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unusual facts about ''Hiryū''


Hiryu

Flying Dragon, a video game series known as Hiryu no Ken in Japan


Captain goes down with the ship

June 5, 1942: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, on board the aircraft carrier Hiryu, insisted on staying with the stricken ship during the Battle of Midway.

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Vice Admiral Yamaguchi Tamon (1892 - June 4, 1942), commander of the aircraft carrier Hiryū at the Battle of Midway

Sunosaki-class combat support ship

The Sunosaki was planned to support for two medium-sized carriers (Sōryū and Hiryū) in the battlefield.


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