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Combined Fleet » First Mobile Fleet

Fleet · Japan · March 1, 1944 – November 15, 1944

Jisaburō Ozawa's carrier fleet, defeated at the Philippine Sea and then sacrificed as the decoy Northern Force at Leyte Gulf.

Recorded for Pacific War.

Attached units 8

Shōkaku March 1, 1944 – June 19, 1944 Sunk by the submarine Cavalla
Zuikaku March 1, 1944 – October 25, 1944 Sunk off Cape Engaño
Hiyō March 1, 1944 – June 20, 1944 Sunk by aircraft
Jun'yō March 1, 1944 – June 24, 1944
Zuihō March 1, 1944 – October 25, 1944 Sunk off Cape Engaño
Chitose March 1, 1944 – October 25, 1944 Sunk off Cape Engaño
Chiyoda March 1, 1944 – October 25, 1944 Sunk off Cape Engaño
Taihō March 7, 1944 – June 19, 1944 Sunk by the submarine Albacore

Engagements 6

Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
Battle of the Coral Sea May 4–8, 1942
Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 24–25, 1942
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 25–27, 1942
Battle of the Philippine Sea June 19–20, 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23–26, 1944

Movements

May 15, 1944 Tawi-Tawi anchorage · map
June 19, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea (Battle of the Philippine Sea) · map
June 24, 1944 Back to Okinawa and Japan · map
October 20, 1944 Sails from Japan as the decoy · map
October 25, 1944 Off Cape Engaño: four carriers sunk (Battle of Leyte Gulf) · map
November 15, 1944 Disbanded · map

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