The was one of the wartime armaments expansion plans of the
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender ...
(IJN).
Background
In September 1942, after being defeated in the Battle of Midway, the IJN drew up a new armaments expansion plan. This plan was combined by the
5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme and the
6th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number.
In mathematics
Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...
to build the aircraft carriers rapidly. The main article was to build 20 aircraft carriers, and removed all battleships and heavy cruisers. They had approved 412 vessels, 1,150,000 tons. However, most of plans were not achieved. Until the end of the war only 60 vessels from this plan were completed.
Table of vessels
See also
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1st Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 1 Keikaku, 1931)
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2nd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 2 Keikaku, 1934)
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3rd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 3 Keikaku, 1937)
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4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme
The was one of the armaments expansion plan of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).
Background
In 1939, the IJN started new naval armaments expansion plan. It extended to 80 warships and 75 Naval Air Groups by 1.6 billion JPY.
Table of vessels
No ...
(Maru 4 Keikaku, 1939)
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Temporal Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Rin Keikaku, 1940)
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Rapidly Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Kyū Keikaku, 1941)
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Additional Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Tui Keikaku, 1941)
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5th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru 5 Keikaku, 1941)
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6th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number.
In mathematics
Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...
(Maru 6 Keikaku, 1942)
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Wartime Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Maru Sen Keikaku, 1944)
References
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