Carrier Unryu
Open the military map航空母艦雲龍
Carrier
Lead ship of the Unryu-class carriers. Sunk by USS Redfish submarine on December 19, 1944 in the East China Sea.
Class / type
雲龍型
Displacement
17,150 Tons
Complement
1,595
Launched
25 September 1943
Commissioned / formed
6 August 1944
Lost / disbanded
19 December 1944
- Armament
- 12.7cm高角砲12門、艦載機65機
- Fate
- Sunk by submarine
History
Lead ship of the Unryu-class carriers. Sunk by USS Redfish submarine on December 19, 1944 in the East China Sea.
Related sites (2)
- Built35.283, 139.668
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal — laid down 1 August 1942, launched 25 September 1943, completed 6 August 1944.
- Sunk29.983, 124.050
East China Sea (29°59′N 124°03′E) — torpedoed twice by USS Redfish on 19 December 1944 while carrying 30 Ohka rocket planes to Manila; the second hit detonated the cargo and she sank within minutes.