IJN · CVE

Unyo

Sunk

Escort carrier, converted from the liner Yawata Maru. Ichiro Aitoku had her from 28 January 1943 to 14 April 1943. She made three trips to Truk in those weeks and was not attacked. USS Haddock torpedoed her on 19 January 1944. A storm in February tore the damaged bow off. USS Barb sank her on 17 September 1944, southeast of Hong Kong.

Type	Escort carrier (CVE)
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Launched	1939-10-31
Commissioned	1942-05-31
Fate	Sunk. Taiyo-class escort carrier, converted from the liner Yawata Maru. Recommissioned at Kure on 31 May 1942 and renamed Unyo on 31 July 1942. USS Barb sank her on 17 September 1944, southeast of Hong Kong. Her captain was lost. Struck 10 November 1944.
Command	Aitoku, Ichiro Captain from 28 January 1943; Relieved on 14 April 1943

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Unyo steaming astern on 4 or 5 February 1944, after a storm off Tateyama tore off her already damaged bow. Photograph by Akira Furukawa, collection of Shizuo Fukui. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

IAAitoku, IchiroCaptain from 28 January 1943Relieved on 14 April 1943

Haddock and Unyo

1944-01-19 · damaged; the bow later came off in a storm

Loss of Unyo

1944-09-17 · sunk

Afloat

BarbSS · SS-220 · USN

Photos and info Loss of Unyo

Shot and shell

Taken · damagedfrom USS Haddock
Haddock put torpedoes into Unyo's starboard side, forward. One was a dud. The bow sagged and she stayed underway. She was not sunk.

Taken · sunkfrom USS Barb
Two torpedoes from Barb hit Unyo on the starboard side, one in the steering compartment and one in the engine room. She sank by the stern that morning, southeast of Hong Kong.