Unryū-class aircraft carrier
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The Unryū-class aircraft carrier was a World War II-era class of Japanese Imperial Navy fleet carriers designed as a simplified, faster-to-build successor to earlier carriers like the Hiryū.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Unryu-class aircraft carrier | 1 |
| Unryū-class aircraft carriers | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship class
ⓘ
aircraft carrier class ⓘ |
| airGroupSize | about 57 aircraft ⓘ |
| antiAircraftArmament |
12.7 cm Type 89 dual-purpose guns
ⓘ
25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armourProtection | moderate armor compared to earlier carriers ⓘ |
| basedOnDesignOf | Hiryū NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtAt |
Kure Naval Arsenal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokosuka Naval Arsenal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Aircraft carrier classes
ⓘ
World War II aircraft carriers of Japan ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedAs |
fleet carrier
ⓘ
simplified successor to Hiryū ⓘ |
| designedBy | Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
faster construction
ⓘ
mass production under wartime conditions ⓘ |
| designedTo | operate fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers ⓘ |
| designedToReplace | earlier Japanese fleet carriers ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
|
| flightDeckType | full-length flight deck ⓘ |
| fullLoadDisplacement | approximately 20,000 tons ⓘ |
| hullType | steel ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 34 knots ⓘ |
| navalDoctrineRole | fast carrier task force operations ⓘ |
| navy | Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLoss | Unryū sunk by US submarine USS Redfish in 1944 ⓘ |
| numberOfPlannedShips | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfShipsCompleted | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| predecessor | Hiryū-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | carrier-based aircraft ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1944 ⓘ |
| shipCompleted |
Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi (1944)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipPlanned |
Japanese aircraft carrier Aso
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japanese aircraft carrier Ikoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese aircraft carrier Kasagi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardDisplacement | approximately 17,000 tons ⓘ |
| status | all completed ships eventually decommissioned or lost ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.