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Shinyō Maru Incident
Shinyo (''shinyō'' or ''shin'yō'', depending on the word, in Modified Hepburn) may refer to: *''Shinyō'' (支繞) the common Japanese name for radical 65 (Chinese character) * Japanese aircraft carrier ''Shin'yō'', a Japanese aircraft carrier of World War II *Shinyo (suicide boat) The were Japanese suicide motorboats developed during World War II. They were part of the wider Japanese Special Attack Units program. History Towards the end of 1943, in response to unfavorable progress in the war, the Japanese high comm ... (''shin'yō''), Japanese suicide craft of World War II * SS ''Shinyō Maru'' (1941-1944) a Japanese 'hell ship' POW-transport, sunk during World War II, originally named the Clan Mackay in 1894 * SS ''Shinyō Maru'' (1911) (1911-1936) a Japanese liner on the trans-Pacific service, from Japan to San Francisco via Hawaii {{disambig, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modified Hepburn
is the main system of romanization for the Japanese language. The system was originally published in 1867 by American Christian missionary and physician James Curtis Hepburn as the standard in the first edition of his Japanese–English dictionary. The system is distinct from other romanization methods in its use of English orthography to phonetically transcribe sounds: for example, the syllable () is written as ' and () is written as ', reflecting their spellings in English (compare to ' and ' in the more systematic Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki systems). In 1886, Hepburn published the third edition of his dictionary, codifying a revised version of the system that is known today as "traditional Hepburn". A version with additional revisions, known as "modified Hepburn", was published in 1908. Although Kunrei-shiki romanization is the style favored by the Japanese government, Hepburn remains the most popular method of Japanese romanization. It is learned by most foreign stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 65
Radical 65 or radical branch () meaning "branch" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 26 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 65th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Evolution File:支-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:支-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters Sinogram In the Japanese educational system the character is a Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... It is a fifth grade kanji. References Literature * * External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Aircraft Carrier Shin'yō
"Divine Hawk") was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, converted from the German ocean liner . The liner had been trapped in Kure, Japan following the outbreak of World War II in Europe, which prevented any attempt for the ship to return to Germany. The Japanese Navy then purchased the ship, and after the Battle of Midway in June 1942, decided to convert her into an aircraft carrier. Conversion work lasted from 1942 to late 1943, and ''Shin'yō'' was commissioned into the Japanese Navy in November 1943. After entering service, ''Shin'yō'' was employed as a convoy escort in the western Pacific. She served in this capacity for less than a year; in November 1944, the US submarine torpedoed ''Shin'yō'' while she was en route to Singapore. As many as four torpedoes hit the ship and detonated her aviation fuel tanks. The resulting explosion destroyed the ship and killed most of her crew. Background and conversion ''Scharnhorst'' was a passenger ship operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinyo (suicide Boat)
The were Japanese suicide motorboats developed during World War II. They were part of the wider Japanese Special Attack Units program. History Towards the end of 1943, in response to unfavorable progress in the war, the Japanese high command heard suggestions for various suicide craft. These suggestions were initially rejected as "defeatist" but later deemed necessary. For the naval department this meant ''kamikaze'' planes, '' kaiten'' submarines, '' fukuryu'' suicide divers or human naval mines, and ''shinyo'' suicide boats. Characteristics These fast motorboats were driven by one man, to speeds of around . They were typically equipped with a bow-mounted charge of up to of explosives that could be detonated by either impact or from a manual switch in the driver's area. These attack boats also carried two anti-ship rockets mounted on launchers located on either side of the boat behind the driver. The similar ''Maru-Ni'', which were used by the Imperial Japanese Army, we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Shinyō Maru
''Shin'yō Maru'' was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894, had a fifty-year career under successive British, Australian, Chinese and Greek owners, was captured by Japan in the Second World War, and sunk by a United States Navy submarine in 1944. She was built in England for Clan Line as ''Clan Mackay''. She was the second of five Clan Line ships to be named after that clan. In 1913 the Adelaide Steamship Company bought her and renamed her ''Ceduna''. In 1924 Tung Tuck & Co acquired her and renamed her ''Tung-Tuck''. In 1937 Lee Yuen Steamship Co acquired her and renamed her ''Chang Teh'', then passed her on to China Hellenic Lines who renamed her ''Pananis''. Japanese forces captured ''Pananis'' in 1941, and renamed her ''Shin'yō Maru'' in 1943. In 1944 she was being used as a Hell ship when the submarine torpedoed her. 668 American and Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) were killed either by the torpedo explosions, or by Japanese guards who machine-gunned the PoWs. Build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
