The aircraft carrier "Taiho" was an aircraft carrier of the Japanese army's fourth naval ship replenishment program in 1939. The total length of the ship is 260mm, the standard displacement is 29,300 tons, and it was started on July 10, 1941 at the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kobe, Japan。 At the same time, the fully enclosed bow is adopted, which can better resist the wind and waves at sea. In order to enhance its air defense capability, the aircraft carrier is also equipped with the Japanese army's new Type 98 100-mm anti-aircraft gun, and is equipped with Japan's latest radar and electric reconnaissance.
On March 7, 1944, the "Taiho" was completed and put into service, and then it was incorporated into the 1st Air Force of the 3rd Fleet. In June, the Battle of the Mariana Sea broke out, and Admiral Jizaburo Ozawa commanded nine aircraft carriers, including the "Taiho", carrying 498 aircraft, while the opposite US Navy dispatched 15 aircraft carriers carrying 894 aircraft.
At dawn on 19 June, when the distance between the two sides was more than 300 nautical miles, and Japanese planes were about to rush to the aircraft carrier to take off, at this time the US submarine "Da Ma Ray" was quietly approaching the Dafeng and fired three torpedoes at the "Dafeng." At this time, the Japanese pilot Komatsu had just discovered the torpedo's track, and while reporting to the aircraft carrier, he launched a kamikaze operation against the torpedo, and hit a torpedo with his plane, and the "Taiho" that had been alerted immediately immediately evaded it. But the third torpedo finally hit the right front of the "Dafeng", causing an explosion.
Although the watertight compartment at the bottom of the aircraft carrier can control the amount of water entering the aircraft, the aviation fuel tank was damaged by the explosion, and a large amount of flammable oil and gas glow was emitted, and the air circulation system of the aircraft carrier also failed due to the explosion, and the flammable gas could not be discharged. Gradually, these gases spread throughout the aircraft carrier.
Six hours later, at 14:23 p.m., the "Dafeng", which had been turned into a giant gas tank, finally caused a large explosion because of a spark, and the explosion quickly detonated the ammunition depot, and the aircraft carrier became a fireball, and then began to capsize, and finally sank into the sea with 1,650 people. The only new armored aircraft carrier of the Japanese army was torpedoed by the US army in the first battle. #World War II Stories# #冬日生活打卡季#
