Chitose (千歳) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served from 1938 to 1944, seeing service as a seaplane carrier and later as a light aircraft
was a light aircraftcarrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Originally constructed as the second vessel of the Chitose-class seaplane
an aircraftcarrier, and the first aircraftcarrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Commissioned in 1922, the ship was used for testing carrier aircraft
class of two light aircraftcarriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Originally laid down as the submarine tender Takasaki (Japanese: 高崎, "Tall Cape")