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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.
Named World War II military operations involving aircraft carriers Name Navy Action Begin End Task Force Carriers 1940: Hurry: RN: Deliver Aircraft to Malta: 31 July 1940: 4 August 1940: Force H: Argus, Ark Royal: Hat: RN: Reinforce Eastern Mediterranean Fleet; Deliver Supplies to Malta: 30 August 1940: 5 September 1940: Force H & Force F: Ark ...
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 ...
Both sunk during WWII. Chitose-class: Light aircraft carrier: Chitose (1938/1944–1944) Chiyoda (1938/1944–1944) 11,200 tonnes Both ships were seaplane tenders before their conversion in 1943. Both ships sunk in 1944. Ryūhō-class: Light aircraft carrier: Ryūhō (1934/1942–1945) 16,700 tonnes Converted from the submarine tender Taigei ...
2 August – First aircraft landing aboard a moving ship, HMS Furious; this ship was subsequently modified with a stern-mounted landing deck in late 1917. [12] 21 August – First air-to-air kill from a ship-launched aircraft, Zeppelin L23 shot down by a Sopwith Pup from cruiser HMS Yarmouth. [10] 2 December – HMS Argus launched. [11] 1918
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 ...
Naval historians such as Evan Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive victories on land could not have been won without decisive victories at sea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Naval battles to keep shipping lanes open for combatant's movement of troops, guns, ammunition, tanks, warships, aircraft, raw materials ...
The First Carrier Division participated in the largest carrier-to-carrier battle in history, the Battle of the Marianas, and specifically the aircraft carrier Battle of the Philippine Sea (the so-called “Great Marianas Turkey Shoot”) on 19–20 June, where the Japanese naval forces were decisively defeated with heavy and irreplaceable ...