Carrier Chitose
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Carrier
Originally a seaplane carrier, converted to light carrier in 1943. Sunk at the Battle of Cape Engano, October 25, 1944.
Class / type
千歳型
Displacement
11,190 Tons
Complement
800
Launched
29 November 1936
Commissioned / formed
1 January 1944
Lost / disbanded
25 October 1944
- Armament
- 12.7cm高角砲8門、艦載機30機
- Fate
- Sunk by air attack
History
Originally a seaplane carrier, converted to light carrier in 1943. Sunk at the Battle of Cape Engano, October 25, 1944.
Related sites (2)
- Built34.231, 132.565
Kure Naval Arsenal — built as a seaplane carrier (launched 29 November 1936, commissioned 25 July 1938). The conversion to a light carrier was carried out at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, 26 January 1943 – 1 January 1944.
- Sunk19.333, 126.333
Off Cape Engaño (19°20′N 126°20′E) — hit in the first American air strike of 25 October 1944, Chitose capsized and sank at 09:37 with the loss of 904 men.