4. [4]
    "Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45".

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