IJN · CVL
AfloatLight carrier converted from the submarine tender Taigei. A weak conversion, used mainly for ferrying aircraft and training. She was in the Philippine Sea and was the last Japanese carrier to leave home waters.
| Type | Light carrier (CVL) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1933-11-16 |
| Commissioned | 1942-11-30 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war, damaged by air attack at Kure in 1945. Struck from the navy list on 30 November 1945 and scrapped in 1946. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Ryuho on trials in Tokyo Bay, November 1942. Kure Maritime History Science Museum collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō.jpg. Public domain.
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No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
The Doolittle Raid
1942-04-18 · at Yokosuka, still the submarine tender Taigei under conversion to a carrier; hit by one 500-pound bomb on the bow and by incendiaries, seven casualties (Wikipedia). Not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · Force B with Hiyo and Junyo; not sunk
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