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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.
In October 1942, after the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, the Japanese destroyers Akigumo and Makigumo are sometimes credited with finishing off the crippled and abandoned American aircraft carrier USS Hornet, but Hornet was already sinking with a 45 degree list after bomb and torpedo damage from aircraft operating from the carriers Shōkaku ...
IJN Akagi (CV) IJN Kaga (CV) IJN Zuikaku (CV) IJN Raid on Ships Evacuating Singapore (mid-Feb 1942) IJN Ryūjō (CVL) claimed sinking 4 ships and damaging 8 more; IJN Invasion of Java (14–27 February 1942) Operation J IJN Ryūjō (CVL) protected troop ships and sank USS Pope
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 ...
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 ...
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.
IJN carriers Akagi, Soryu and Hiryu, just returning from their Indian Ocean Raid, chased after the American carriers but did not find them. [87] The Doolittle Raid prevented Enterprise and Hornet from participating at the Battle of Coral Sea , where their presence could have had a significant impact. [ 89 ]
Akagi and Destroyer Squadron 19: Isonami, Uranami, Ayanami, Shikinami: 10 April 1941: ... up until her sinking during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. ...