Order of battle for Amoy Operation May 10–12, 1938
Amoy Operation May 10–12, 1938
5th Fleet - Vice Admiral Koichi Shiozawa
9th Sentai - ?
Myōkō [heavy cruiser]Armament: 10–20 cm/50cal gun (2x5), 8-12.7 cm/40cal AA gun (2x4), 4-13.2mm AA, 8–61 cm TT (4x2), 2 aircraft
Tama [Light cruiser]Armament 7–14 cm/50cal gun, 2–8 cm/40cal AA gun, 8–53 cm TT, 48 mines
10th Sentai - ?
Tenryū [Light cruiser]Armament: 4–14 cm/50cal gun, 3–8 cm/40cal AA gun, 6–53 cm TT (3x2)
Tatsuta [Light cruiser]Armament: 4–14 cm/50cal gun, 3–8 cm/40cal AA gun, 6–53 cm TT (3x2)
1st Gunboat Unit
4 gunboats?
1st Air Sentai - ? *
Kaga [aircraft carrier]
90 aircraft
Fighter daitai - ? Nakajima A2N, ? Type 95 Mitsubishi A5M
Bomber Daitai - ? ( Aichi D1A1s, A2's) carrier bombers
Attack daitai - ? Mitsubishi B2M, ? Type 96 Yokosuka B4Y1 Torpedo bomber
3rd Air Sentai -? *
Kamoi seaplane tender
12 aircraft [probably NAKAJIMA TYPE 95 RECON SEAPLANE (E8N1-DAVE)]
2nd Combined SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Kure 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 7th SNLF
Jinmen Garrison
1st Garrison Unit
- Earlier in the Shanghai campaign the 1st Air Sentai had an escort of a 30th Tai of 4 destroyers. Formerly Kamoi had an escort of 28th Tai of 4 destroyers also. It is likely they had similar if not the same escorts here.
- From: History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
- 5/10 11 Ships and 18 planes bombarded Ho-to and Ao-tou. 20 motor boats landed infantry at Wu-tung.
- 5/11 More landings at Huang-tso and Ta-tao. 3 destroyers and 2 Gunboats attacked the fortress there to cover the landings. This indicates there was at least one Tai of destroyers with this operation.
Amoy Defense Operation May 10–12, 1938
Amoy Area - Director, Fukien Pacification HQ. - Chen Yi
75th Division - Han Wen-ying
Amoy fortress Command - Kao Hsien-shen
Pai-shih Fortress
Yu-tse-wei Fortress (naval garrison)
2 Batteries of Fortress Garrison Forces
Hui-li-shan battery
Pan-shih battery
