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^ Sisterless light CARRIERS. That is to say, the escort carriers Shinyo and Kaiyo and light aircraft carrier Ryuho. There are also the "Marus" operated by the IJA (like Akitsu-maru) whose sisters were never completed.

The only orphaned destroyer is Shimakaze, but there were many orphaned carriers. In fact, both Kaga and Akagi were orphans. Kaga was the second ship of the Tosa class of battleships but her oneesan was canceled due to the Washington naval treaty and she was herself converted to carrier. Similarly, Akagi was the second of the Amagi class of battlecruisers (although first to be laid down) but her sister Amagi was severely damaged before completion in the great Kanto earthquake and was scrapped. Amagi's name would later be reused for an Unryu-class carrier.