IJN · CVL
SunkSeaplane tender, later midget-submarine carrier, converted to a light carrier at Yokosuka in 1943. In the Philippine Sea and sunk off Cape Engano with the decoy force.
| Type | Light carrier (CVL) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1937-11-19 |
| Commissioned | 1938-12-15 |
| Fate | Sunk. 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 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.
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Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · Van Force with Chitose and Zuiho; not sunk
Battle off Cape Engaño
1944-10-25 · stopped by aircraft and finished by DuBose's cruisers. Not credited to one ship
Shot and shell
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