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Akagi after her launch in April 1925; she had already been converted to an aircraft carrier. Akagi was the first ship of the class to be laid down; construction began on 6 December 1920 at the naval yard in Kure. Amagi followed ten days later at the Yokosuka naval yard. The projected completion dates for the first pair of ships were December ...
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.
The battlecruiser was an outgrowth of the armoured cruiser concept, which had proved highly successful against the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Battle of Tsushima at the end of the Russo-Japanese War. In the aftermath, the Japanese immediately turned their focus to the two remaining rivals for imperial dominance in the Pacific Ocean: Britain and ...
Akagi (A former Japanese battlecruiser converted to an aircraft carrier) being relaunched in April 1925. So great was the difference in capability between this generation of ships and those of five years previously that the "Eight-Eight Fleet" plan was restarted: Nagato was now regarded as Ship No.1 in the new project, and planners now began to ...
Akagi-class: Fleet carrier: Akagi (1927–1942) 36,500 tonnes Converted from an Amagi-class battlecruiser. Sunk at Midway on June 5, 1942 Kaga-class: Aircraft carrier: Kaga (1928–1942) 38,200 tonnes Converted from a Tosa-class battleship. Sunk at Midway on June 4, 1942 Sōryū-class: Aircraft carrier: Sōryū (1937–1942) Hiryū (1939–1942 ...
(2) Amagi — sister ship to Akagi both as a battlecruiser and as a conversion to an aircraft carrier, was destroyed during construction by an earthquake and replaced with the Kaga. Heavy cruisers [ edit ]
Pages in category "Amagi-class battlecruisers" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi; Japanese battlecruiser ...
"an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), originally begun as an Amagi-class battlecruiser. She was converted under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty to an aircraft carrier.": an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).