Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose

Chitose was a Chitose-class aircraft carrier, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named for Thousand Years. Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan laid her keel on 26 November 1934. She entered service on 25 July 1938, having been launched on 29 November 1936.

Her class ran to two ships.

She displaced 11,200 long tons standard and 15,300 long tons at full load. She measured 192.5 m (632 ft) long with a beam of 20.8 m (68 ft). Her designed speed was 28.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 800.

Her main battery was four 127 mm (5 in) guns. Her machinery developed 56,000 shp.

She was in commission for 1,937 days of the Second World War. She recommissioned on 15 November 1943. She was struck from the register on 20 December 1944.

She was sunk on 25 October 1944, at 19°20′N 126°20′E. The wreck survives.

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