Shimane Maru-class escort carrier
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The Shimane Maru class was a pair of auxiliary escort carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.
Four additional conversions were reportedly considered but not carried out. Although both ships were launched, only one was completed, and neither entered active service before being destroyed.
Design and description
The concept of the class was similar to British merchant aircraft carrier. The class consisted of two oil tankers of Template:GRT that were modified by the Navy to provide minimal anti-submarine air cover for convoys going from Southeast Asia to the Japanese homeland. The conversion consisted of fitting a full-length flight deck, a small hangar, and a single elevator. An island and catapults were not installed. The only other change was the rerouting of the boiler uptakes to the aft starboard side where they discharged in a typical downward-facing funnel.
The ships had a length of Script error: No such module "convert". overall and Script error: No such module "convert". between perpendiculars. They had a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". at the waterline and a mean draft of Script error: No such module "convert".. They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at standard load.[1]
The Shimane Maru-class ships were fitted with a single geared steam turbine set with a total of Script error: No such module "convert".. It drove one propeller shaft using steam provided by two boilers. The ships had a designed speed of Script error: No such module "convert". and a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
The flight deck was Script error: No such module "convert". long and had a maximum width of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] The hangar, built on top of the well deck, was served by a single elevator from the flight deck. It had a capacity of a dozen aircraft.[1]
Ships
| Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Shipyard, Kobe | 8 June 1944 | 17 December 1944 | 28 February 1945 | Sunk 24 July 1945 by British aircraft |
| Script error: No such module "Nihongo". | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Shipyard, Kobe | 18 September 1944 | 14 January 1945 | Never | Scrapped, 1948 |
- She was completed on 28 February 1945, but was sunk 24 July 1945 by British aircraft at Shido Bay, Kagawa Prefecture[3] at position Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. Her hulk was also mined, then scrapped at Naniwa in 1948.
- Her construction was 70% completed when she drifted onto a mine on 25 August 1945 and sank. Her hulk was scrapped at Kobe in 1948.
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo". - Laid down by Kawasaki on 18 December 1944, construction stopped in February 1945. Constructions were restarted and sold to Iino Lines K.K. on 19 October 1949, and renamed Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. Scrapped at Yokosuka in May 1964.
- Script error: No such module "Nihongo". - Cancelled in 1944.
Photo
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Shimane Maru in postwar
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3rd sister Ryūhō Maru (ex.-Daiju Maru) in postwar
Notes
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- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No. 38, Japanese aircraft carriers II, Ushio Shobō (Japan)
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