Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda
Service
- as Chiyoda15 December 1938 — 25 October 19441,881 days of the war
- Name
- Chiyoda
- Namesake
- Chiyoda, Tokyo
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1934
- Laid down
- 14 December 1936
- Launched
- 19 November 1937
- Commissioned
- 15 December 1938
- Recommissioned
- 21 December 1943
- Fate
- Sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 25 October 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 11,200 long tons (11,380 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 15,300 long tons (15,546 t)
- Length
- 192.5 m (631.6 ft)
- Beam
- 20.8 m (68.2 ft)
- Draught
- 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Speed
- 28.9 knots (53.5 km/h, 33.3 mph)
- Complement
- 800
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Chiyoda was a Chitose-class aircraft carrier in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Chiyoda. Kure Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 14 December 1936. Launched on 19 November 1937, she entered service on 15 December 1938.
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 1,881 days of the Second World War. She recommissioned on 21 December 1943.
She was sunk on 25 October 1944, at 19°20′N 126°20′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × geared steam turbines
- 2 × shafts
- Power
- 56000 shp
- Armament
- Seaplane tender: 4 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns
- 12 × Type 96 25 mm AA gunss
- Aircraft carrier 8 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns
- 30–48 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- Aircraft
- Seaplane tender 24 × floatplanes
- Aircraft carrier: 30 × aircraft
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Kure Maritime Museum collection — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons