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Chūyō (冲鷹, "hawk
which soars") was a Taiyō-class
escort carrier originally built as
Nitta Maru (新田 丸), the
first of her
class of
three p****enger-cargo...
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newly conquered areas. Her
sister ship, Un'yō did much the same in 1942.
Chuyō, the last of the
three to be converted, only
ferried aircraft between ****an...
- ****anese prisoner-of-war
camps in Asia
aboard the Nita Maru (later
renamed Chūyō). Many of
those who sta**** were
those who were too
badly wounded, and some...
- 000 yd (8,200 m). The
group consisted of the ****anese
aircraft carrier Chūyō, a cruiser, and two destroyers.
Despite high seas
whipped up by typhoon...
- with her
sister Chūyō and the
light carrier Zuihō ; the
carriers were
escorted by the
heavy cruiser Maya and four destroyers.
Chūyō and Un'yō had aboard...
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spoken in
Ehime Prefecture.
Nanyo is
influenced by the
Kyushu dialect, and
Chuyo and Toyo are
influenced by the
Kinki dialect.
Kaimei School Museum of Ehime...
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August 1944 Un'yō (1942) – sunk by U.S.
submarine USS Barb,
September 1944
Chūyō (1942) – sunk by U.S.
submarine USS Sailfish,
December 1943 Unryū class...
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Transcriptions Romanization Chūyō...
- (31 km/h; 20 mph) 15–21
merchant conversions Taiyō
class (Taiyō, Unyō,
Chūyō) 1941 ****an 17,830 tons (standard) 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) 27 converted...
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remained as****. On 30 November, Zuihō,
together with the
escort carriers Chūyō and Unyō,
departed Truk for ****an,
escorted by four destroyers. The Americans...
