Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō

	Ryūhō in 1942
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Taigei
Operator	Imperial Japanese Navy
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	12 April 1933
Launched	16 November 1933
Completed	31 March 1934
Out of service	12 December 1941
Renamed	30 November 1942
Fate	Converted into a light aircraft carrier
Name	Ryūhō
Namesake	Japanese for Dragon Phoenix
Recommissioned	30 November 1942
Stricken	30 November 1945
Fate	Scrapped, 1946
General characteristics
Type	Light aircraft carrier
Displacement	16,700 t (16,400 long tons) (standard displacement)
Length	215.65 m (707 ft 6 in) (o/a)
Beam	19.58 m (64 ft 3 in)
Draft	6.67 m (21 ft 11 in)
Installed power	4 Kampon water-tube boilers; 52,000 shp (39,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbine sets
Speed	26.5 knots (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph) (design)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	989
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 air search radar
Armament	(in 1942) 4 × twin 12.7 cm DP guns; 10 × triple 25 mm AA guns; 6 depth charges; (in 1945); 4 × twin 12.7 cm DP guns; 10 × triple, 4 × twin, 23 × single 25 mm AA guns; 6 × single 13 mm AA guns; 6 depth charges; 6 × 12 cm rocket launchers;
Aircraft carried	31–36

Ryūhō (龍鳳, "Dragon phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was converted from the submarine tender Taigei (大鯨, "Big Whale"), which had been used in the Second Sino-Japanese War. One of the least successful of the light aircraft carrier conversions due to her small size, slow speed and weak construction, during World War II, Ryūhō was used primarily as an aircraft transport and for training purposes, although she was also involved in a number of combat missions, including the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

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