Aoba Photographs | World War II Database


Aoba near Nagasaki, 1927, intelligence photo, 1 of 2	Aoba near Nagasaki, 1927, intelligence photo, 2 of 2	Cruiser Aoba soon after completion, circa 1927-1929	Cruiser Aoba underway as depicted on a postcard, circa 1927-1929

Aoba undergoing sea trials, 23 Jul 1927	Aoba near Nagasaki, Sep 1927	Aoba after outfitted with catapult, circa 1930-1937	Cruiser Aoba underway with a seaplane on the catapult, circa 1930s

Photo of possibly the first naval review of Aoba, Yokohama 30 Oct 1930	Furutaka at anchor off Shinagawa, Japan, Oct 1935; note Aoba and Kinugasa in background	Aoba undergoing aircraft catapult trials, 25 Dec 1938	Japanese cruiser Aoba or Kinugasa, circa 1930s

US Navy recognition drawings of Japanese cruisers Furutaka, Kako, Kinugasa, and Aoba, circa 1930s	Damaged cruiser Aoba off Buin, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 13 Oct 1942; photo taken from cruiser Chokai	Aerial photo of Aoba near Kure, Japan, 28 Jul 1945; photograph taken by an aircraft from USS San Jacinto	Sunken Aoba at Kure, Japan, 9 Oct 1945

Cruiser Aoba sunken in shallow water, Kure, Japan, 28 Nov 1946