Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda: Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda

Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).

Key facts

Name	Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda	Wikidata label
Ship type	light aircraft carrier	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	Empire of Japan	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Operator	Imperial Japanese Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War II	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	Philippine Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Position	18.6167, 126.7500	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

Chiyoda (千代田, "Thousandth-Generation Field") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Originally constructed as the second vessel of the Chitose-class seaplane tenders in 1934, she continued to operate in that capacity during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the early stages of the Pacific War until her conversion into a light aircraft carrier after the Battle of Midway. She was sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf by a combination of naval bombers, cruiser shellfire and destroyer-launched torpedoes.

Location

Recorded position: 18.6167, 126.7500 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: Philippine Sea

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OpenStreetMap

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Japanese aircraft carrier Chiyoda (revision 1380750489), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.