22 Mar 1944

Dutch East Indies
25 Mar 1944

Dutch East Indies
  • At Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies, Shokaku became the flagship of Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo's Third Fleet and the Mobile Fleet. ww2dbase [Shokaku | Lingga Roads | CPC]
3 Apr 1944

Dutch East Indies
1 May 1944

Dutch East Indies
  • Yamato arrived at Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies south of Singapore. ww2dbase [Yamato | Lingga Roads | CPC]
  • Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Lingga Roads | CPC]
11 May 1944

Dutch East Indies
  • Yamato departed from Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies for Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Islands with Mobile Fleet under Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa. ww2dbase [Yamato | Lingga Roads | CPC]
12 May 1944

Dutch East Indies
  • Shokaku departed Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies for the Tawi-Tawi anchorage in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Shokaku | Lingga Roads | CPC]
  • Destroyer Yukikaze departed Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Lingga Roads | CPC]
17 Jul 1944

Dutch East Indies
  • Yamato arrived at Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies where she was to remain in the following three months for training. ww2dbase [Yamato | Lingga Roads | CPC]
4 Oct 1944

Dutch East Indies
  • Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Lingga Roads, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Lingga Roads | CPC]
18 Oct 1944

Dutch East Indies
  • Yamato and Musashi's decks were painted black with soot for the intended night operation in the San Bernardino Strait before departing Lingga Roads for Brunei Bay, Boreno in the Dutch East Indies. Destroyer Yukikaze, among other ships, provided escort. ww2dbase [Yamato | Musashi | Yukikaze | Lingga Roads | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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