Chūyō (冲鷹, "hawk which soars") was a Taiyō-class escort carrier originally built as Nitta Maru (新田 丸), the first of her class of three passenger-cargo...
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with her sister Chūyō and the light carrier Zuihō ; the carriers were escorted by the heavy cruiser Maya and four destroyers. Chūyō and Un'yō had aboard...
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Taiyō class escort carrier Unyō (liner converted to escort carrier in 1941) Chūyō (liner converted to escort carrier in 1942) Taiyō (liner converted to escort...
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000 yd (8,200 m). The group consisted of the Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō, a cruiser, and two destroyers. Despite high seas whipped up by typhoon...
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she was accompanied by Un'yō. The following month, Un'yō was replaced by Chūyō. En route to Truk, she was again torpedoed by an American submarine; this...
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August 1944 Un'yō (1942) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Barb, September 1944 Chūyō (1942) – sunk by U.S. submarine USS Sailfish, December 1943 Unryū class...
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"friendly fire". Sailfish of this class sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Chūyō, which was carrying 21 survivors from the submarine Sculpin; only one of...
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Transcriptions Romanization Chūyō...
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Type Ships Displacement Note Taiyō-class Escort carrier Taiyō (1941–44) Chūyō (1942–43) Un'yō (1942–44) 17,830 tonnes All sunk. Kaiyō-class Escort carrier...
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returned to Truk in mid-March, escorting Chūyō and Taiyō from Truk to Yokosuka in mid-April and returning with Chūyō and Unyō at the end of the month. In...
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