AVIATION LITHOGRAPHS

IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY . 日本海軍
三菱Ａ6Ｍ3零式艦上戦闘機22型
LCDR Saburo Shindo, 582 Kokutai.
Buin, June 1943

Lt. Nogiji Ikuta, February 1932
First japanese navy pilot to shot down an enemy plane. Shanghai skies, February 1932

大日本帝国海軍
大和 / やまと
'大和'大日本帝国海軍の大和型戦艦の1番艦。昭和20（1945）年4月7日。2番艦の武蔵とともに、史上最大にして唯一46センチ砲を搭載した超弩級戦艦であった。
The lead ship of her class of battleships, the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. built by Kure Naval Arsenal . Laid down: 4 November 1937 . In service: 16 December 1941 . Fate: Sunk, 7 April 1945

大日本帝国海軍
いせ / 伊勢
Built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1910s, Ise was reconstructed in 1934–1937, with improvements to her armour and her propulsion machinery. In mid-1942, she was rebuilt with a flight deck replacing the rear pair of gun turrets to give her the ability to operate an air group of floatplanes.

大日本帝国海軍
いせ / 伊勢
Built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1910s, Ise was reconstructed in 1934–1937, with improvements to her armour and her propulsion machinery. In mid-1942, she was rebuilt with a flight deck replacing the rear pair of gun turrets to give her the ability to operate an air group of floatplanes.

大日本帝国海軍
いせ / 伊勢
Built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1910s, Ise was reconstructed in 1934–1937, with improvements to her armour and her propulsion machinery. In mid-1942, she was rebuilt with a flight deck replacing the rear pair of gun turrets to give her the ability to operate an air group of floatplanes.

大日本帝国海軍
大和 / やまと
'大和'大日本帝国海軍の大和型戦艦の1番艦。昭和20（1945）年4月7日。2番艦の武蔵とともに、史上最大にして唯一46センチ砲を搭載した超弩級戦艦であった。
The lead ship of her class of battleships, the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. built by Kure Naval Arsenal . Laid down: 4 November 1937 . In service: 16 December 1941 . Fate: Sunk, 7 April 1945

大日本帝国海軍
大和 / やまと
'大和'大日本帝国海軍の大和型戦艦の1番艦。昭和20（1945）年4月7日。2番艦の武蔵とともに、史上最大にして唯一46センチ砲を搭載した超弩級戦艦であった。
The lead ship of her class of battleships, the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. built by Kure Naval Arsenal . Laid down: 4 November 1937 . In service: 16 December 1941 . Fate: Sunk, 7 April 1945

大日本帝国海軍
大和 / やまと
'大和'大日本帝国海軍の大和型戦艦の1番艦。昭和20（1945）年4月7日。2番艦の武蔵とともに、史上最大にして唯一46センチ砲を搭載した超弩級戦艦であった。
The lead ship of her class of battleships, the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. built by Kure Naval Arsenal . Laid down: 4 November 1937 . In service: 16 December 1941 . Fate: Sunk, 7 April 1945

大日本帝国海軍
むさし / 武蔵
大日本帝国海軍の大和型戦艦の2番艦。艦名は武蔵国から因んで命名された。この名を持つ大日本帝国海軍の艦船としては3隻目にあたる。
Yamato-class battleship
Laid down: 29 March 1938
In service: 5 August 1942
Fate: Sunk 24 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

大日本帝国海軍
むさし / 武蔵
大日本帝国海軍の大和型戦艦の2番艦。艦名は武蔵国から因んで命名された。この名を持つ大日本帝国海軍の艦船としては3隻目にあたる。
Yamato-class battleship
Laid down: 29 March 1938
In service: 5 August 1942
Fate: Sunk 24 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

大日本帝国海軍
むさし / 武蔵
大日本帝国海軍の大和型戦艦の2番艦。艦名は武蔵国から因んで命名された。この名を持つ大日本帝国海軍の艦船としては3隻目にあたる。
Yamato-class battleship
Laid down: 29 March 1938
In service: 5 August 1942
Fate: Sunk 24 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf