Japanese aircraft carrier Kumano Maru
- Japanese aircraft carrier Kumano Maru
Kumano Maru was a japanese aircraft carrier (also referred to as a "landing ship with flitght deck") completed towards the end of ww2.She was converted from a merchant vessel by the Imperial Japanese Army and she was supposed to serve as a support in landing operations. Due to her short flight deck the aircraft could not land on her and were planned to land on airstrips ashore. The ship could also carry a number of landing craft.
Operational History
The ship never become operation and was reconverted to a merchant vessel post war.
technical data
displacement 8000 t, speed 19 knots, aircraft 37, armament 8x75mm
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