Shinyo-Class-Escort-Carrier
Improvised Escort Carriers - Shinyo/Taiyo-class were Japanese escort carriers converted from passenger liners 1941-1943. 5 ships. 20,000 tons full load. 21 knots. Carried 27-30 aircraft. Intended for amphibious operation air support, convoy escort, and aircraft transport. All 5 conversions torpedoed 1943-1944; only Kaiyo survived war. Demonstrated vulnerability of unarmored conversions.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 11989 t
- Displacement (full)
- 20000 t
- Length
- 526.6 ft
- Beam
- 65.6 ft
- Crew
- 850
- Ships built
- 5 conversions (various classes, grouped here)
- Commissioned
- 1942-1943
- Decommissioned
- 1943-1945 (4 lost, 1 survived)
Performance
- Top speed
- 18.5 kn
- Range
- 8000 at 18 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 4× 120mm dual-purpose guns
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 90.11
- Research cost
- 31,719
- Credit cost
- 63,077
Notable
- Japan's first escort carriers (CVE equivalent)
- Passenger liner to carrier conversions
- Amphibious operation air support (intended role)
- Aircraft ferry and ASW patrol
- German liner Scharnhorst converted