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Unryū was sunk by the USS Redfish, Amagi capsized after air attacks and Katsuragi was the only heavy carrier to survive the war Taihō-class: Aircraft carrier: Taihō (1944–1944) 30,250 tonnes A bit of a break from traditional Japanese carrier design, Taiho was a
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.
The following is the list of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy for the duration of its existence, 1868–1945. [1] This list also includes ships before the official founding of the Navy and some auxiliary ships used by the Army.
Nakajima B6N Tenzan Navy Carrier Torpedo Bomber: Jill 1941 1268 IJN: Tachikawa Ki-36 Army Type 98 Direct Co-operation Aircraft: Ida 1938 1334 IJA: Yokosuka B4Y Navy Type 96 Carrier Attacker: Jean 1935 205 IJN: Yokosuka D4Y Suisei Navy Carrier Dive bomber: Judy 1942 2038 IJN: Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka: Baka ('Fool' in Japanese) [1] 1944 852 IJN
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]
10 April 1941 => 14 July 1942, carrier task force. 1 July 1943 => 15 June 1945, reconstituted as the land-based air fleet. 2nd Air Fleet (第二航空艦隊, Dai-Ni Kōkū Kantai) 15 June 1944 => 8 January 1945, land-based air fleet. 3rd Air Fleet (第三航空艦隊, Dai-San Kōkū Kantai) 10 July 1944 => 15 October 1945, land-based air fleet.
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 following is a list of aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (1912–1945). The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service was in existence from its inception in 1912 until its dissolution in 1945.