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Chiyoda

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TypeLight carrier (CVL)
BuilderKure Naval Arsenal
Launched1937-11-19
Commissioned1938-12-15
FateSunk. Lost on 25 October 1944 in the Battle off Cape Engano by aircraft, cruiser gunfire and destroyer torpedoes. Struck from the navy list on 20 December 1944.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Chiyoda
Chiyoda sinking during the Battle off Cape Engano, 25 October 1944, photographed from the U.S. cruiser Wichita's cruise book record. U.S. Navy photograph from the USS Wichita (CA-45) cruise book, via Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese light carrier Chiyoda sinks during the Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 October 1944.jpg. Public domain.

Chiyoda was Chitose's sister, built as a seaplane carrier and later given a flight deck. Kure Naval Arsenal launched her on 19 November 1937 and she was commissioned on 15 December 1938.

She was with Ozawa off Cape Engaño on 25 October 1944. Carrier aircraft stopped her and left her dead in the water. Rear Admiral Laurance T. DuBose came up with Wichita, New Orleans, Santa Fe, and Mobile and finished her with gunfire. The sinking is not credited to one ship.

Chitose, Zuiho, and Zuikaku were sunk the same day by the carrier aircraft. Ozawa had already shifted his flag from Zuikaku to Oyodo.

The pictures on this page are the originals.