On that day, the remaining fleet at Kure: Ise, Hyuuga, and Haruna were all either critically damaged or sunk. That was the de facto destruction of the Combined Fleet.

Kure naval base was bombed on July 24 and 28, 1945.

At that time Kitakami has already been modified as a Kaiten carrier. She was assigned to the Naval Advancing Fleet which was tasked with defending the mainland.

Kitakami suffered over ten hits on the day of bombing and became immobile. She saw the end of war without being able deploy Kaitens even once.

That day, Kitakami is moored in the west side of Kamegakubi in Kurahashi Island

This division is built to perform night attack on the enemy fleet that's readying to invade the mainland

In addition to sending the Kaiten close enough into their operational range

The carriers will also participate in the battle with their cannons. This is such division

And this is also the last organized surface operation from the navy

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