Sea Weapons

Fleet Carrier (1942)

Junyo class

Preceded by:

None

Succeeded by:

None

Datafile

ClassJunyo
TypeFleet Carrier
Year1942
Crew1187-1224
Dimensions
Length206 m (pp)
215.3 m
Beam26.7 m
Draught8.2 m
Displacement
Empty24,140 t
Loaded26,523 t
Maximum28,300 t
Performance
Speed47 km/h
Range18,520 km @ 33 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines2 x Geared steam
56,250 hp
Kampon
Boilers6 x Kampon
FuelOil: 2,800 t
Armament
Main6 x 127-mm/40 (6 x 2)
12.7cm/40 Type 89
-7° / +90°

Anti-Aircraft24 x 25-mm (8 x 3)
25mm/60 Type 96
91 x 25-mm (19 x 3, 2 x 2, 30 x 1)
25mm/60 Type 96 [1944;1]
AA Weapons12-cm AA Rocket (6 x 28) [1944]
Armor
Deck20 - 71 mm
Sensors
RadarType 21
Type 13
Aircraft
Aircraft53
Production
Built2
Total2

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Junyo Mitsubishi20/03/193926/06/194114/07/194230/11/1945Sold/Scrapped
Hiyo Kawasaki30/11/193924/06/194131/07/194220/06/1944 Loss by aircraft