Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō
Light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with with the earlier purpose-built Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō.
Ryūhō (龍鳳, "Dragon phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was converted from the submarine tender Taigei (大鯨, "Big Whale"), which had been used in the Second Sino-Japanese War. One of the least successful of the light aircraft carrier conversions due to her small size, slow speed and weak construction, during World War II, Ryūhō was used primarily as an aircraft transport and for training purposes, although she was also involved in a number of combat missions, including the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Taigei |
Operator | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 12 April 1933 |
Launched | 16 November 1933 |
Completed | 31 March 1934 |
Out of service | 12 December 1941 |
Renamed | 30 November 1942 |
Fate | Converted into a light aircraft carrier |
Name | Ryūhō |
Namesake | Japanese for Dragon Phoenix |
Recommissioned | 30 November 1942 |
Stricken | 30 November 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Light aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 16,700 t (16,400 long tons) (standard displacement) |
Length | 215.65 m (707 ft 6 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 19.58 m (64 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 6.67 m (21 ft 11 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbine sets |
Speed | 26.5 knots (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph) (design) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 989 |
Sensors and processing systems | 1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 air search radar |
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Aircraft carried | 31–36 |
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