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The China Area Fleet was the only significant portion of the Japanese Navy that was not under the command of Combined Fleet. It was organized to support the interminable war in China and consisted largely of naval infantry of the Special Naval Landing Forces, their supporting naval aircraft, and some river gunboats and destroyers.
2 China Fleet was originally organized in January 1941 to carry out coastal operations along the Fukien coast south to Canton. Four divisions and an air division were detailed to the fleet and eight regimental-scale amphibious landings took place in February and March alone, helping to seal off the Chinese coast.
| China Area Fleet (Koga; at Shanghai) | |||||
| CL Idzumo |
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| AK Banshu Maru #21 | |||||
| AK Minowa Maru | |||||
| AK Tenran Maru | |||||
| AK Zuiho Maru | |||||
| AO Juko
Maru (478 tons) |
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| AO Koryu Maru (6680 tons, 12 knots) | |||||
| AO Moji Maru | |||||
| PT Hiyodori (with Hong Kong Attack Force) | |||||
| DMS W-28 | |||||
| AGS Hausa | |||||
| China Area Fleet Air Group (at Shanghai) | |||||
| 8 B5M Mabel | |||||
| 1 L3Y Tina | |||||
| Shanghai Special Base Force (Makita) | |||||
| DD Hasu | |||||
| DDKuri | |||||
| DD Tsuga | |||||
| AGP Nihonkai Maru (2684 tons) | |||||
| Shanghai SNLF | |||||
| Gunboat Division 13 | |||||
| PG Hyakufuku Maru (986 tons) | |||||
| PG Shosei Maru (998 tons) | |||||
| PG Unkai Maru #1 (2225 tons) | |||||
| Gunboat Division 14 | |||||
| PG Nishho Maru | |||||
| PG Shinko Maru #1 (935 tons) | |||||
| PG Tosho Maru (1289 tons) | |||||
| 1 China Fleet (Komatsu; at Hankow) | |||||
| PG Ataka | |||||
| 10 river gunboats | |||||
| Hankow SNLF | |||||
| Yangtze River Squadron (Komatsu) | |||||
| Ankei SNLF (at Anking) | |||||
| Yangtze SNLF (at Hankow) | |||||
| 2 China Fleet (Niimi; at Canton) | |||||
| 9 river gunboats | |||||
| 2 China Fleet Air Group | |||||
| 4 E7K Alf | |||||
| Torpedo Boat Division 11 (with Hong Kong Attack Force) | |||||
| PT Kiji | |||||
| PT Kari | |||||
| 15 Mixed Squadron (Koga M.) | |||||
| CL Isuzu | |||||
| PG Hashidate | |||||
| PT Kamo (234 tons) | |||||
| PT Kasasagi (with Hong Kong Attack Force) | |||||
| Canton Special Base Force (Inoue) | |||||
| PG Uji | |||||
| PG Muro Maru | Possibly used as a hospital ship? |
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| PG Hitonose | |||||
| PG Sozan Maru | |||||
| PG Saga | |||||
| Minesweeper Division 4 | |||||
| AMc Ranzan Maru (219 tons) |
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| AK Tsukushi
Maru (1859
tons; on loan to 14
Army) |
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| Amoy Special Base Force (Hatakeyama) | |||||
| PG Kasajima | |||||
| PG Seisho Maru | |||||
| 3 China Fleet (Kawase; at Sanya) | |||||
| 3 China Fleet Air Group | |||||
| 4 E7K Alf | |||||
| South Patrol Division (Kawase) | |||||
| CL Iwate | |||||
| PY Renun Ko | |||||
| PY Sekikyusho | |||||
| Hainan Naval District (Sunagawa) | |||||
| 1 Maizuru SNLF | |||||
| 4 Yokosuka SNLF | |||||
| 8 Sasebo SNLF | |||||
| Hainan Air Group | |||||
| 4 B5M Mabel | |||||
| Torpedo Boat Division 1 | |||||
| PT Hayabusa | |||||
| PTOtori | |||||
| PY-1 | |||||
| PY-2 | |||||
| Tsingtao Air Group | |||||
| 4 E7K Alf | |||||
| Hong Kong Attack Force (Niimi; off Hong Kong) | ||||
| PT Hiyodori | ||||
| Elements, 2 China Fleet | ||||
| Torpedo Boat Division 11 | ||||
| PT Kiji | ||||
| PT Kari | ||||
| PT Kasasagi | On loan from 15 Mixed Squadron | |||
| Elements, Destroyer Division 6 | On loan from DesRon1, First Fleet | |||
| DD Ikazuchi | ||||
| DD Inazuma | ||||
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