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Low landing speeds of the time meant that aircraft had little difficulty in stopping, but their light weight made them vulnerable to wind gusts that could blow them over the side of the carrier, and the longitudinal wires helped to prevent that. Forward of the island was a collapsible crane for loading aircraft into the forward hangar. [10] [11]
Shōhō (Japanese: 祥鳳, "Auspicious Phoenix" or "Happy Phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Originally built as the submarine support ship Tsurugizaki (Japanese: 剣埼, "Sword Cape") in the late 1930s, she was converted before the Pacific War into an aircraft carrier and renamed.
Zuihō-class aircraft carrier: Operators Imperial Japanese Navy: In commission: 30 September 1937–mid-1941 (as submarine tenders) 27 December 1940 – 25 October 1944 (as aircraft carriers) Completed: 2: Lost: 2: General characteristics (as built) Type: Light aircraft carrier: Displacement: 11,443 tonnes (11,262 long tons) Length: 205.5 m ...
The IJN was left with six battleships Hyuga, Ise, Nagato, Haruna, Kongo and Yamato; five fleet carriers Junyo, Shinano (never operational), Amagi, Katsuragi and the Unryu; the light carrier Ryuho; the escort carriers Kaiyo and Shinyo; the training carrier Hosho; eight heavy cruisers Aoba, Ashigara, Haguro, Myoko, Nachi, Takao, Kumano and Tone ...
IJN Carrier trials and pilot training (Oct 1942 – September 1945) IJN: IJN Hosho (CVL-21) RN escort for Russian Convoys, Loch Ewe to/from Kola Inlet (9–20 September 1942) Convoys PQ18 and QP14 RN: HMS Avenger (BAVG-2/D14) Air Squadrons 802 and 8783; USN aircraft transport to Bermuda (Oct 1942) USN: USN Charger (CVE-30)
Super battleship Yamato fitting out several weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor Battleship Nagato Light carrier Hosho. Admiral Yamamoto in Yamato. 1st Battleship Division 1 Yamato-class battleship (9 × 18-in. main battery) Yamato (Rear Adm. Gihachi Takayanagi) 2 Nagato-class battleships (8 × 16-in. main battery) Mutsu (Rear Adm. Gunji Kogure)
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A light aircraft carrier, or light fleet carrier, is an aircraft carrier smaller than the standard carriers of a navy. The precise definition of the type varies by country; light carriers typically have a complement of aircraft only one-half to two-thirds the size of a full-sized fleet carrier .