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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.
Amagi and Akagi were both intended for conversion, but an earthquake damaged the hull of Amagi so extensively that the ship was scrapped. Akagi was reconstructed as an aircraft carrier and served with distinction as part of the Kido Butai during the Second World War, participating in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor before being sunk at the ...
The design for these ships was based on the aircraft carrier Hiryū. IJN Planned to build 16 ships, however only 3 were completed and 2 almost completed (one of which was sunk as a target then salvaged and later scrapped) before the project was abandoned in favour of Shinano 's construction.
At the beginning of the Pacific War, the strategy of the Imperial Japanese Navy was underpinned by several key assumptions.The most fundamental was that just as the Russo-Japanese War had been decided by a single naval battle at Tsushima (May 27–28, 1905), the war against the United States would also be decided by a single, decisive battle at sea, or Kantai Kessen. [14]
Akagi was one of three WWII wrecks the expedition visited for an “archaeological assessment” at the site of the Battle of Midway. The 809-foot-long aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was among the ...
Axis Powers of World War II: Branch: Imperial Japanese Navy: Type: Naval aviation unit: Role: Aircraft carrier support: Engagements: Attack on Pearl Harbor Battle of Rabaul Bombing of Darwin Indian Ocean raid Battle of Midway Battle of the Eastern Solomons Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands Battle of the Philippine Sea: Commanders; Notable ...
World War II escort carriers of Japan (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "World War II aircraft carriers of Japan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
At 0955, Akagi Maru took a third hit by a bomb in her port No. 5 hold, which made the ship stop and caused several large explosions. At 1030, Abandon Ship was ordered, and survivors were taken aboard Katori but perished later in the morning with her. Akagi Maru sank at 1047 at position 07-50N, 151-25E in the vicinity of the North Pass. A total ...