Japanese aircraft carrier Jun'yō

Jun'yō (隼鷹, "Peregrine Falcon") was a Hiyō-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). She was laid down as the passenger liner Kashiwara Maru (橿原丸), but was purchased by the IJN in 1941 while still under construction and converted into an aircraft carrier. Completed in May 1942, the ship participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign the following month and in several battles during the Guadalcanal Campaign later in the year. Her aircraft were used from land bases during several battles in the New Guinea and Solomon Islands Campaigns.

Jun'yō moored at Sasebo, Japan, on 26 September 1945
History
Empire of Japan
NameKashiwara Maru
OwnerNippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Company)
OrderedLate 1938
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Yard number900
Way number3
Laid down20 March 1939
Launched26 June 1941
FateSold to the Imperial Japanese Navy, 10 February 1941
NamesakePeregrine falcon
Launched26 June 1941
Acquired10 February 1941
Commissioned3 May 1942
RenamedJun'yō
Stricken30 November 1945
FateScrapped, 1946–1947
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeHiyō-class aircraft carrier
Displacement24,150 t (23,770 long tons) (standard)
Length219.32 m (719 ft 7 in) (o/a)
Beam26.7 m (87 ft 7 in)
Draft8.15 m (26 ft 9 in)
Installed power
  • 56,250 shp (41,950 kW)
  • 6 Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbine sets
Speed25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Range12,251 nmi (22,689 km; 14,098 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement1,187–1,224
Sensors and
processing systems
1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 early-warning radar
Armament
ArmorBelt: 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in)
Aircraft carried42–48

Jun'yō was torpedoed in November 1943 and spent three months under repair. She was damaged by several bombs during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in mid-1944, but quickly returned to service. Lacking aircraft, she was used as a transport in late 1944 and was torpedoed again in December. Jun'yō was under repair until March 1945, when work was cancelled as uneconomical. She was then effectively hulked for the rest of the war. After the surrender of Japan in September, the Americans also decided that she was not worth the cost to make her serviceable for use as a repatriation ship, and she was broken up in 1946–1947.

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