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Japan's Nisshin seaplane carrier

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Design
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Photos

Nisshin under going speed trials in 1942:

Imperial Japanese Navy photo

Design

The order for the Nisshin was placed in the 1937 Program.

There were two catapults for launching the seaplanes.

The Nisshin could carry 700 mines instead of aircraft. They were deployed out a door in the stern.

Ships

IJN Nisshin

Manufacturer: Kure
November 1938: Laid down.
November 30, 1939: Launched.
February 27, 1942: Completed.
1942: Ramps installed for deploying midget submarines.
July 22, 1943: While carrying reinforcements was sunk off Bougainville by aircraft.

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1942: Cancelled.

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1942: Cancelled.

Specifications

Nisshin

	Nisshin
Crew
Displacement	11,317 tons
Physical Characteristics
Length	636' 6" 194 m
Length - Water Line	616' 10" 188 m
Length - Between Perpendiculars	570' 10" 174 m
Beam	64' 8" 19.7 m
Draft / Height	23' 7 m
Performance
Speed	38 knots
Armament	5" twin turrets: 3
Anti-Aircraft	25 mm: 18
Aircraft	25
Mines	700
Armor
Engines	6 Cylinder Diesel engines
Shafts	2
HP	47,000

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Sources:

The World's Aircraft Carriers 1914 - 1945, Roger Chesneau, 1986

20th Century American Military History Crucial Site