Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō
Kaiyō at sea | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | MV Argentina Maru |
| Owner | Osaka Shosen Kaisha |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki |
| Launched | 9 December 1938 |
| Completed | 31 May 1939 |
| Fate | Sold to the Imperial Japanese Navy, 9 December 1942 |
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kaiyō |
| Namesake | Sea Hawk |
| Acquired | 9 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 23 November 1943 |
| Stricken | 20 November 1945 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1 September 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Escort carrier |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 166.55 m (546 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 21.9 m (71 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 8.04 m (26 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) |
| Complement | 829 |
| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 air search radar |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 24 |
Kaiyō (海鷹, meaning Sea Hawk) was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The ship was originally built as the ocean liner Argentina Maru. She was purchased by the IJN on 9 December 1942, converted into an escort carrier, and renamed Kaiyō. The ship was primarily used as an aircraft transport, escort carrier and training ship during the war. She was badly damaged by repeated air attacks in July 1945 and was scrapped in 1946–48.