Tamiya 31212 1/700 Japanese Aircraft Carrier Jun'yō (隼鷹) Print this pagePrint this page
Tamiya 31212 1/700 Japanese Aircraft Carrier Jun'yō (隼鷹)
Price: HK$125.00

Highlights:
- water line

Availability: [In Stock]
Weight: 0.35 kg
Description
  • World War Two
  • Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
  • Hiyō-class aircraft carrier (another one is Hiyō 飛鷹)
  • converted from passenger liner Kashiwara Maru (橿原丸)
  • commissioned on 3 May 1942
  • Aleutian Islands Campaign (3 June 1942 ~ 15 August 1943)
  • Guadalcanal Campaign (7 August 1942 ~ 9 February 1943)
  • November 1943 - Jun'yō was torpedoed.
  • November 1943 ~ February 1944 - under repair.
  • Battle of the Philippine Sea (mid-1944) - Jun'yō was damaged by several bombs
  • Late 1944 -  Jun'yō was used as a transport
  • December 1944 - Jun'yō was torpedoed again
  • anchored in Japan till the end of World War Two
  • Jun'yō was scrapped in 1946~1947.

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Jun'yō (隼鷹) anchored at Sasebo, Japan [1945]
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Jun'yō (隼鷹) anchored at Sasebo, Japan [26 Sep 1945]
 
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Flight deck of Jun'yō (隼鷹), anchored at Sasebo, Japan [19 Oct 1945]