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.
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Attached units 8
- March 1, 1944 – June 19, 1944 Shōkaku Sunk by the submarine Cavalla
- March 1, 1944 – October 25, 1944 Zuikaku Sunk off Cape Engaño
- March 1, 1944 – June 20, 1944 Hiyō Sunk by aircraft
- March 1, 1944 – June 24, 1944 Jun'yō
- March 1, 1944 – October 25, 1944 Zuihō Sunk off Cape Engaño
- March 1, 1944 – October 25, 1944 Chitose Sunk off Cape Engaño
- March 1, 1944 – October 25, 1944 Chiyoda Sunk off Cape Engaño
- March 7, 1944 – June 19, 1944 Taihō Sunk by the submarine Albacore
Movements
- October 1938 – December 1938 Canton Operation
- December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
- May 4–8, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
- August 24–25, 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
- October 25–27, 1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
- May 15, 1944 Tawi-Tawi anchorage Map
- June 19, 1944 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 Battle of Leyte Gulf Off Cape Engaño: four carriers sunk Map
- November 15, 1944 Disbanded Map