She profited from the no(tonnage cap in the Washington Naval Treaty and London Naval Treaty for seaplane tenders, but was not designed for easy coversion as a carrier in wartime. They were commissioned in May 1942 (Unyo) and November 1942 (Chuyo). [13], The ship was originally scheduled for completion in April 1945, but construction was expedited after the defeat at the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944 as the IJN anticipated that the United States would now be able to bomb Japan with long-range aircraft from bases in the Mariana Islands. https://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/imperial-japanese-navy-in-colorized-photos.42804/page-2. At 10:24, after her Zero fighters repelled several attacks, and just at the moment when the first aircraft of the counteroffensive took off, a squadron of dive bomber arrived. By autumn 1944 the Japanese had been dislodged from many key outposts in the southwest and central Pacific, and other Japanese-controlled islands had been allowed to . She was attacked by TF38 planes off Coron Bay and later from another Submarine. Sunken WWII Japanese Aircraft Carrier Kagan Discovered in Pacific But now, explorers have found two Japanese aircraft carriers sunk in battle during World War Two. The battle raged from June 4 to June 7, and the climactic American assault on the Japanese fleet was the single most decisive aerial attack in naval history, historians Jonathan B. Parshall and Anthony P. Tully have said. The official designation of the submarine was Type A (Ko) submarine. [13], The ship's organic air group was intended to consist of 18 Mitsubishi A7M Repp (Allied reporting name "Sam") fighters (plus two in storage), 18 Aichi B7A Ryusei ("Grace") torpedo-dive bombers (plus two in storage), and 6 Nakajima C6N Saiun ("Myrt") reconnaissance aircraft (plus one in storage). It did not have a gangway, but a kind of telescopic cabin at the end of the runway, as well as another bridge located at the bow below the landing deck. [37], Post-war analysis by the U.S. 34 Aircraft Carriers The third giant of carriers: In December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) possessed the second largest carrier fleet worldwide, with 9 of these in service, IJN Hosho, Kaga, Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu, Ryujo, Shokaku, Zuikaku, and Zuiho. Two of the four Japanese aircraft carriers sunk at the Battle of Midway during World War II have been found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, the Naval History and Heritage Command in. IJN Mizuho was a near sister to the Chitose, but dropping turbines for less powerful diesels, whereas gaining extra range. The whole lineage of the IJN aviation proceeded from there. Naval Forces in Japan, said in a statement. Officially known as the 1st Air Fleet (, or Daiichi Kk Kantai it was known also as the Kid Butai (Mobile Force). But the Japanese were not used to this type of aircraft carrier, and they were used as transport aircraft able to defend themselves with their own aircraft, and for training pilots. Japan had planned to capture the islands after its surprise attack on a US base in Pearl Harbour. Their operational career was quite rich, since after Pearl Harbor, these two ships were were engaged during the battle of the Coral Sea, Shokaku being badly damaged in May 1942, then again in October during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, and ultimately torpedoed and sunk by USS Cavalla during the Battle of the Philippines on June 19, 1944. Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h) The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was sunk, and an entire squadron of 15 torpedo planes was shot down.
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