Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū - Wikipedia
Sōryū (Japanese: 蒼龍, meaning " Blue (or Green) Dragon") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the mid-1930s. A sister ship, Hiryū, was intended to …
Pacific Wrecks - Sōryū 蒼龍
On June 4, 1942 at dawn at the start of the Battle of Midway the Japanese fleet including Soryu was 290 northwest of Midway when she launched eighteen B5N Kates escorted by nine A6M2 …
IJN Soryu - Naval Encyclopedia
2021年10月28日 · IJN Soryu in the Indian Ocean 1942. This large operation was intended to secure newly conquered Burma, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies, making impossible any …
WRECKSITE - SORYU AIRCRAFT CARRIER 1937-1942
Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial …
Battle of Midway RoundTable
Much has been written about the damage inflicted on the Japanese carriers by the dive bomber squadrons from Enterprise and Yorktown on the morning of June 4th when Akagi, Kaga, and …
Battle of Midway: Wreckage discovered of two Japanese aircraft …
2019年10月21日 · Experts said they hope to find the two other lost Japanese carriers, Soryu and Hiryu. The Kaga is the first sunken Japanese aircraft carrier ever found, Vulcan said.
IJN Carrier Wreckage: Identification Analysis Report
Recently, Nauticos has discovered a significant piece of wreckage on the ocean floor off of the island of Midway. From all appearances, the artifact originates from one of the four Japanese …
Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carrier Soryu
2024年2月5日 · Soryu was sunk by United States Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntlesses at 1025 Hours on June 4. Three bombs strike her elevators and detonate armed and fueled aircraft in …
Akagi or Soryu? Another Japanese Carrier Sunk During ... - Science 2.0
2019年10月21日 · Either the Akagi or the Soryu has been located under nearly 18,000 feet of water off the coast of Midway, which is at the northern end of the Hawaiian island chain. The …
IJN Soryu | This Day in Aviation
2024年6月4日 · Planes from the fourth carrier, IJN Hiryu, were launched to attack the American aircraft carriers. USS Yorktown (CV-5) was hit by two aerial torpedoes from Nakajima B5N …