Category:Taiyō (ship, 1941)

**Taiyō**
	Japanese aircraft carrier
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Instance of	escort carrier (1941–1944); ocean liner (1940–1941);
Item operated	airplane (27, ship-based aircraft);
Operator	Imperial Japanese Navy;
Manufacturer	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries;
Location of creation	Mitsubishi;
Country of registry	Empire of Japan;
Vessel class	Taiyō-class escort carrier (lead ship);
Significant event	keel laying (1940); ship launching (1940); shipwrecking (1944);
Powered by	Kampon turbine (2); water-tube boiler (4);
Nominal power output	18,000 kilowatt;
Mass	18,116 t (standard displacement); 20,321 t (normal displacement);
Speed	21 kn;
Maximum capacity	747 (ship's company);
	18° 10′ 00″ N, 120° 22′ 00″ E
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Ship

Type: Built as passenger cargo ship, converted to escort carrier (possibly before completion as passenger ship)
Built by: Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Nagasaki; completed at Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Yard No: 752 / 888
Keel laid: 1940.01.06
Launched: 1940.09.19
Completed: 1941.09.02
Length over all: 170.0 m, as escort carrier 180.2 m
Beam: 22.5 m
GT: 17163

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