Amoy Operation order of battle

Below is the order of battle for the Amoy Operation fought May 10–12, 1938, part of a campaign by the Imperial Japanese Navy to blockade the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Japan

1 Myōkō-class heavy cruiser (10 × 8-in. main battery, 16 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 33.75 knots)

Myōkō^[3]

1 Kuma-class light cruiser (7 × 5.5-in. main battery, 8 × 24-in. torpedo tubes, 31.75 knots):

Tama^[3]

10th Sentai

2 Tenryū-class light cruisers (4 × 5.5-in. main battery, 6 × 21-in. torpedo tubes, 33 knots):

Tenryū^[3]

Tatsuta^[3]

1st Gunboat Unit

4 gunboats(?)

1st Air Sentai

Fleet carrier Kaga

90 aircraft

Bomber Daitai: Aichi D1A1s, A2's dive bombers^[4]

Attack Daitai: Mitsubishi B2M, Type 96 Yokosuka B4Y1 torpedo bombers^[4]

3rd Air Sentai

Kamoi seaplane tender

12 aircraft (probably Nakajima E8N Type 95 "Dave" Recon Seaplane)^[4]

2nd Combined SNLF

Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

Kure 3rd SNLF

Sasebo 7th SNLF

Kinmen (Quemoy) 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 Area
Chen Yi, Director, Fukien Pacification HQ^[1]

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

^ ^a ^b Hsu Long-hsuen; Chang Ming-kai (1971). History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). Wen Ha-hsiung (trans.) (2nd ed.). Taiwan Republic of China: Chung Wu Publishing.
^ "Imperial Japanese Navy". Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "抗日战争时期的侵华日军序列沿革 (Order of battle of the Japanese army that invaded China during the Sino Japanese War)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sino-Japanese Air War 1937-45".