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Japanese carrier aircraft designations for planes introduced after 1922 typically adhered to the following conventions. The first letter indicated the aircraft type, "A" for fighter, "B" for torpedo bomber, "C" for reconnaissance, and "D" for dive bomber.
World War II escort carriers of Japan (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "World War II aircraft carriers of Japan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Trainer aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II were frequently modified from operational aircraft and differentiated by the suffix letter "K". Japanese training aircraft were red-orange where combat aircraft would have been camouflaged.
The Japanese responded with their largest carrier force of the war, the nine-carrier Mobile Fleet, led by Shōkaku, Zuikaku, and the new armored-deck aircraft carrier Taihō. The resulting clash, the largest carrier battle in history, did not turn out as the Japanese had hoped.
Mitsubishi B5M Mabel 1937 Navy carrier torpedo bomber; Nakajima B5N Kate 1937 Navy carrier torpedo bomber; Aichi D3A Val 1938 Navy carrier dive bomber; Mitsubishi G4M Betty 1939 Navy land-based bomber; Yokosuka D4Y 彗星 "Suisei" Judy 1940 dive bomber; Nakajima B6N 天山 "Tenzan" Jill 1941 Navy torpedo bomber
The navy decided that Shinano would become a heavily armored support carrier [8] —carrying reserve aircraft, fuel and ordnance in support of other carriers—rather than a fleet carrier. [ 9 ] As completed, Shinano had a length of 265.8 meters (872 ft 1 in) overall , a beam of 36.3 meters (119 ft 1 in) and a draft of 10.3 meters (33 ft 10 in).
List of aircraft carriers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Admiralty Islands United States Navy: Casablanca: escort carrier: 8,188 13 June 1944 scrapped 1947 Adula Royal Navy: Rapana: merchant aircraft carrier: 16,000 1 February 1944 returned to merchant service post-war Akagi Imperial ...
The location, combat activity, and operational status for each Japanese aircraft carrier at the end of each month over the entire war is available at the "Collection of Statistics on Japanese Aircraft Carriers" in the reference document section at the World War II Database. [82]