MARU SPECIAL 18 IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY HEAVY CRUISER IJN MYOKO WW2

VOLUME 18 MAY 1978

TEXT IS IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH PHOTO CAPTIONS

HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED WITH VINTAGE BW PHOTOGRAPHS, LINE DRAWINGS, CLOSE-UP DETAILS

66 PAGES.  SOFTBOUND BOOK 

THE LEAD SHIP FOR A CLASS OF HEAVY CRUISERS COMMISSIONED IN 1929, THE MYOKO DISPLACED 13,300 TONS, MOUNTED TEN 8-INCH GUNS, AND WAS CAPABLE OF 36 KNOTS. SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE BATTLE OF THE JAVA SEA IN EARLY 1942, THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA, OPERATIONS IN THE ALEUTIANS, GUADACANAL, THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA, AND THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF. AFTER LEYTE GULF, WHILE IN TRANSIT TO CAM RANH BAY, SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE USS BERGALL (SS-320) AND WAS TOWED TO SINGAPORE FOR REPAIRS. BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT PARTS AND MATERIALS, THE MYOKO WAS NEVER FULLY REPAIRED AND ENDED THE WAR SERVING AS A FLOATING ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY. CAPTURED WHEN SINGAPORE FELL TO THE BRITISH, SHE WAS EVENTUALLY SCUTTLED OFF MALAYA.