Taiyo class aircraft carriers




Displacement17,830t standard, 19,700t trial
Length168.0m pp, 173.7m wl, 180.2m oa
Width22.5m
Draught7.74m (Taiyo 8.00m)
Machinery2-shaft geared turbine, 4 boilers, 25,200shp
Speed21kt
Armament8-12.7cm/40cal AA gun (2x4) (Taiyo 6-12cm/45cal AA gun (1x6)), 8-25mm AA, 27 aircraft
Complement850 (Taiyo 747)



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
Taiyo-Mitsubishi, Nagasaki?1940. 9.19-(SS Kasuga Maru)1941. 5. 1 mobilized
1941. 9. 5 completed
(T-CV Kasuga Maru)
1942. 8. 1 bought
1942. 8.31 CV (Taiyo)
1944. 8.18 sunk
(torpedoed, W of Luzon)
[18.16N, 120.20E]
1944.10.10 disc
Unyo-Mitsubishi, Nagasaki?1939.10.311940. 7.31SS Yawata Maru1941.10.21 mobilized
1941.11.25 T-CV
1942. 5.31 complete conversion
1942. 8. 1 bought
1942. 8.31 CV (Unyo)
1944. 9.16 sunk
(torpedoed, South China Sea)
[19.18N, 116.26E]
1944.11.10 disc
Chuyo-Mitsubishi, Nagasaki?1939. 5.201940. 3.23SS Nitta Maru1941. 9.12 mobilized
1942. 8. 1 bought
1942. 8.20 renamed (Chuyo)
1942.11.25 CV
1943.12. 4 sunk
(torpedoed, off Hachijo I)
[32.37N, 143.39E]
1944. 2. 5 disc



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