Japanese battlecruiser Amagi

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Japanese battlecruiser Amagi was a planned Imperial Japanese Navy capital ship of the Amagi class that was never completed and later scrapped after being damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battlecruiser
planned warship
construction suspended after earthquake damage
constructionSite Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
contemporaryWith Kongō-class battlecruiser
conversionStatus not converted due to earthquake damage
country Japan
designedAs fast capital ship
designedAsConversionCandidate aircraft carrier (after Washington Naval Treaty)
designedBy Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department
designedDisplacement over 40,000 tons (standard)
designedFor Eight-Eight Fleet Plan
surface form: Eight-Eight Fleet Program
designedOpponents Royal Navy capital ships
United States Navy capital ships
designedRange long-range Pacific operations
designedSpeed approximately 30 knots
designedSuccessorOf Kongō-class battlecruiser
era World War I era
event damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
fate scrapped after earthquake damage
geographicCountryOfConstruction Japan
hasLanguageOfName Japanese
hullMaterial steel
influencedBy World War I naval lessons
intendedRole battlecruiser
intendedUse engage enemy capital ships
fleet flagship potential
support carrier operations (projected)
locationDuringEarthquake Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
namedAfter Mount Amagi
nameLanguage Japanese
navalProgram Eight-Eight Fleet Plan
surface form: Eight-Eight Fleet Program
navalTreatyContext Washington Naval Conference
surface form: Washington Naval Treaty era
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
partOfClass Amagi-class battlecruiser
plannedArmament 410 mm naval guns
secondary battery of smaller guns
plannedArmour armoured belt
armoured decks
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
reasonForNotCompletion damage from the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
relatedShipClass Tosa-class battleship
scrappedAfter Great Kanto earthquake
surface form: 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
scrappingReason structural damage beyond economic repair
shipClassCount four planned ships in Amagi class
shipType capital ship
status never completed
scrapped

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Amagi-class battlecruiser hasPlannedShip Japanese battlecruiser Amagi
Japanese battlecruiser Takao relatedTo Japanese battlecruiser Amagi
Japanese battlecruiser Atago classSisterShip Japanese battlecruiser Amagi