Aircraft Carriers

Japan: Historical Carriers (Part II)

Chiyoda:
- Chitose class
- 1938 to 1944
- Originally a seaplane tender
- Sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Chitose:
- Chitose class
- 1938 to 1944
- Originally a seaplane tender
- Sunk in the Philippine Sea

Amagi:
- Unryū class
- 1944 to 1945
- Capsized while moored at Kure Naval Base, scrapped 1946 to 1947

Unryū:
- Unryū class
- 1944
- Sunk in the East China Sea

Katsuragi:
- Unryū class
- 1944 to 1945
- Surrendered to the Allies, scrapped 1946 to 1947

Kasagi:
- Unryū class
- Never completed

Aso:
- Unryū class
- Never completed

Ikoma:
- Unryū class
- Never completed

Shin'yō:
- 1943 to 1944
- Originally the German ocean liner Scharnhorst
- Sunk en route to Singapore

Shinano:
- 1944
- Largest warship to ever be sunk by a submarine
- Sunk en route to Kure Naval Base

Shimane Maru:
- Shimane Maru class
- 1944
- Sunk at Shido Bay, Kagawa Prefecture

Otakisan Maru:
- Shimane Maru class
- Never completed

Yamashio Maru:
- Yamashio Maru class
- 1945
- Sunk before she could be used

Chigusa Maru:
- Yamashiro Maru class
- Never completed and still sunk

Kumano Maru:
- 1945
- Surrendered to the Allies, scrapped 1948