list of sunken aircraft carriers
japan
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Ship

Type

Aircraft Component

Sinking

Date

Location

Casualties

Conditions

Akagi

Fleet Carrier

66-aircraft

June 5, 1942

30°30′N 178°40′W﻿ / ﻿30.500°N 178.667°W﻿ / 30.500; -178.667

267

Crippled by dive bombers during the Battle of Midway later sunk by torpedoes from Japanese destroyers the following day.

Akitsu Maru

Escort carrier

8 aircraft

November 15, 1944

East China Sea

2046

Torpedoed by USS Queenfish

Amagi

Fleet carrier

66 aircraft

June 27, 1945

Kure Harbor

"Light"

Sunk during the attack on Kure Harbour 24–27 July

Chitose

Light Carrier

30 aircraft

October 25, 1944

19°20′N 126°20′E﻿ / ﻿19.333°N 126.333°E﻿ / 19.333; 126.333

903

Sunk by torpedo bombers during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Chiyoda

Light Carrier

30 aircraft

October 25, 1944

18°37′N 126°45′E﻿ / ﻿18.617°N 126.750°E﻿ / 18.617; 126.750

c. 800

Sunk by cruisers USS Santa Fe, USS Mobile, USS Wichita, and USS New Orleans during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Chuyo

Escort carrier

27 aircraft

December 4, 1943

32°37′N 143°39′E﻿ / ﻿32.617°N 143.650°E﻿ / 32.617; 143.650

1250

Torpedoed by submarine USS Sailfish

Hiyō

Fleet carrier

53 aircraft

June 20, 1944

16°20′N 132°32′E﻿ / ﻿16.333°N 132.533°E﻿ / 16.333; 132.533

247

Sunk by torpedo bombers during the Battle of the Philippine Sea

Hiryū

Fleet carrier

53 aircraft

June 5, 1942

Midway Atoll

385

Crippled by dive bombers during the Battle of Midway, later scuttled by torpedoes fired from the Japanese destroyer Makigumo

Kaga

Fleet carrier

72 aircraft

June 5, 1942

Midway Atoll

811

Crippled by dive bombers during the Battle of Midway, later scuttled by torpedoes fired from the Japanese destroyer Hagikaze

Ryūjō

Light Carrier

48 aircraft

August 24, 1942

Solomon Islands

120

Sunk by torpedo bombers and dive bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons

Shinano

Fleet carrier

120-aircraft

November 29, 1944

32°0′N 137°0′E﻿ / ﻿32.000°N 137.000°E﻿ / 32.000; 137.000

1435

Torpedoed by submarine USS Archer-Fish

Shinyo

Escort carrier

27 aircraft

November 17, 1944

East China Sea

1130

Torpedoed by submarine USS Spadefish

Shōhō

Light Carrier

30-aircraft

May 6, 1942

16°07′S 151°54′E﻿ / ﻿16.117°S 151.900°E﻿ / -16.117; 151.900

834

Sunk by dive bombers during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Shōkaku

Fleet carrier

72 aircraft

June 19, 1944

11°40′N 137°40′E﻿ / ﻿11.667°N 137.667°E﻿ / 11.667; 137.667

1272

Torpedoed by submarine USS Cavalla during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Sōryū

Fleet Carrier

57-aircraft

June 4, 1942

30°38′N 179°13′W﻿ / ﻿30.633°N 179.217°W﻿ / 30.633; -179.217

711

Sunk by dive bombers during the Battle of Midway.

Taihō

Fleet Carrier

65-aircraft

June 19, 1944

12°05′N 138°12′E﻿ / ﻿12.083°N 138.200°E﻿ / 12.083; 138.200

1650

Torpedoed by submarine USS Albacore during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

Unryū

Light Carrier

57-aircraft

December 19, 1944

29°59′N 124°03′E﻿ / ﻿29.983°N 124.050°E﻿ / 29.983; 124.050

1238

Torpedoed by submarine USS Redfish

Unyō`

Escort Carrier

27-aircraft

September 17, 1944

19°8′N 116°36′E﻿ / ﻿19.133°N 116.600°E﻿ / 19.133; 116.600

239

Torpedoed by submarine USS Barb

Zuihō

Light carrier

30 aircraft

October 25, 1944

19°20′N 125°15′E﻿ / ﻿19.333°N 125.250°E﻿ / 19.333; 125.250

215

Sunk by aircraft from US Navy Task Force 38 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Zuikaku

Fleet Carrier

72-aircraft

October 25, 1944

19°20′N 125°51′E﻿ / ﻿19.333°N 125.850°E﻿ / 19.333; 125.850

843

Sunk by aircraft from US Navy Task Force 38 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

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