Taiho

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Taiho was a Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft carrier of World War II, notable as Japan’s first fully armored carrier and for its brief service before sinking in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

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Taiho canonical 1
Taihō 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship
aircraft carrier
warship
armamentType carrier-based aircraft
armourFeature armored flight deck
heavily armored hangar sides
commissionedInYear 1944
conflict World War II
country Japan
designedAs improved, more survivable fleet carrier
displacementClass fleet carrier
era World War II era
fate sunk
flightDeckType armored flight deck
historicalSignificance loss contributed to decline of Japanese carrier air power
represented peak of Japanese carrier design
hullType armored aircraft carrier
launchedInYear 1943
namesakeOf Taiho-class aircraft carrier
nationality Japanese
navalPower Imperial Japan
notableFor first fully armored Japanese aircraft carrier
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Battle of the Philippine Sea
propulsionType steam turbine
role flagship candidate for carrier task force
fleet carrier
sankInBattle Battle of the Philippine Sea
sankInConflict World War II
sankInTheater Pacific War
sankInYear 1944
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy
serviceDuration brief service before sinking
shipClass Taiho-class aircraft carrier
shipType capital ship
sinkingBy USS Albacore
United States Navy submarine
sinkingCause internal gasoline vapor explosion
torpedo damage
theater Pacific Ocean
usedBy Imperial Japanese Navy

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Mobile Fleet notableShip Taiho
this entity surface form: Taihō