Ryūjō

Ryūjō was a light aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the early 1930s. Small and lightly built in an attempt to exploit a loophole in the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, she proved to be top-heavy and only marginally stable and was back in the shipyard for modifications to address those issues within a year of completion. With her stability improved, Ryūjō returned to service and was employed in operations during the Second Sino-Japanese War. During World War II, she provided air support for operations in the Philippines, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies, where her aircraft participated in the Second Battle of the Java Sea. During the Indian Ocean raid in April 1942, the carrier attacked British merchant shipping with her guns and aircraft. Ryūjō next participated in the Battle of Dutch Harbor, the opening battle of the Aleutian Islands campaign, in June 1942. She was sunk by American carrier-based aircraft in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942.

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Ryujo; Ryuujou
mass 8000 tonne, beam 23 metre, draft 5.56 metre, length 179.9 metre, speed 29 knot, 12 13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun, 6 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 anti-aircraft gun,
light aircraft carrier, shipwreck, Imperial Japanese Navy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,

Combined Fleet page^@

Location: -6.1667, 160.8333, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1929-11-26T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1933-05-09T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1931-04-02T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1942-08-24T00:00:00Z

shipwrecking

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Frameless

Aerial view of the immobile Japanese carrier Ryujo with two destroyers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-88018)

Aerial view of the immobile Japanese carrier Ryujo with two destroyers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 (80-G-88018)

NH 97786 Japanese warships in harbor

Ryujo&D1A2

Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō underway, in September 1938 (NH 73072)

Ryujo AA armament

Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō 1931 (cropped)

Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō 1931

Ryujo trials 1933

Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō underway on 6 September 1934

Type	Subtype	Description	Notes	Source

link	page	Combined Fleet page^@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck	Ryūjō	light aircraft carrier, shipwreck	Wikidata
commons	image	Aerial view of the immobile Japanese carrier Ryujo with two destroyers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, 24 August 1942 (80-G-88018)		Commons
commons	image	Aerial view of the immobile Japanese carrier Ryujo with two destroyers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942 (80-G-88018)		Commons
commons	image	NH 97786 Japanese warships in harbor		Commons
commons	image	Ryujo&D1A2		Commons
commons	image	Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō underway, in September 1938 (NH 73072)		Commons
commons	image	Ryujo AA armament		Commons
commons	image	Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō 1931 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image	Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō 1931		Commons
commons	image	Ryujo trials 1933		Commons
commons	image	Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō underway on 6 September 1934		Commons

Ryūjō

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