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Class | Taiho |
Type | Fleet Carrier |
Year | 1944 |
Crew | 1751 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 238 m (pp) 253 m |
Beam | 27.7 m |
Draught | 9.6 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 29,300 t |
Loaded | 33,660 t |
Maximum | 27,720 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 62 km/h |
Range | 14,816 km @ 33 km/h |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 4 |
Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 160,000 hp Kampon |
Boilers | 8 x Kampon |
Fuel | Oil: 5,700 t |
Armament | |
Anti-Aircraft | 12 x 100-mm (6 x 2) 10cm/65 Type 10 [17x3] |
Armor | |
Belt | 56 - 150 mm |
Hangar | 124 mm |
Sensors | |
Radar | Type 13 Type 21 |
Aircraft | |
Helicopters | 53-84 |
Production | |
Built | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Taiho † | Kawasaki | 10/07/1941 | 07/04/1943 | 07/03/1944 | 19/06/1944 | † | Loss by submarine |