Ryūhō was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was converted from the submarine tender Taigei, which had been used in the Second Sino-Japanese War. One of the least successful o
Ryūhō in 1942
Japanese submarine depot ship Taigei off Kure in 1935
Hangar deck of Ryūhō, 9 October 1945
The attacks on Kure and the Inland Sea were a series of large-scale air raids by United States and British naval aircraft in late July 1945 that sank most of the surviving large warships of the Imperi
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūhō
…Kure on 1 April, Ryūhō was considered to be a total loss. Moored as an abandoned hulk off of Etajima, she was attacked by American aircraft again on 24 July and 28 July. She was struck from the navy list on 30 November 1945 and scrapped in 1946. Brown, David (1977). Aircraft Carriers. New York: Arco Publishing. ISBN…
Japanese battleship Haruna under attack on 28 July
Tone under intense aerial attack by aircraft of USS Shangri-La, 24 July
Grounded hulk of Kaiyō being scrapped in Beppu Bay, 1946–1947
Amagi capsized in Kure harbor, 1946