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The Amagi class (天城型, Amagi-gata) was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as part of the Eight-eight fleet in the early 1920s. The ships were to be named Amagi , Akagi , Atago , and Takao .
Akagi (Japanese: 赤城, "Red castle", named after Mount Akagi) was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Though she was laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, Akagi was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.
Before the Second World War, a further class of two battlecruisers were planned (Design B-65), but more pressing naval priorities and a faltering war effort ensured these ships never reached the construction phase. [7] Of the eight battlecruiser hulls laid down by Japan (the four Kongō and four Amagi class), none survived the Second World War.
The Eight-Eight Fleet Program (八八艦隊, Hachihachi Kantai) was a Japanese naval strategy formulated for the development of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the first quarter of the 20th century, which stipulated that the navy should include eight first-class battleships and eight armoured cruisers or battlecruisers.
Converted to fast battleship, 1935 Haruna: Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Converted to fast battleship, 1933 Hiei: Nov 1911 Apr 1915 Converted to training ship, 1937; fast battleship, 1941 Kirishima: Mar 1912 Apr 1915 Converted to fast battleship, 1941 Amagi class: 40,000 tons Amagi: Cancelled, 1922 Akagi: Dec 1920 Mar 1927 Completed as aircraft carrier Atago
The navies of Japan and the United States, not being affected immediately by the war, had time to develop new heavy 16-inch (410 mm) guns for their latest designs and to refine their battlecruiser designs in light of combat experience in Europe. The Imperial Japanese Navy began four Amagi-class battlecruisers.
Three naval vessels of Japan have been named Amagi: Japanese corvette Amagi, an early vessel of the Imperial Japanese Navy; Amagi-class battlecruiser, a vessel in the Imperial Japanese Navy, sister ship of Akagi; Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi, an Unryū-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
Amagi (天城) was an Unryū-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Named after Mount Amagi , [ 1 ] and completed late in the war, she never embarked her complement of aircraft and spent the war in Japanese waters.