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Loss of Chiyoda

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1944Date range
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Chronological records

1944

Eiichiro Jyo25 October 1944

Cape Engano · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Jyo commands the light carrier Chiyoda, which is crippled by air attack and later sunk by American surface ships.

Names involved

Eiichiro Jyo

Provenance

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