TAIYO (1941)
(rebuilded Kasuga Maru - Sasebu)
UNYO (1942)
(rebuilded Yawata Maru - Kure)
CHUYO (1942)
(rebuilded Nitta Maru - Kure)
Displacement: 17,830 tons (standard) - 18115tons (max)
Complement: 747, 850 (Unyo,Chuyo)
Length: 180,2 m (Taiyo), 173,7m (Unyo)
Beam: 23 m (Taiyo), 22,5 m (Unyo,Chuyo)
Draught: 8 m (Taiyo), 7,7 m (Unyo,Chuyo)
Aircraft: 27
Elevators: 2
Speed: 21
Guns:
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Taiyo |
Unyo |
Chuyo |
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1941 |
6 - 120mm
8 - 25mm |
8 - 127mm
8 - 25mm |
8 - 127mm
8 - 25mm |
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1943 |
6 - 120mm
16 - 25mm |
8 - 127mm
16 - 25mm |
8 - 127mm
14 - 25mm
5 - 13,2mm |
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1944 |
4 - 127mm
64 - 25mm
10 - 13,2mm |
4 - 127mm
64 - 25mm
10 - 13,2mm |
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Machinery: 2 Geared turbines, 4 boilers, S.H.P. 25,200.
2 shafts. |
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Name |
Builder |
Keel laid |
Launched |
Entered service |
Taiyo
Unyo
Chuyo |
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi |
6.1.1940
14.12.1938
9.5.1938 |
19.9.1940
31.10.1939
20.5.1939 |
15.9.1941
31.5.1942
25.11.1942 |
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TAIYO - sunk by submarine USS Rasher, 18.7.1944 near Filipins
UNYO - sunk by submarine USS Barb - 16.9.1944 near Hong Kong
CHUYO - sunk by submarine USS Sailfish, 4.12.1943 near Yokosuka |
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