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NoneSucceeded by:
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| Class | Chitose |
| Type | Light Carrier |
| Year | 1943 |
| Crew | 800 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 174 m (pp) 185.9 m |
| Beam | 20.8 m |
| Draught | 7.5 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 11,190 t |
| Loaded | 13,431 t |
| Maximum | 15,300 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 54 km/h |
| Range | 20,372 km @ 33 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 44,000 hp Kampon 2 x Diesel engine 12,800 hp Kampon |
| Boilers | 4 x Kampon |
| Fuel | Oil: 3,000 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 8 x 127-mm/40 (4 x 2) 12.7cm/40 Type 89 -7° / +90° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 30 x 25-mm (10 x 3) 25mm/60 Type 96 48 x 25-mm (10 x 3, 18 x 1) 25mm/60 Type 96 [1944] |
| Armor | |
| Armor | None |
| Sensors | |
| Radar | Type 21 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 30 |
| Production | |
| Built | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Chitose † | Kure K K | 26/11/1934 | 29/11/1936 | 01/01/1944 | 25/10/1944 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
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Chiyoda † | Kure K K | 14/12/1936 | 19/11/1937 | 31/10/1943 | 25/10/1944 | † |