Last update: 22.02.2001
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Taiho class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1944 Complement (officers/enlisted): 2150

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
260,50  /   245,52
Beam overall / wl.:
27,70  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
9,6  /  
Air deck
257,5x30

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
29300
Full loaded
37270

Armament
Main guns
12x100/65 DP
Secondary guns
51x20/60
Planes
75-84

Engines
Boilers
8 Kanpon
Turbines
?
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
33,3
endurance
10000 miles @ 18 kts
Engines load
160000 HP
Fuel
5700 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
110-63,5
Decks
81,2(flight); 116,8
Main Battery turrets
Taiho,