RYŪJŌ – The Carrier That Should Never Have Sailed

It was supposed to be Japan’s shortcut to naval power — a “treaty-cheater” carrier built to outsmart the limits of international law. Instead, Ryūjō became one of the biggest engineering mistakes of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Top-heavy, unstable, and barely seaworthy, she nearly capsized before firing a shot. Yet despite her flaws, this failed ship was thrown into every major campaign — from brutal air raids over China and desperate battles in the Indian Ocean to her final, doomed mission off Guadalcanal.

This is the forgotten story of a carrier that should never have sailed. A flawed design that burned, sank, and vanished beneath the Pacific — and a cautionary tale of how arrogance and ambition can doom even the mightiest empires.

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