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Taihō (大鳳, "Great Phoenix") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Possessing heavy belt armor and featuring an armored flight deck (a first for any Japanese aircraft carrier), she represented a major departure from prior Japanese aircraft carrier design and was expected to not only survive multiple bomb, torpedo, or shell hits, but also continue ...
The Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō (大鷹, "Big Eagle") was the lead ship of her class of three escort carriers.She was originally built as Kasuga Maru (春日丸), the last of three Nitta Maru class of passenger-cargo liners built in Japan during the late 1930s for NYK Line.
Class or Ship Displace-ment Main Battery Secondary Battery Torpedo Tubes Comple-ment Speed Ships in Class Ship Keel Laid Completed Fate ex-Chinese prize of First Sino-Japanese War Jiyuan: 2,300 tons 2 × 8.2-in. 1 × 5.9-in. 4 180 15 kn Saien: Jan 1883 Mar 1895 Mine, Nov 1904 Chilean corvette Esmeralda sold to Japan 2,950 tons 2 × 10-in.
The ship lost all power around 09:00 and was now listing over 20 degrees. At 10:18, Abe released the crew to save themselves, refusing to issue any orders to abandon ship; by this time Shinano had a list of 30 degrees. As she heeled water flowed into the open elevator well on her flight deck, sucking many swimming sailors back into the ship as ...
Note 2] She was the first ship to be completed as her sister ships were not converted until 1942. [ 4 ] The Nitta Maru -class ships were 17,163- gross register ton (GRT) cargo liners that had a length of 170 metres (557 ft 9 in), a beam of 22.5 metres (73 ft 10 in) and a depth of hold of 12.4 metres (40 ft 8 in).
Ships Displacement Note Fusō-class: Battleship: Fusō (1915–1944) Yamashiro (1917–1944) 29,330 tonnes There was a plan to convert these ships into Aviation Battleships in 1943. The plan was cancelled and the two Ise-class battleships were converted instead. Ise-class: Battleship: Ise (1917–1945) Hyūga (1918–1945) 27,384 tonnes
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The IJN in the Indian Ocean. Ships shown from left to right are: Akagi, Sōryū, Hiryū, Hiei, Kirishima, Haruna, and Kongō. Taken from the Zuikaku, March 30. The last major operation of the First Operational Phase was the Combined Fleet's raid into the Indian Ocean, code-named Operation C. It was essential for the completion of the defensive ...