The 4th Fleet was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Fourth Fleet designation was used during three separate periods. The initial designation was for a group of ships that were assigned to wor
Dewa Shigeto
Yamaya Tanin
Toyoda Soemu
Hibino
Ryūjō was a light aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early 1930s. Small and lightly built to exploit a loophole in the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, she proved to be t
4th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
…structural damage. Myōkō, Mogami and the submarine tender Taigei developed serious cracks in their hulls, and the light aircraft-carriers Hōshō and Ryūjō suffered damage to their flight decks and superstructure, with Ryūjō also having her hangar section flooded. The minelayer Itsukushima suffered damage…
Oblique view of Ryūjō at speed, 6 September 1934
Bow view of Ryūjō, 19 June 1933
Ryūjō at anchor in 1936 after reconstruction
Starboard and overhead diagrams of Ryūjō