Taiyō (1944): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Taiyō 1944

Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).

Key facts

Name	Taiyō	Wikidata label
Year lost	1944	Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier
Era	Second World War	derived from year
Ship type	escort carrier, ocean liner	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	South China Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Philippines	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 15 km from land
Position	18.1667, 120.3667	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

The Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō (大鷹; "Great Eagle") was the lead ship of her class of three escort carriers. She was originally built as Kasuga Maru (春日丸), the last of three Nitta Maru class of passenger-cargo liners built in Japan during the late 1930s for NYK Line. The ship was requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in early 1941 and was converted into an escort carrier. Taiyō was initially used to transport aircraft to distant air bases and for training, but was later used to escort convoys of merchant ships between Japan and Singapore. The ship was torpedoed twice by American submarines with negligible to moderate damage before she was sunk in mid-1944 with heavy loss of life.

Location

Recorded position: 18.1667, 120.3667 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: South China Sea
Nearest coast: Philippines

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Japanese aircraft carrier Taiyō (revision 1380751326), 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.