Zuiho©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Appearance around 1940
Part of Zuiho or S-class designed as submarine tender which could be converted into either a light aircraft carrier or a fleet oiler if needed. Laid down as the submarine support ship Takasaki by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 20 June 1935, launched on 19 June 1936, conversion into a carrier begun, renamedon 15 December 1940, commissioned on 27 December 1940, in the meantime renamed Zuiho and finally sunk in the Battle of Engano during an Allied air attack on 15 October 1944.
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