I am guessing it is the story of her sword

MajorAmiruddin said:

I am guessing it is the story of her sword

and her kai ni

To be able to fight in both land and seas, and hearing that dreaded salvaging sound makes it more heartbreaking. There have been stories that you can hear a strange sound while by the bays of Cavite. This must be from her.

Nachi, Kiso, Akebono, Akishimo, Hatsuharu, Okinami along with countless cargo ships were sunk in the Manila Bay raids of November 1944. But for the Americans it was Tuesday, I couldn't even find a Wikipedia article on it.

benzene7 said:

Nachi, Kiso, Akebono, Akishimo, Hatsuharu, Okinami along with countless cargo ships were sunk in the Manila Bay raids of November 1944. But for the Americans it was Tuesday, I couldn't even find a Wikipedia article on it.

It seems like it's harder to find stories about naval war engagements. It's like history cares more about land battles and just thinks air and sea stuff go on in the background. Like there's no people on those vehicles or that what they do doesn't matter as much in the grand scheme of things.

Case in point, the wikipedia article about the Battle of Manila in 1945 doesn't really mention naval involvement at all. Though if the raids and the ships you mentioned were sunk a year previously, then I suppose that's why.

At any rate, you almost seem to learn more about Naval battles by reading the articles of individual ships.

salgri said:

It seems like it's harder to find stories about naval war engagements. It's like history cares more about land battles and just thinks air and sea stuff go on in the background. Like there's no people on those vehicles or that what they do doesn't matter as much in the grand scheme of things.

Case in point, the wikipedia article about the Battle of Manila in 1945 doesn't really mention naval involvement at all. Though if the raids and the ships you mentioned were sunk a year previously, then I suppose that's why.

At any rate, you almost seem to learn more about Naval battles by reading the articles of individual ships.

Well, the Battle of Manila was a completely separate engagement from the carrier raids on Manila Bay and the Cavite Navy Yard, being an infantry assault on the city itself and all. I think naval engagements are more obscure because they take place in remote seas or near islands the average person has never heard of, and the remoteness of the battlefields means there are very few observers besides the direct participants.

I don't think this excuses why the Formosa Air Battle, involving 17 USN carriers and over a thousand planes on each side, hardly shows up in history books except as a preface to the Battle of Leyte Gulf. This was the biggest air battle in the Pacific War and it's result decided the Battle of Leyte Gulf before it began.