1.   Also sunk are a Japanese light cruiser and four destroyers.

2.   And dead ahead looms the sooty shadow of a big Japanese cruiser.

3.   In August, the destroyer joined an attack on a Japanese cruiser carrying troops to Guadalcanal.

4.   The president also saluted the crew of the Japanese cruiser Myoko, who had joined the ceremonies at the Yokosuka Naval Base outside Tokyo.

5.   The president also saluted the crew of the Japanese cruiser Myoko, who joined the ceremonies at the Yokosuka Naval Base outside Tokyo.

6.   Two days later, American carrier planes sweep over Manila Bay and sink the Japanese light cruiser Kiso, five mo re destroyers and another seven transports.

7.   YAMAHA ROAD STAR This is the most Harley-like of all the Japanese cruisers, and its mechanical formula is simplicity itself.

8.   Clinton is to make a speech Wednesday from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Independence, moored near a Japanese cruiser.