Jun’yō

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Jun’yō was a Japanese aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw extensive service in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft carrier
warship
aircraftLaunchMethod conventional take-off from flight deck
aircraftRecoveryMethod arrestor wires on flight deck
aircraftTypeCarried dive bombers
fighters
torpedo bombers
airGroupSize around 50–60 aircraft
armament anti-aircraft guns
builder Nippon Kokan K. K. NERFINISHED
Yokohama Dockyard and Engine Works NERFINISHED
commissionedYear 1942
conflict World War II
conversionUse aircraft carrier
country Japan
crewComplement over 1,000 officers and men
damagedBy U.S. carrier aircraft
U.S. submarines NERFINISHED
displacement about 24,000 tons standard
fate scrapped
homePort Kure Naval Base NERFINISHED
Sasebo Naval Base NERFINISHED
hullType flush-deck carrier
islandSuperstructure starboard side
laidDownAs Kashiwara Maru NERFINISHED
laidDownYear 1939
launchedYear 1941
length approximately 219 meters
navalEnsign Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
notableDamage torpedo damage in 1944
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
originalType passenger liner hull
propulsion steam turbines
role air support for amphibious operations
fleet carrier
scrappedInCountry Japan NERFINISHED
scrappedPeriod late 1940s
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED
shipClass Hiyō-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED
sisterShip Hiyō NERFINISHED
status1945 heavily damaged and inactive
theater Pacific Theater of World War II NERFINISHED
tookPartIn Battle of the Aleutian Islands NERFINISHED
Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands NERFINISHED
Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED
topSpeed about 25 knots

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Mobile Fleet notableShip Jun’yō