| Classe: Chitose | |
| Statistics: | Displacement: 12 350 tons Length: 184 meters Speed: 29 knots 25 planes 10 x 5'' guns |
| Date | Incident | Battle | Place |
| November 26, 1934 | Laid down | - | Japan |
| November 29, 1936 | Launched | Japan, seaplane tender, christened Chitose. | Japan |
| July 25, 1938 | Commissioned | - | Japan |
| February 8, 1942 | - | Macassar. | Indonesia |
| June 4, 1942 | - | Other groups engaged in the operation for Midway. | Hawaii |
| August 24, 1942 | Damaged | Battle of the Eastern Salomons. | Salomon Islands |
| October 11, 1942 | - | Cape Esperance. | Salomon Islands |
| January 1, 1944 | - | converted into light carrier. | Japan |
| June 19, 1944 | - | Battle of the Philippine Sea: first day. | Mariannas |
| June 19, 1944 | - | Battle of the Philippines Sea: the pursuit. | Mariannas |
| October 25, 1944 | Sunk | Battle of Cape Engano, sunk by the Essex, Lexington II. | Philippines |
| Date | Incident | Battle | Place |
| December 14, 1936 | Laid down | - | Japan |
| November 19, 1937 | Launched | - | Japan |
| December 15, 1938 | Commissioned | Japan, seaplane tender, christened Chiyoda. | Japan |
| June 4, 1942 | - | Other groups engaged in the operation for Midway. | Hawaii |
| October 31, 1943 | - | converted into light carrier. | Japan |
| June 19, 1944 | Combat | Battle of the Philippine Sea: first day. | Mariannas |
| June 20, 1944 | Damaged | Battle of the Philippines Sea: the pursuit. | Mariannas |
| October 25, 1944 | Sunk | The end of Cape Engano's cripples, sunk by the Wichita, New Orleans, Santa Fe, Mobile. | Philippines |
| October 25, 1944 | Damaged | Battle of Cape Engano, sunk by the Lexington II, Franklin, Langley II. | Philippines |