IJN · CV
Taiho
Photos and infoArmored-deck fleet carrier. The name means Great Phoenix. Kawasaki, Kobe. Commissioned 7 March 1944. Ozawa's flagship. On 19 June 1944 one torpedo from Albacore hit her in the Philippine Sea. She sank that afternoon. In commission 104 days.
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
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| Builder | Kawasaki, Kobe |
| Launched | 1943-04-07 |
| Commissioned | 1944-03-07 |
| Fate | Sunk. 19 June 1944 in the Philippine Sea. One torpedo from USS Albacore, then a gasoline-vapor explosion. About 1,650 lost. Struck in August 1945. No sister was begun. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Taiho at Tawi-Tawi in May 1944, with aircraft on the flight deck. Imperial Japanese Navy photograph, Kure Maritime Museum collection. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Command
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · one torpedo from Albacore; sank that afternoon
