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A bit of a break from traditional Japanese carrier design, Taiho was a heavily armoured carrier expected to withstand multiple bombs and torpedo strikes. However, design faults and poor damage control allowed it to be sunk with one torpedo from the USS Albacore on June 19, 1944
The Imperial Japanese Navy started the Pacific War with 10 aircraft carriers, [69] the largest and most modern carrier fleet in the world at that time. There were eight American aircraft carriers at the beginning of hostilities, [ 70 ] only three operating in the Pacific; and eight British aircraft carriers, of which a single one operated in ...
(Japanese Cypress) Mar 1944 Sep 1944 Surface action off Manila Bay, Jan 1945 ‡ Kaede (Maple) Mar 1944 Oct 1944 To Rep. of China, Jul 1947 Kashi (Live Oak) May 1944 Sep 1944 Scrapped 1947 Kaya (Japanese Nutmeg-Yew) Apr 1944 Sep 1944 To USSR, Jul 1947 Keyaki (Japanese Elm) Jun 1944 Dec 1944 Sunk as target, 1947 Kiri (Paulownia Hardwood) Feb 1944
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).
Fleet boat division organization and warship torpedo boat deployment, each volume. Vessels boat service list, each volume. Senshi Sōsho each volume, Asagumo Simbun, Tōkyō, Japan. Rekishi Dokuhon, Special issue No. 33 Overview of admirals of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Shin-Jinbutsuōraisha, Tōkyō, Japan, 1999.
(1) Does not include Imperial Japanese Army built aircraft transports. (2) Amagi — sister ship to Akagi both as a battlecruiser and as a conversion to an aircraft carrier, was destroyed during construction by an earthquake and replaced with the Kaga.
Also known as the First Air Fleet, it contained all four of Japan's fleet carriers [s] and all three of Japan's light carriers [t] along with 474 aircraft, [63] supporting battleships, cruisers, and destroyers. This innovative concentration of aircraft and ship-borne guns provided Japan with an overwhelming naval unit that could be brought to ...
Shōkaku being launched in heavy rain at Yokosuka, 1 June 1939.. The Shōkaku-class carriers were part of the same program that also included the Yamato-class battleships.No longer restricted by the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty, which expired in December 1936, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was free to incorporate all those features they deemed most desirable in an aircraft ...