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Ship
HIJMS Taiyo
Operated By Country
Japan
Unit Type
Ship
Ship Class Image
Ship: JAP Unyo Unit: JAP, Chuyo Sinking
Ship Class
HIJMS Taiyo
Ship Type
Aircraft Carrier
Covered By Document
Nihon Kaigun
N
Served By Link
Posting Year
0.5yr
Flag
224 538
Posting Year
0.5yr
Posting Duration Year
1.48yr
Postings
7
Units
Operated By Country
Japan
Ships
Built By Shipbuilder
Laid Down YMD
Launch YMD
Commissioned YMD
Final YMD
On Slip
Fitting Out
Total Building
Life Year
Sasebo Dockyard1940 Jan 061940 Sep 191941 Sep 151944 Aug 18257day361day618day2.92yr
Sensors
1)  Fitted With Sensor
2) 1: as
3) 2: Fitted
4) 1: Primary Image
5) 1:Radar Type
N1943 Jan 01JAP, Radar, Type 21 Mod 2 Air Search
Postings
Posted To By Posting
End
Post Person
Duration Year
Rank
1942 Aug 04Ishii Norie1.48yrCaptain
1942 Oct 24Takatsugu Kanichi0.22yrCaptain
1943 May 29Fujita Tarohachi0.59yrCaptain
1943 Nov 17Matsuda Takamatsu0.47yrCaptain
1944 Feb 15Matsuno Toshiro0.25yrCaptain
1944 Mar 20Beppu Akitomo0.09yrCaptain
1944 Aug 18Sugino Shuichi0.41yrCaptain
Activities
Involved In Activity
as
Details
N
Aim: To destroy Allied ships in the vicinity of the Solomon Islands before destroying US Airfield Lunga Point Guadalcanal.
To prevent American attacks on a troop convoy to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
N 
Assignments
1)  Covered By Assignment
2) 1: End YMD
3) 1: Assign To Unit
4) 3: Covered By Assignment
5) 4: Assign To Unit
1941-Sep-10 - IJN 4th Carrier Division
1944 Aug 18IJN 4th Carrier Division
1941 Apr 10 - IJN 1st Air Fleet
IJN 1st Air Fleet
1944 May 01 - IJN 3rd FleetIJN 3rd Fleet
1945 Jan 01 - IJN 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleet
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