 After completing her sea trials , Ise was attached to the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy at Etajima and ferried troops and munitions to the naval base at Truk in October . In November the ship began working up , joined by the newly completed Hyūga the following month , and both rejoined the 2nd Battleship Division . On 1 May 1944 , the sisters were transferred to Rear Admiral Matsuda Chiaki 's reformed Fourth Carrier Division of the 3rd Fleet . The division 's 634th Naval Air Group was formed that same day and conducted its first catapult launches in late June . 
 After completing her sea trials , Ise was attached to the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy at Etajima and ferried troops and munitions to the naval base at Truk in October . In November the ship began working up , joined by the newly completed Hyūga the following month , and both rejoined the 2nd Battleship Division . On 1 May 1944 , the sisters <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> transferred to Rear Admiral Matsuda Chiaki <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>reformed Fourth Carrier Division of the 3rd Fleet . The division <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>634th Naval Air Group was formed that same day and conducted its first catapult launches in late June . 
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