Japanese aircraft carrier Kaiyō

	Kaiyō at sea
History
Japan
Name	MV Argentina Maru
Owner	Osaka Shosen Kaisha
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard, Nagasaki
Launched	9 December 1938
Completed	31 May 1939
Fate	Sold to the Imperial Japanese Navy, 9 December 1942
Empire of Japan
Name	Kaiyō
Namesake	Sea Hawk
Acquired	9 December 1942
Commissioned	23 November 1943
Stricken	20 November 1945
Fate	Scrapped, 1 September 1946
General characteristics
Type	Escort carrier
Displacement	13,600 t (13,400 long tons) (standard); 16,483 t (16,223 long tons) (loaded);
Length	166.55 m (546 ft 5 in)
Beam	21.9 m (71 ft 10 in)
Draft	8.04 m (26 ft 5 in)
Installed power	52,000 shp (39,000 kW); 4 × water-tube boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines;
Speed	23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi)
Complement	829
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 air search radar
Armament	4 × twin 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 dual-purpose guns; 8 × triple Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns;
Aircraft carried	24

Kaiyō (海鷹, meaning Sea Hawk) was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The ship was originally built as the ocean liner Argentina Maru. She was purchased by the IJN on 9 December 1942, converted into an escort carrier, and renamed Kaiyō. The ship was primarily used as an aircraft transport, escort carrier and training ship during the war. She was badly damaged by repeated air attacks in July 1945 and was scrapped in 1946–48.

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