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Light aircraft carrier: Hiyō (1942–1944) Jun'yō (1942–1946) 24,150 tonnes Converted from an ocean liner in 1939. Hiyō sunk and Jun'yō scrapped 1946–1947. Zuihō-class: Light aircraft carrier: Zuihō (1940–1944) Shōhō (1939–1942) 11,443 tonnes Both sunk during WWII. Chitose-class: Light aircraft carrier: Chitose (1938/1944–1944)
The Japanese cruiser Ibuki (伊吹) was a heavy cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.The lead ship of her class of two ships, she was ordered to be converted into a light aircraft carrier in 1943 before completion to help replace the aircraft carriers sunk during the Battle of Midway in mid-1942.
At the beginning of the Pacific War, the strategy of the Imperial Japanese Navy was underpinned by several key assumptions.The most fundamental was that just as the Russo-Japanese War had been decided by a single naval battle at Tsushima (May 27–28, 1905), the war against the United States would also be decided by a single, decisive battle at sea, or Kantai Kessen. [14]
The navy decided that Shinano would become a heavily armored support carrier [8] —carrying reserve aircraft, fuel and ordnance in support of other carriers—rather than a fleet carrier. [ 9 ] As completed, Shinano had a length of 265.8 meters (872 ft 1 in) overall , a beam of 36.3 meters (119 ft 1 in) and a draft of 10.3 meters (33 ft 10 in).
Converted to fast battleship, 1935 Haruna: Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Converted to fast battleship, 1933 Hiei: Nov 1911 Apr 1915 Converted to training ship, 1937; fast battleship, 1941 Kirishima: Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Converted to fast battleship, 1941 Amagi class: 40,000 tons Amagi: Cancelled, 1922 Akagi: Dec 1920 Mar 1927 Completed as aircraft carrier Atago
Between the 1890s and 1940s, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built a series of battleships as it expanded its fleet. Previously, the Empire of Japan had acquired a few ironclad warships from foreign builders, although it had adopted the Jeune École naval doctrine which emphasized cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armored ships.
The location, combat activity, and operational status for each Japanese aircraft carrier at the end of each month over the entire war is available at the "Collection of Statistics on Japanese Aircraft Carriers" in the reference document section at the World War II Database. [82]
World War II escort carriers of Japan (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "World War II aircraft carriers of Japan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.