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JS Kaga (DDH-184) is a helicopter carrier of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). [1] She is currently undergoing conversion into a light aircraft carrier, which is scheduled to be complete around fiscal year 2027. [2]
Aircraft carriers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (1 C) This page was last edited on 3 April 2013, at 06:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The list of aircraft carriers by configuration contains active aircraft carriers organized by the specific configuration of aircraft ... Japan Maritime Self-Defense ...
Hōshō was the only Japanese aircraft carrier with two hangars. The forward hangar was 67.2 by 9.5 meters (220 ft 6 in by 31 ft 2 in) and only one deck in height as it was intended to house nine small aircraft, such as fighters.
Kaga (Japanese: 加賀, named after the ancient Kaga Province) was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Originally intended to be one of two Tosa-class battleships, Kaga was converted under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty to an aircraft carrier as the replacement for the battlecruiser Amagi, which had been irreparably damaged during the 1923 Great Kantō ...
Pages in category "World War II aircraft carriers of Japan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Taihō (大鳳, "Great Phoenix") was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Possessing heavy belt armor and featuring an armored flight deck (a first for any Japanese aircraft carrier), she represented a major departure from prior Japanese aircraft carrier design and was expected to not only survive multiple bomb, torpedo, or shell hits, but also continue ...
Shōkaku being launched in heavy rain at Yokosuka, 1 June 1939.. The Shōkaku-class carriers were part of the same program that also included the Yamato-class battleships.No longer restricted by the provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty, which expired in December 1936, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was free to incorporate all those features they deemed most desirable in an aircraft ...