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| Seaplane tender Chitose off Kagoshima, Japan, 18 Jul 1938 | 12.7cm anti-aircraft guns aboard Chitose, in the Wanshan Archipelago off Guangdong, China, Oct 1938 |
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| Seaplane tender Chitose, pre-1942 | Carrier Chitose at Sasebo, Japan, 31 Aug 1943 |
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| Carrier Chiyoda at Tokyo Bay, Japan, 1 Dec 1943 | Light carrier Chitose, 1944 |
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| Japanese Carrier Division Three's battleship Kongo and carrier Chiyoda under attack by American carrier aircraft of Task Force 38 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, 20 Jun 1944 |
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