Operation Ten-Go

Operation Kikusui I , literally Operation Chrysanthemum Water 1, best known as Operation Ten-Go , literally Operation Heaven, was the last major Japanese naval operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II. In April 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship in the world, and nine other Japanese warships, embarked from Japan for a suicide attack on Allied forces engaged in the Battle of Okinawa. The Japanese force was attacked by U.S. carrier-borne aircraft before it could reach Okinawa; Yamato and five other Japanese warships were sunk while 10 American aircraft were shot down. Several ships in the U.S. carrier task force suffered moderate damage from aerial kamikaze attacks while 100 Japanese planes were lost. Operation Kikusui I, best known as Operation Ten-Go, refers specifically to Yamato's sortie, while Operation Kikusui refers specifically to all Japanese kamikaze operations during the entire Okinawa campaign.

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1945  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Operation Heaven One; Ten-ichi-gō
naval battle, military operation, United States, Empire of Japan, 

Nagato, 

• The Operations Room page^@ The US Navy Sinks the Super-Battleship Yamato - Operation Ten-Go
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Location: 30.3667, 128.0667, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Japanese light cruiser Yahagi under air attack, 7 April 1945 (80-G-316085)

Tnaka Kikumatsu

IJN Captain Tameichi Hara

Japanese light cruiser Yahagi under attack and listing heavily, 7 April 1945 (NH 62575)

The Last Sortie of Yamato - track via USSBS

IJN Captain Kōsaku Aruga portrait

Kaizuka Takeo

Floating survivors and wreckage of the Japanese light cruiser Yahagi, 7 April 1945 (NH 62577)

Mutakuchi Kakurou

Japanese-battleship-yamato-burning-and-under-attack-by-us-news-photo-1578080661

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1945	Operation Ten-Go	United States, military operation, Empire of Japan, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		The Operations Room page@	The US Navy Sinks the Super-Battleship Yamato - Operation Ten-Go	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Nagato	Nagato-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Yamato	super battleship, shipwreck, Yamato-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
commons	image		Japanese light cruiser Yahagi under air attack, 7 April 1945 (80-G-316085)		Commons
commons	image		Tnaka Kikumatsu		Commons
commons	image		IJN Captain Tameichi Hara		Commons
commons	image		Japanese light cruiser Yahagi under attack and listing heavily, 7 April 1945 (NH 62575)		Commons
commons	image		The Last Sortie of Yamato - track via USSBS		Commons
commons	image		IJN Captain Kōsaku Aruga portrait		Commons
commons	image		Kaizuka Takeo		Commons
commons	image		Floating survivors and wreckage of the Japanese light cruiser Yahagi, 7 April 1945 (NH 62577)		Commons
commons	image		Mutakuchi Kakurou		Commons
commons	image		Japanese-battleship-yamato-burning-and-under-attack-by-us-news-photo-1578080661		Commons