IJN · CV
Junyo
Photos and infoHiyo-class carrier. The name is the peregrine falcon. Laid down as the liner Kashiwara Maru. Commissioned 3 May 1942. With the carrier Ryujo she struck Dutch Harbor and was not in the Midway carrier fight. Her aircraft were in the attacks on Hornet at Santa Cruz. That sinking is not credited to her. Two bombs hit her at the Philippine Sea on 20 June 1944 and she was not sunk. Redfish and Sea Devil torpedoed her on 9 December 1944. She was still afloat at Sasebo at the surrender, and she was broken up in 1946 and 1947.
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Launched | 1941-06-26 |
| Commissioned | 1942-05-03 |
| Fate | Afloat. Struck Dutch Harbor with the carrier Ryujo on 3 and 4 June 1942. Not in the Midway carrier fight. Halibut torpedoed her on 5 November 1943 and she was repaired. Two bombs hit her on 20 June 1944 at the Philippine Sea. Not sunk. Redfish and Sea Devil torpedoed her on 9 December 1944. Repairs were abandoned. Still afloat at Sasebo at the surrender. Struck 30 November 1945. Broken up from 1 June 1946 to 1 August 1947. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Junyo at Sasebo in the autumn of 1945. The Navy caption dates the photograph 1 November 1945 and notes it may have been taken earlier. U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-701429. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Aleutian Islands
1942-06-03 · with Ryujo; struck Dutch Harbor on 3 and 4 June; not in the Midway carrier fight
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · Kakuta's carrier. Her planes attacked the American task force. Not hit. Not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · two bombs hit her on 20 June; not sunk
