Unryū class aircraft carrier
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.jpg) Katsuragi serving as a troop transport in 1946 |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Unryū |
| Builders: | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Kure Naval Arsenal Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard Kōbe-Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard |
| Operators: |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by: | Shōkaku |
| Subclasses: | Unryū (Ship #302 and 5001-5006) Ikoma (Ship #5007-5015) |
| Built: | 1943–1944 |
| In commission: | 1944–1946 |
| Planned: | 1 (1941) + 15 (1942) |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Cancelled: | 10 |
| Lost: | 2 + 1 (Aso) |
| Retired: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | Katsuragi and Aso 17,150 tons standard Others 17,480 tons standard |
| Length: | 745 feet 11 inches (227.36 m) |
| Beam: | 72 feet 2 inches (22.00 m) |
| Draught: | 25 feet 9 inches (7.85 m) |
| Propulsion: | 8 x Ro-Gō Kampon water-tube boilers 4 x Kampon geared turbines, 4 shafts, Katsuragi and Aso 104,000 SHP Others 152,000 SHP |
| Speed: | Katsuragi and Aso 32 knots Others 34 knots |
| Complement: | 1,595 |
| Armament: | 12 × 127 mm (5.0 in) L/40 Type 89 AA guns (6 × 2) 93 × Type 96 25mm AA guns (21 × 3 + 30 × 1) Katsuragi and Aso 180 × 4.7 inch anti-aircraft rockets (6 × 30) Others 168 × 4.7 inch anti-aircraft rockets (6 × 28) |
| Armor: | Deck: 25 mm (0.98 in) Belt: Katsuragi and Aso 50 mm (2.0 in) Others 46 mm (1.8 in) |
| Aircraft carried: | 57 + 8 (Unryū class) 72 + 1 (Ikoma class) |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck and hangar |
| Notes: | Ships in class: Unryū, Amagi, Katsuragi, Kasagi, Aso, Ikoma |
The Unryū class aircraft carriers (雲龍型航空母艦 Unryū-gata kōkūbokan) were World War II Japanese aircraft carriers.
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[edit] History
They were intended for strikes against US convoys. None ever deployed operationally. Three of the six ships in the class were incomplete at the end of the war; the survivors and hulks were scrapped postwar.
[edit] Ships in class
| Sub class | Ship # | Ship | Launched | Fate |
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| Unryū | 302 | Unryū (雲龍) | 25 September 1943 | Sunk 9 December 1944 by the USS Redfish. |
| 5001 | Amagi (天城) | 15 October 1943 | Sunk 28 July 1945 by air raid. | |
| 5002 | Cancelled on 1943. Budget and the materials were used for Shinano. | |||
| 5003 | Katsuragi (葛城) | 19 January 1944 | Scrapped, starting 22 December 1946. | |
| 5004 | Kasagi (笠置) | 19 October 1944 | Incomplete at the end of the war (84%). Scrapped, starting 1 September 1946. |
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| 5005 | Cancelled on 1943. Budget and the materials were used for Shinano. | |||
| 5006 | Aso (阿蘇) | 1 November 1944 | Incomplete at the end of the war (60%). Sunk as target off Kurahashi-Jima, Kure City, Japan, July 1945. Scrapped, starting 21 December 1946. |
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| Ikoma | 5007 | Ikoma (生駒) | 17 November 1944 | Incomplete at the end of the war (60%). Scrapped, starting 4 June 1946. |
| 5008 | Kurama (鞍馬) | Cancelled on 1943. | ||
| 5009 to 5015 |
[edit] See also
Media related to Unryū class aircraft carrier at Wikimedia Commons
[edit] References
- "Unryu class". Combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/unryu_c.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- Andrew Toppan (2000). "World Aircraft Carriers List: Japanese Aircraft Carriers". Hazegray.org. http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/ijn_cv.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- Worth, Richard (2001). Fleets of World War II. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306811162.
- "Rekishi Gunzō". http://rekigun.net/. History of Pacific War Extra, "Perfect guide, The aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy & Army", Gakken (Japan), April 2003, ISBN 4-05-603055-3
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