Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai, early 1930sChokai firing her 20-centimeter main battery guns during an exercise, 1933Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai as seen in US Division of Naval Intelligence publication A503 FM30-50 for ship identification, date unknownChokai, probably off the coast of China, circa 1938
Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai, early 1930sChokai firing her 20-centimeter main battery guns during an exercise, 1933Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai as seen in US Division of Naval Intelligence publication A503 FM30-50 for ship identification, date unknownChokai, probably off the coast of China, circa 1938
Chokai in Ariake Sea bay, Japan, Apr 1939Chokai underway, Apr 1939Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai at Truk, Caroline Islands, 20 Nov 1942; note battleship Yamato in backgroundJapanese Center Force departing Brunei Bay for the Philippine Islands, 22 Oct 1944
Chokai in Ariake Sea bay, Japan, Apr 1939Chokai underway, Apr 1939Japanese heavy cruiser Chokai at Truk, Caroline Islands, 20 Nov 1942; note battleship Yamato in backgroundJapanese Center Force departing Brunei Bay for the Philippine Islands, 22 Oct 1944
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