The E7K were also carried by large minelayers OKINOSHIM and TSUGARU
These large minelayers were in reality more of a light cruiser armed with 5.5 or 5 inch guns and top speed of 20 kts Used to support landing operations in South Pacific
L. B. Dorny, e-mail, 25.09.2014 11:18
Many light cruisers, Naka, Nagara, Natori, and probably Abukuma among them, carried a single E7K2 floatplane on their catapult for scouting at least through the end of the East Indies Campaign in March 1942.
luson, 20.06.2011 13:35
in the second half of 1942, Allied codenames were allocated to Japanese aircraft, the E7K2 became known as 'Alf'.