IJN · CVL
SunkSeaplane tender converted to a light carrier in 1943. She was at Midway, damaged in the Eastern Solomons, in the Philippine Sea, and sunk off Cape Engano on 25 October 1944.
| Type | Light carrier (CVL) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1936-11-29 |
| Commissioned | 1938-07-25 |
| Fate | Sunk. Lost on 25 October 1944 in the Battle off Cape Engano. Seaplane tender until her 1943 conversion to a light carrier. The photograph shows her in her original form. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Chitose on trials off Cape Sata, Kagoshima Prefecture, in July 1938, as a seaplane tender. She was converted to a light carrier in 1943. Kure Maritime History Science Museum collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese seaplane carrier Chitose.jpg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942-08-24 · with Kondo's Advance Force as a seaplane tender; damaged
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · Van Force with Chiyoda and Zuiho, as a light carrier; not sunk
Battle off Cape Engaño
1944-10-25 · sunk by carrier aircraft. Not credited to one ship
Shot and shell
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