IJN · CVE
AfloatEscort carrier converted from the liner Argentina Maru. Used as an aircraft transport and training ship. Damaged by air attack in July 1945 and scrapped after the war.
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki (as the liner Argentina Maru) |
| Launched | 1938-12-09 |
| Commissioned | 1943-11-23 |
| Fate | Afloat. Badly damaged by air attacks in July 1945 and grounded in Beppu Bay. Struck on 20 November 1945 and scrapped in place from 1946 to 1948. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Kaiyo leaving Tokuyama, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on 15 November 1943. Kure Maritime History Science Museum collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō.jpg. Public domain.
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