Japanese seaplane carrier Mizuho
Mizuho (瑞穂, "Fresh Grain") was a seaplane carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The ship was built at Kawasaki Shipbuilding at Kobe, Japan, and was completed in February 1939.
Mizuho off Tateyama, Japan, in 1940. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Mizuho |
| Builder | Kawasaki Shipyards |
| Laid down | 1 May 1937 |
| Launched | 16 May 1938 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 1939 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Drum, 2 May 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Seaplane carrier |
| Displacement | 10,930 tons standard |
| Length | 183.6 m (602 ft 4 in) (waterline) |
| Beam | 18.8 m (61 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft diesel engines, 15,200 bhp (11,300 kW) |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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| Aircraft carried | 24 seaplanes |
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