Midway

does anyone happen to have the Japanses Aircraft Carriers that were sunk in the battle of Midway? and which of those were involved in the bombing of pearl harbor?

Chris Ramirez

oes anyone happen to have the Japanses Aircraft Carriers that were sunk in the battle of Midway? and which of those were involved in the bombing of pearl harbor?

Chris Ramirez

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Japanese carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor:

Akagi Kaga Hiryu Soryu Shokaku Zuikaku

Japanese carriers sunk at Midway:

Akagi Kaga Hiryu Soryu

Best wishes,

Glenn Shiveler

the battle of Midway? and which of those were involved in the bombing of pearl harbor?<

I hate to encourage the use of the internet as a substitute for BOOKS!. I'll just have to assume your town library burned down and you have a paper due tomorrow.

The carriers were the Kaga ('Greater Joy', the Akagi ('Red Castle', the Hiryu ('Flying Dragon', and the Soryu ('Green Dragon'. All four were members of the task force that bombed Pearl Harbor, along with the Shokaku ('Soaring Crane' and the Zuikaku ('Holy Crane'.

As nearly as I can puzzle Japanese ship names, 'yu' means dragon, 'ho' means bird, 'kaku' means crane, and 'yo' means hawk. All of these were popular components for carrier names, sometimes used more than once in a single name: Ryuho ('Dragon and Great Bird'. 'Hi' means flying, as in Hiryu and Hiyo ('Flying Hawk'. 'Sho' means flying really high, as in Shokaku. But I don't understand the distinction between Shoho ('Soaring Bird'?) and Hosho ('Bird Soaring'?). 'Zui' means something like sacred, holy, wonderful, or lucky, as in Zuikaku and Zuiho ('Holy Bird' or 'Bird of Paradise'?).

All of these ships were originally built as carriers. The Kaga, Akagi, Chiyoda, and Shinano were first laid down as cruisers or battleships and they kept their original non-birdish names (Chiyoda is named after a castle, not a hawk). Battleships were named after Japanese provinces, just as US BBs were named after states. Heavy cruisers were named after mountains or castles (the Kongo and its sister ships were considered battlecruisers). Light cruisers were named after rivers and destroyers were named after weather conditions: Kawakaze ('River Wind'.

Generally 'i' and 'y' are pronounced like a long 'e' as in 'see'. So Hiryu is pronounced something like Hee-Ree-Yoo, and Soryu is Sor-Ree-Yoo. 'Zui' is pronounced like a single syllable 'Zwee', so it's Zwee-Kah-Koo and Zwee-Ho.

The four IJN carriers sunk at Midway were: Hiryu, Soryo, Kaga & Akagi. Of the four, all participated in the Pearl Harbor attack. The other two carriers of the PH attack were Zuikaku and Shokaku. Both would be sunk later in the war.

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The Kaga, Akagi, Soryu, and Hiryu were the Japnese carriers sunk at Midway. All 4 (plus the Shokaku and Zuikaku) took part in the Pearl Harbor attack.

It's interesting that you asked that question because I just read it about an hour ago.

They were the Kaga, Soryu, Akagi and the Hiryu. All four of these were involved in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I don't know the names of the other two at Pearl Harbor.

BobG

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Oops. I should have said 'ryu', pronounced Ree-Yoo.

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The 'standard translations' are something like:

ZUIHO Lucky Phoenix ZUIKAKU Lucky Crane RYUHO Dragon Phoenix SHOHO Soaring Phoenix HOSHO Diving Phoenix

William Wright Senior Systems Analyst The Boeing Company

'ryu' is dragon - it is a one syllable sound, not two. native english speakers have a heck of a time trying to say it (i've heard the above 'ree-yoo' and 'rye-yoo' and 'ruh' and more).

if you really want to try and say it correctly, think of the word 'lieu' (as in 'in lieu of' or the root to 'lieutenant' and make the 'l' into an 'r' and you'd be close.