4th Carrier Division (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Fourth Carrier Division
Fourth Carrier Division
	Ise in October 1944, during the Battle off Cape Engaño
Active	December 1, 1937 – July 14, 1942; May 1, 1944 – March 1, 1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Allegiance	Axis Powers of World War II
Branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Type	Naval aviation unit
Role	Aircraft carrier support
Engagements	World War II Pacific Theater Battle of the Coral Sea; Operation Kita; Philippines campaign Battle of Leyte Gulf; ; ; Aleutian Islands Campaign Battle of Dutch Harbor; ; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Kakuji Kakuta
Insignia
Identification; symbol	Notoro 1937; Notoro (ノトロ); Ryūjō 1941–42; DI-xxx; Taiyō, Shōhō, Jun'yō 1941-42; DII-xxx; May 1944; 634-xxx

The 4th Carrier Division (第四航空戦隊, Dai Yon Kōkū Sentai, or Yon Kōsen) was a seaplane tender and aircraft carrier unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.

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