IJN Taiyō

Sunk

Type	Escort carrier
Class	Taiyō
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 × 4.7″ guns

Converted from the liner Kasuga Maru. Ferried aircraft and escorted convoys. Sunk by USS Rasher off Luzon on 18 August 1944.

日本海軍航空母艦大鷹型「大鷹横須賀にて停泊中の写真。 Imperial Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier, Taiyo in habor at Yokosuka, Japan Photo: Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Taiyō.jpg: 不明 derivative work: 0607crp (talk), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

6 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) AA guns
4 × twin 25 mm (1.0 in) AA guns

Builder	Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering, Nagasaki
Laid down	6 January 1940
Launched	19 September 1940
Displacement	18,116 t (17,830 long tons) (standard) 20,321 t (20,000 long tons) (normal)
Length	180.2 m (591 ft 4 in) (o/a)
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	747

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

19 September 1940