During World War II, how many aircraft carriers did the United States and Japan have?

Looking back at the history of naval warfare, aircraft carriers can be said to be the most high-profile protagonists in the Pacific theater of World War II. Starting with the Japanese Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor with six aircraft carriers, it went through the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Guadalcanal, and the Battle of the Marianas. Until the effective combat effectiveness of the aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy was completely destroyed during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, aircraft carriers appeared in each naval battle.

In addition to the battle for Guadalcanal, the strength of the aircraft carrier's combat strength has become the key to the victory or defeat of the above-mentioned sea battles. Even in the Battle of Midway, the officers and men of both sides could hardly even see what the other side's ships looked like, and the sortie of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft ended the naval battle that was believed to turn the tide of the war in the Pacific.

True, the Second World War was the starting point for the active presence of aircraft carriers in the arena of naval warfare. During the First World War, battleships, the main force of the navies of various countries, were disgraced by blows from the air, according to the "Jane's World War II Battleship Yearbook": a total of 25 battleships were sunk in the engagements during World War II.

Of these, 14 were sunk by aircraft, not counting the German Bismarck and the Japanese Hiei. Although the "Bismarck" was destroyed by the British Navy's 10,000-gun salvo, it had been torpedoed by British sea-based aircraft and could not escape, which was a fatal blow; The Japanese Navy's "Hiei" sank during the Battle of Guadalcanal, and it was also forced to kill itself after being attacked by the US air raid and the rudder was damaged.

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Japan had a total of 25 aircraft carriers during World War II.

Fengxiang". Akagi".

Kaga". Canglong".

Wyvern". "Longxiang".

Zuizuru". Xianghe".

Xiangfeng". Ruifeng".

Dragon and Phoenix". "Dafeng".

Chiyoda".

Chitose". Yunlong".

Amagi". Katsuragi".

Shinano". "Great Eagle".

Cloud Eagle". Flying Eagle".

Condor. Sea Hawk".

Hayabusa". "Rushing Eagle".

Japan had a total of 25 aircraft carriers during World War II. From the first aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy, the Hosho, to the end of World War II, Japan built a total of 25 aircraft carriers, of which 10 were specially designed and built, and 15 were refitted.

Japan had 25 aircraft carriers during World War II. They are "Fengxiang", "Akagi", "Kaga", "Canglong", "Feilong", "Longxiang", "Zuizuru", "Xianghe", "Xiangfeng", ".

Zuiho", "Ryuho", "Daiho", "Chiyoda", "Chitose", "Unryu", "Amagi", "Katsuragi", "Shinano", "Otaka", "Unryu",

"Flying Eagle", "Divine Eagle", "Sea Eagle", "Hayabusa", "Rushing Eagle".

Fengxiang".

Akagi". Kaga".

Canglong". Wyvern".

"Longxiang". Zuizuru".

Xianghe". Xiangfeng".

Ruifeng". Dragon and Phoenix".

"Dafeng". Chiyoda".

Chitose". Yunlong".

Amagi". Katsuragi".

Shinano". "Great Eagle".

Cloud Eagle". Flying Eagle".

Condor. Sea Hawk".

Hayabusa". "Rushing Eagle".

During World War II, Japan had twenty-nine aircraft carriers.

Before World War II, Japan had built, rebuilt, or confirmed to build or renovate as many as 20 aircraft carriers and "aircraft carrier Fengming Zao Reserve Ships".

After the start of World War II, Japan built aircraft carriers such as "Unryu", "Amagi", and "Katsuragi", but the main role was still played by those aircraft carriers that were completed and confirmed to be built and renovated before World War II.

According to statistics, in the history of the White Navy, there are a total of 29 aircraft carriers, of which 10 are really built according to the standards of aircraft carriers, 3 are rebuilt, 12 are renovated and Huai chain, and 4 are not completed at the end of World War II.

It is worth mentioning that due to the contradictions with the navy and the difficulty of coordination, the Japanese army also built four aircraft carriers belonging to the army, including the "Shenshu Maru", and one was still unfinished at the end of the war.

Japan had a total of 25 aircraft carriers during World War II. From the first aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy, the "Hosho", to the end of World War II, Japan built a total of 25 aircraft carriers, of which 10 were specially designed and built, and 15 were refitted.

During World War II, there were 25 aircraft carriers next to Japan. They are:

"Fengxiang", "Akagi", "Kaga", "Soryu", "Flying Dragon", "Ryuchampoo", Zuizuru, "Xianghe", "Zuiho", "Zuiho", "Ryuho", "Daiho", "Chiyoda", "Chitose".

"Unryu", "Amagi", "Katsuragi", "Shinano", "Okaka", "Cloudhawk", "Flying Eagle", "Divine Eagle", "Sea Eagle", "Hayabusa", "Okika".

Among them, 10 ships were designed and built by themselves

"Fengxiang", "Canglong", "Feilong", "Longxiang", "Ruihe", "Xianghe", "Dafeng", "Yunlong", "Amagi", "Katsuragi";

There are 15 converted from other ** and civilian steamers:

Akagi, Kaga, Shoho, Zuiho, Ryuho, Chiyoda, Chitose, Shinano, Okaka, Uniching, Flying Eagle, Divine Eagle, Sea Eagle, Hayabusa See, and Okitaka.

Before Japan launched the Pacific War, it had a total of 10 aircraft carriers

"Fengxiang", "Akagi", "Kaga", "Soryu", "Flying Dragon", "Ryuxiang", "Zuizuru", "Xianghe", "Zuiho", "Zuiho".

15 ships were built and converted during the war: the Rolling Oak.

"Ryuho", "Daiho", "Chiyoda", "Chitose", "Unryu", "Amagi", "Katagi", "Shinano", "Otaka", "Cloud Eagle", "Flying Eagle", "Divine Eagle", "Sea Eagle", "Hayabusa", "Okitaka".

With the exception of the "Hosho", "Hayabusa", Amagi, Ryuho and Katsuragi which disintegrated after the war, the rest were sunk in the war.