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| Tonnage | 10,929 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 577'6" by 61'8" by 19' 176.0m by 18.8m by 5.9m |
| Maximum speed | 22 knots |
| Complement | 689 |
| Aircraft | 4
catapults 12 seaplanes 12 Type 'A' midget submarines |
| Armament | 3x2 5"/40
dual-purpose guns 18 25mm/60 machine guns |
| Machinery |
2-shaft 4-cylinder diesel
(15,200 shp) |
| Bunkerage | 3600 tons diesel oil |
| Range | 8000 nautical miles (15,000km) at 16 knots |
The Mizuho,
completed in 1939, was a cheaper and much
less satisfactory follow-on to the preceding Chitoses.
She was neither fast nor well-built. Like the Chitoses, she was designed for fast
conversion to an aircraft
carrier, but she was lost before these plans could be carried out.
At the commencement of hostilities, Mizuho was with Fourth Surprise Attack Force (Kubo), sailing from Magong for Aparri. She was torpedoed on 1 May 1942 by Drum off Honshu.
References
CombinedFleet.com
(accessed 2007-12-27)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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