Ship Class: HIJMS Taiyo

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Ship Class	HIJMS Taiyo


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Ship	HIJMS Chuyo HIJMS Taiyo HIJMS Unyo

Ship Type	Aircraft Carrier
Hanger Length	300ft
Lifts	2
Aircraft Carrier Type	Escort
Aircraft Carrier Class Attribute	No Island
Aircraft	27

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Japan		1938 May 09	1944 Sep 16

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	17 830ton	168m	22.5m	7.75m	747	2 241

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	2	25 200hp	21kt	Steam Turbine	4

Ship Classes
	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	6 500mile	18kt	13.075day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image
	Aircraft 27 x
	Gun 4 X JPN 5in 12.7cm 40cal Type 89 Twin	JPN 5in 12.7cm 40cal Type 89 Twin ##
	Gun 8 X JPN 1in 25mm 60cal Type 96 Single	JPN 1in 25mm 60cal Type 96 Single

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	3	Kure Dockyard Sasebo Dockyard

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1868 1945 Japan Russia 1905 1945 United States Japan 1916 1945 Japan China 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan 1935 1945 Japan Netherlands	1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands 1942 08 23 0100 Battle Of Eastern Solomon Islands	1941-Sep-10 HIJMS Taiyo - IJN 4th Carrier Division

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