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Originally Posted by TwistedFemur
japanese seaplanes also refueled at french frigate shoals for a time allowing them to reach hawaii. until the USN started stationing ships there.
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Indeed. French Frigate Shoals was the launch point for the not well known Second Raid on Pearl Harbor called Operation "K" carried out in March 1942. It was undertaken by two Emily seaplanes which flew from Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands and then refueled from Japanese submarines at that location. Due to bad weather conditions they didn't hit anything of value but it was one of the longest bombing missions of the war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_K
