Akagi
Nagumo’s flagship, her aircraft contribution and the fires that forced command to move to another ship.
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A ship’s service connects many chapters. Follow its people, equipment and changing condition.
HMS Anson
Admiral Moore’s flagship for Operation Tungsten, the April 1944 carrier attack on Tirpitz.
Read the profile →HMS Ark Royal
The carrier whose searches, shadowing aircraft and torpedo strikes helped stop Bismarck.
Read the profile →USS Bennington (CV-20)
The Essex-class carrier whose aircraft attacked the Japanese surface force on 7 April 1945.
Read the profile →Bismarck
The battleship’s construction, main armament and preparation for her first Atlantic operation.
Read the profile →USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
The carrier whose Corsairs and Avengers attacked Yamato on 7 April 1945, seen through two squadron reports.
Read the profile →HMS Dorsetshire
The cruiser’s contribution to Bismarck’s final action and the interrupted rescue of German survivors.
Read the profile →HMS Emperor
The escort carrier whose Hellcats supported both strikes against Tirpitz in Operation Tungsten.
Read the profile →USS Enterprise
The carrier, her mixed air groups and the practical work of sustaining attacks at Midway.
Read the profile →HMS Fencer
The escort carrier whose Wildcats and Swordfish helped protect the fleet during the attack on Tirpitz.
Read the profile →HMS Furious
The carrier that shared the Barracuda strikes against Tirpitz and helped protect the attacking fleet.
Read the profile →Fuyutsuki
A destroyer in Yamato’s final force, and the rescue testimony that connects the battle to its surviving witnesses.
Read the profile →USS Hackleback
The submarine that shadowed Yamato’s force while destroyers, aircraft and a radio failure complicated her reports.
Read the profile →USS Hammann
Yorktown’s escort and salvage assistant, lost while helping the damaged carrier after Midway’s air attacks.
Read the profile →Hiryū
The Japanese carrier that launched two counterattacks after the morning disaster at Midway.
Read the profile →HMS Hood
A battlecruiser’s service, people and significance beyond her final action.
Read the profile →USS Hornet
The carrier whose separated morning strike brought disaster to Torpedo Eight, and whose surviving air group kept fighting.
Read the profile →Isokaze
The Japanese destroyer that helped receive Sōryū’s survivors at Midway and later sailed in Yamato’s final force.
Read the profile →Kaga
A major part of Japan’s opening air attack, followed by the destruction of her bridge and a desperate fight against fire.
Read the profile →HMS King George V
Tovey’s flagship, the final approach to Bismarck and the practical limits of sustained gunfire.
Read the profile →Mikuma
The Japanese cruiser lost during the withdrawal from Midway, whose survivors connect the air battle to the days spent searching the sea.
Read the profile →Mogami
The Japanese cruiser that survived collision and air attack during the withdrawal from Midway, despite an early American claim that she had sunk.
Read the profile →HMS Norfolk
Wake-Walker’s cruiser, whose reports and shadowing helped connect the Denmark Strait pursuit to Bismarck’s final battle.
Read the profile →HMS Prince of Wales
A new battleship’s damaged guns, continued resistance and decision to withdraw after Hood’s loss.
Read the profile →Prinz Eugen
Bismarck’s cruiser companion, her independent raiding orders and the machinery problems that brought her to Brest.
Read the profile →HMS Pursuer
The escort carrier whose approach to the Tirpitz attack included a steering failure, a snowstorm and the task of launching fighter escorts.
Read the profile →HMS Rodney
Heavy guns, restricted firing arcs and the battleship’s part in Bismarck’s final action.
Read the profile →HMS Royalist
The cruiser carrying Rear-Admiral Bisset’s flag during the carrier operation against Tirpitz.
Read the profile →HMS Searcher
The escort carrier that supplied Wildcats and the second strike’s close-escort leader during Operation Tungsten.
Read the profile →HMS Sheffield
The cruiser attacked by her own side before helping guide Ark Royal’s aircraft towards Bismarck.
Read the profile →Sōryū
The carrier’s island strike, the rapid spread of fire and the evacuation of her surviving crew.
Read the profile →HMS Stubborn
The submarine that delivered X.7 towards Tirpitz and recovered X.10 during Operation Source.
Read the profile →HMS Suffolk
The cruiser that first sighted Bismarck in the Denmark Strait and used radar to keep contact through poor visibility.
Read the profile →USS Threadfin
The submarine whose encounter with Yamato’s force brought a difficult choice between reporting and attacking.
Read the profile →Tirpitz
Bismarck’s sister ship, whose threat from Norway changed as attacks, repairs and trials altered her capabilities.
Read the profile →Tone
The Japanese cruiser whose No. 4 reconnaissance aircraft reported American ships during the critical morning at Midway.
Read the profile →HMS Victorious
The carrier that attacked Bismarck in 1941 and helped launch Operation Tungsten against Tirpitz in 1944.
Read the profile →USS Vireo
The small tug that tried to bring Yorktown home, and the practical limits of towing a damaged carrier.
Read the profile →X-craft midget submarines
The small submarines, passage crews and explosive charges behind Operation Source.
Read the profile →Yahagi
The light cruiser that sailed with Yamato, and the difference between her place in the Japanese plan and her appearance in American attack reports.
Read the profile →Yamato
The battleship at the centre of the Okinawa surface operation, seen through orders, fuel evidence and survivor testimony.
Read the profile →USS Yorktown
Fighting damage, restoring capability and attempting salvage after Midway.
Read the profile →Yukikaze
The destroyer that returned from Yamato’s final sortie and helped recover survivors after the air attacks.
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