Amagi

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Amagi was an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier planned as part of Japan’s early carrier force before being cancelled due to damage from the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

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instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier
Unryū-class aircraft carrier
airGroupPlanned about 57 aircraft
armament 12 × 12.7 cm Type 89 dual-purpose guns
multiple 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
rocket launchers for air defense (late war fit)
beam 22.0 metres
builder Kure Naval Arsenal
causeOfLoss capsized in shallow water after bomb damage
commissioned 1944-08-10
complement about 1,600 officers and crew
confusedWith Amagi (battlecruiser hull converted to carrier, cancelled after 1923 Great Kantō earthquake)
constructionSite Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
surface form: Kure, Japan
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
damagedBy U.S. carrier aircraft
damagedInOperation Task Force 38 air raids on Kure
dateOfSevereDamage 1945-07-24
1945-07-28
designedBy Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department
displacementFullLoad about 20,450 tons
displacementStandard about 17,150 tons
draft 7.63 metres
fate scrapped
homePort Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval District
surface form: Kure Naval District
hullNumber CVL-? (light carrier designation, exact number varies by source)
laidDown 1942-10-01
launched 1943-10-15
lengthOverall 227.35 metres
locationOfLoss Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
surface form: Kure, Japan
namedAfter Mount Amagi
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
powerOutput 152,000 shaft horsepower
propulsion 4 geared steam turbines
8 Kampon water-tube boilers
range 8000 nautical miles at 18 knots
role fleet aircraft carrier
scrappedBy Japanese firms under Allied supervision
scrappingPeriod 1946–1947
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy
shipClass Unryū-class aircraft carrier
sisterShip Ikoma
surface form: Ikoma (planned)

Katsuragi
Unryu
surface form: Unryū
speed 34 knots
statusDuringLateWar largely inactive due to fuel and aircrew shortages
strickenFromNavyList 1945-11-30
surrenderStatus found capsized at Kure at Japan’s surrender
theater Pacific War

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