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Design B-65 was a class of cruisers planned by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) before and during World War II.The IJN referred to this design as a 'Super Type A' cruiser; It was larger than most heavy cruisers but smaller than most battlecruisers, and as such, has been variously described as a 'super-heavy cruiser,' a 'super cruiser,' or as a 'cruiser-killer.'
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: Cancelled, 1922 Takao: Cancelled, 1922 Type B-65: 32,000 tons 9 × 12.2-in. 16 × 3.9-in. 33 kn Hull 795 Cancelled ...
Ship Builder Class and type Displacement (tons) Commissioned into IJN Fate Furutaka: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Furutaka-class heavy cruiser: 9,150 31 March 1926 12 October 1942; Sunk by USN cruisers, Battle of Cape Esperance: Kako: Kawasaki, Kobe Furutaka-class heavy cruiser 9,150 30 July 1926 10 August 1942; Sunk by USS S-44 off New Ireland (island ...
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun ⓘ 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.
The Japanese cruiser Ibuki (伊吹) was a heavy cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.The lead ship of her class of two ships, she was ordered to be converted into a light aircraft carrier in 1943 before completion to help replace the aircraft carriers sunk during the Battle of Midway in mid-1942.
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.
B65 or B-65 may refer to: B65 (New York City bus) in Brooklyn; Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings code; a 65 Billionen parameters LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI) B-65 Atlas, an American missile; Design B-65 cruiser, a planned class of ships for Japan in World War II
Tone (利根) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Tone class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Tone River, in the Kantō region of Japan and was completed on 20 November 1938 at Mitsubishi's Nagasaki shipyards. Tone was designed for long-range scouting missions and had a large seaplane capacity.