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[edit]

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[edit]

  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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "Imperial Japanese Navy". Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c d "Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45".

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