Jun'yō (隼鷹, "Peregrine Falcon") was a Hiyō-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). She was laid down as the passenger liner Kashiwara...

Maru. The name's modern rendition into the Latin alphabet is Jun'yō Maru. In 1944 Jun'yō Maru was being used as a hell ship, carrying about 4,200 Javanese...

and Jun'yō, were originally laid down as luxury passenger liners before being acquired by the IJN for conversion to aircraft carriers in 1941. Jun'yō was...

may refer to either of the Japanese ships: Japanese aircraft carrier Jun'yō Jun'yō Maru, a Japanese cargo ship that was sunk in 1944 This article includes...

advanced force maneuvered to try to join formations, Jun'yō readied follow-up strikes. At 11:21, the Jun'yō aircraft arrived and dove on the Enterprise task...

Dutch prisoners of war; 1,047 of them died. The 5,065-ton tramp steamer Jun'yō Maru sailed from Tandjoeng Priok (Batavia) on 16 September 1944 with about...

carriers were sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942 and were replaced by Jun'yō and Ryūjō. Peattie, Mark R. (1999). Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval...

Group Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta in carrier Jun'yō Carrier Division 2 2 Hiyō-class fleet carriers Jun'yō 20 Mitsubishi A6M "Zeke" fighters (Lt. Yoshio...

aircraft carrier Hiyō (1942–1944) Jun'yō (1942–1946) 24,150 tonnes Converted from an ocean liner in 1939. Hiyō sunk and Jun'yō scrapped 1946–1947. Zuihō-class...

attempt to recapture Attu. The fleet included the carriers Zuikaku, Shōkaku, Jun'yō, Hiyō, the battleships Musashi, Kongō, Haruna, and the cruisers Mogami,...

damaged. Although the transport force had fighter cover from the carrier Jun'yō, six transports were sunk and one heavily damaged. All but four of the destroyers...

included the aircraft carrier Zuikaku, the light aircraft carriers Zuihō, Jun'yō, and Ryūjō, the heavy cruisers Maya, Takao, Myōkō, Haguro, and Nachi, and...

transferred his flag to Jun'yō while Hiyō returned to Truk for repairs. Three Zeros, one D3A and five B5Ns were also transferred to Jun'yō before she left. The...

1945, grounded in Beppu Bay and dismantled in place in 1946 Hiyō class Jun'yō (1939) – damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired;...

accompanied by the carriers Jun'yō and Unyō, on 31 October. On 8 November, the submarine USS Halibut fired torpedoes at Jun'yo that missed, but hit Yamashiro...

the Battle of the Philippine Sea, Nagato escorted the aircraft carriers Jun'yō, Hiyō and the light carrier Ryūhō. She fired 41 cm Type 3 Sankaidan incendiary...

(1939) Zuikaku (1939) Zuihō class Zuihō (1940) Shōhō (1941) Hiyō class Jun'yō (1941) Hiyō (1941) Taiyō class escort carrier Unyō (liner converted to escort...

examples.  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft carrier Shōkaku Zuikaku Taihō Jun'yō Hiyō Ryūhō Chitose Chiyoda Zuihō Naval Air Group Himeji Kōkūtai Hyakurihara...

while Jun'yō bombers were led by inexperienced Lieutenant Tadao Itō. As they approached Lunga Point, Itō broke off the bombing run of the entire Jun'yō group...

was composed of Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bombers from the carriers Jun'yō and Ryūjō. However, only half of the striking force reached their objective...

again on 16 August with the aircraft carriers Shōkaku, Zuikaku, Zuihō, Jun'yō, Hiyō and Ryūjō. They were joined by the battleships Hiei, Kirishima, seaplane...

Shōhō, Jun'yō 20 May 1942 Ryūjō, Jun'yō 14 July 1942 disbanded 1 May 1944 3rd Fleet Hyūga, Ise, 634th Naval Air Group 15 October 1944 Jun'yō, Ryūhō,...

Zuikaku, supplied from 601st Kōkūtai. Taihō, supplied from 601st Kōkūtai. Jun'yō, supplied from 652nd Kōkūtai. Battleship Ise, supplied from 634th Kōkūtai...

merchant ship; put the initial Taka (Yō) (鷹, falcon/hawk) after her name Jun'yō (隼鷹) Peregrine falcon And after 4 June 1943—added provinces and mountains...

Cruz Islands, Flatley's division of four Wildcats encountered Zeros from Jun'yō and deployed Thach weave defensive tactics when they attacked. One of the...

June 1942, Kakuta commanded a task force consisting of carriers Ryūjō and Jun'yō that conducted air raids against Dutch Harbor as part of the initial stages...

arrived at Kure on 23 April for a brief refit. The newly commissioned carrier Jun'yō joined Carrier Division 4, under the command of Kakuta, with Ryūjō on 3...

Oldendorff 16 Sep: I-364 17 Sep: Un'yō 18 Sep: Dr. Heinrich Wiegand, Gyōkū Maru, Jun'yō Maru 19 Sep: Isoshima;U-407, U-867 21 Sep: China Maru, Hōfuku Maru, Katsuriki...

Luzon. USS Pintado fired a spread of torpedoes at the Japanese carrier Jun'yō but Akikaze intercepted them sacrificing herself to save the carrier. Akikaze...

 survivors from the water. During the morning and early afternoon, IJN carrier Jun'yō under the command of Vice Admiral Kakuji Kakuta, which was located about...