Hiyo-class Escort Carrier

Hiyo-class Escort Carrier

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This article refers to the entire Hiyo-class; it is not about an individual vessel.

ww2dbaseCarriers Hiyo and Junyo were sister ships originally building as ocean liners. They were taken over by the Japanese Navy and were completed as carriers. They were not particularly useful vessels because their machinery was not up to the grade; they never made better than 23 knots in wartime service, meaning that they really could not keep up with other warships.

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Hiyo-class Escort Carrier Operational Timeline

3 May 1942	Junyo was commissioned into service.
28 Jun 1942	No. 2 Striking Force of the Japanese Navy 1st Air Fleet (Junyo, Ryujo, Zuiho, and Zuikaku) departed Ominato Guard District in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan to patrol waters south of Kiska of Aleutian Islands.
6 Jul 1942	No. 2 Striking Force of the Japanese Navy 1st Air Fleet (Junyo, Ryujo, Zuiho, and Zuikaku) departed waters near Kiska, Aleutian Islands.
31 Jul 1942	Hiyo was commissioned into service.
27 Oct 1942	Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo transferred his flag from destroyer Arashi to carrier Zuikaku at 1332 hours. Zuikaku, with Junyo in escort, set sail for Truk.
22 Mar 1943	Junyo and Hiyo departed Saeki, Hiroshima, Japan with Yugure, Hatsuzuki, Suzutsuki, and Kagero in escort.
27 Mar 1943	Junyo and Hiyo arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands with Yugure, Hatsuzuki, Suzutsuki, and Kagero in escort.
10 Jun 1943	Hiyo, Yugure, and Ariake deparated Yokosuka, Japan at 1400 hours. About 17 miles off Miyake Island at 1852 hours, USS Trigger fired six torpedoes at Hiyo, scoring two hits. In the darkness, at 1937 hours, Hiyo opened fire on Yugure while Yugure swept for the American submarine, killing two and wounding five. Yugure's No. 3 turret's shield was also damaged. Nevertheless, Yugure and Ariake would remain on anti-submarine patrols around Hiyo through the night.
11 Jun 1943	Hiyo, damaged by torpedo hits from USS Trigger on the previous day, arrived at Yokosuka, Japan.
11 Jun 1943	Isuzu, Ariake, and Yugure escorted Hiyo, damaged by USS Trigger on the previous day, toward Yokosuka, Japan.
12 Jun 1943	Isuzu, Ariake, Yugure, and Hiyo arrived at Yokosuka, Japan at 1030 hours. Torpedo-damaged Hiyo entered drydocks at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal for repairs at 1053 hours; her bottom scraped the bottom of the drydock while moving in.
22 Jun 1944	The Mobile Fleet, including Yamato, arrived at Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa, Japan at 1300 hours. The survivors of Hiyo and Taiho were transferred to carrier Zuikaku from over-crowded cruiser and destroyers.
30 Nov 1945	Junyo was decommissioned from service.

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. Anonymous says:
26 Jan 2011 06:20:10 PM

my dad was the one who released the torpedo that struck and ultimatly sank her.Then was shot down and spent the night in the ocean

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