# Talk:Hiyō-class aircraft carrier

So were the ships ever used in their civilian guise, or were they in fact directly built as aircraft carriers?
83.241.192.2 (talk) 13:51, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

No, they were converted to carriers while still building.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:16, 14 November 2013 (UTC)