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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 .
Akagi served as Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo's flagship in the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. [16] Nagumo's Kido Butai—composed of the carriers Akagi, Kaga, Hiryū, Sōryū, Shōkaku, and Zuikaku, supported by escorts—launched two waves of airstrikes on the American base at Pearl Harbor in a devastating surprise attack. American ...
IJN Akagi (CV) IJN Soryu (CV) IJN Hiryu (CV) IJN Shōkaku (CV) IJN Ziukaku (CV) IJN Raids on Bay of Bengal Shipping (1 April 1942) IJN Malay Force: IJN Ryūjō (CVL) IJN Raids on Indian Coast, Cocanada and Vizagapatam (6 April 1942) IJN Ryūjō (CVL) IJN Raid on Columbo, Cylon (5 April 1942) Operation C IJN Kido Butai (5 carriers, 350 aircraft ...
The First Carrier Division (第一航空戦隊, Dai Ichi Kōkū sentai, often abbreviated as 一航戦 Ichikō-sen) was an aircraft carrier unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy's First Air Fleet.
The First Air Fleet (Dai-ichi Kōkū Kantai) was a major component of the Combined Fleet (Rengō Kantai).When created on 10 April 1941, it had three kōkū sentai (air flotillas; in the case of aircraft carriers, carrier divisions): On that date, First Kōkū Sentai consisted of Akagi and Kaga and their aircraft units.
The terms of the February 1922 Washington Naval Treaty forced the class' cancellation, but the two closest to completion (Amagi and Akagi) were saved from the scrappers by a provision that allowed two capital ships to be converted to aircraft carriers. However, the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake caused significant stress damage to the hull of Amagi.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed between 1952 and 1954 after the dissolution of the IJN. [1] The IJN was the third largest navy in the world by 1920, behind the Royal Navy and the United States Navy (USN). [2] It was supported by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for aircraft and airstrike operations from the fleet.
After that captured again by IJN in May 1945 after Nazi-Germany's surrender. I-504-class: Submarine: I-504: 1,763 tonnes Was Regia Marina submarine under the name Luigi Torelli then it was temporarily interned to IJN after Italy's capitulation then given to Kriegsmarine in September 1943 under the name UIT-25. After that captured again by IJN ...