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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.
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 ...
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.
Date Ships 1 April 1928 (original) Akagi, Hōshō and Destroyer Squadron 6: Ume, Kusunoki: 1 December 1931: Kaga, Notoro and Destroyer Squadron 2 : Minekaze, Okikaze, Yakaze, Sawakaze
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]
No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser (驅潛特務艇第一號型): Over 200 built during World War II, 81 lost. List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at . No.1-class patrol boat. Patrol Boat No. 1 (ex-Shimakaze) Patrol Boat No. 2 (ex-Nadakaze) No.31-class patrol boat. Patrol Boat No. 31 (ex-Kiku) Patrol Boat No. 32 (ex-Aoi)