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Light Aircraft Carrier (9) Class Picture Type Ships Displacement Note Hōshō-class: Light aircraft carrier: Hōshō (1922–1945) 7,470 tonnes First purpose-built carrier in the world. Scrapped 1946. Ryūjō-class: Light aircraft carrier: Ryūjō (1931–1942) 8,000 tonnes Sunk 1942. Hiyō-class: Light aircraft carrier: Hiyō (1942–1944) Jun ...
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 ...
Aircraft Allied Code Name First Flown Number Built Service Kawasaki Ki-48 Army Type 99 Twin-engined Light Bomber: Lily 1940 1997 IJA: Kawasaki Ki-32 Army Type 98 Light Bomber: Mary 1937 854 IJA: Mitsubishi G3M Navy Type 96 Land-based Attack Aircraft: Nell 1935 1048 IJN: Mitsubishi G4M Navy Type 1 Land-based Attack Aircraft: Betty 1941 2435 IJN
The hull of the second ship, Kaga, was converted into an aircraft carrier to replace an Amagi-class battlecruiser that had been wrecked by the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. [141] The carrier supported Japanese troops in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War and took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Rabaul in the ...
This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army. For a list of ships of its successor, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, see List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
World War II aircraft carriers of Japan (1 C, 26 P) A. Aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (9 C, 28 P) E. Escort carriers of the Imperial Japanese Army (5 ...
World War II aircraft carriers of Japan (1 C, 26 P) ... Pages in category "World War II naval ships of Japan" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 ...
List of aircraft carriers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Admiralty Islands United States Navy: Casablanca: escort carrier: 8,188 13 June 1944 scrapped 1947 Adula Royal Navy: Rapana: merchant aircraft carrier: 16,000 1 February 1944 returned to merchant service post-war Akagi Imperial ...