 No. 301 was ordered scrapped less than a month after she was laid down in order to clear her slipway for the carrier Amagi which was laid down on 1 October 1942 . After her launch , the construction of Ibuki was suspended in July 1943 while her fate was discussed . A possible conversion to a fast oiler was considered until the Navy decided on 25 August to convert her to a light aircraft carrier at Sasebo Naval Arsenal . Work on the conversion did not begin until the incomplete hull was towed to Sasebo on 21 December . It was originally intended to complete her in March 1945 , but this was extended until August . Construction was suspended on 16 March , when the ship was about 80 % complete , to allow for the construction of small submarines . Ibuki was scrapped at Sasebo from 22 November 1946 to 1 August 1947 . 
