Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi
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 Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi |
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| Name: | Amagi (天城) |
| Operator: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Builder: | Nagasaki Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 1 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 15 October 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 10 August 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk by air attack at Kure Naval Base on July 27, 1945 |
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| Class and type: | Unryū-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 22,400 tons (standard), 22,800 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 227.4 m |
| Beam: | 27 m |
| Draught: | 7.8 m |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 152,000 hp, 4 shafts |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Range: | 9,700 nmi. at 18 knots (18,000 km at 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,595 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) guns 51 x 25 mm anti-aircraft guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 57(+8) |
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The Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi (天城?) was a fleet aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy which served during World War II. Second vessel of the Unryū class, the Amagi was a lightly built carrier design based on the Hiryū class. She carried around 65 aircraft and also carried a secondary armament of twelve 5-inch Dual Purpose guns. Displacing 22,400 tons, she was capable of 32+ knots.
Amagi was built by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki. Laid down October 1 1942, launched October 15 1943, completed August 10 1944. Her aircraft complement consisted of 23 Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters, 21 Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers, and 21 Nakajima B6N "Jill" torpedo bombers.
The Amagi, named for Mount Amagi, was commissioned in 1944, but was never deployed apart from defensive anti-aircraft action in Kure, and was eventually capsized and sunk at Kure Naval Base on July 27, 1945. She was refloated in late 1946 and scrapped the following year.
The name "Amagi" means heavenly castle.
[edit] Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Capt. Kamenosuke Yamamori - 27 June 1944 - 10 August 1944
Capt. / RADM Kamenosuke Yamamori - 10 August 1944 - 23 October 1944 (Promoted to Rear Admiral on 15 October 1944.)
Capt. Toshio Miyazaki - 23 October 1944 - 20 April 1945
Capt. Shiro Hiratsuka - 20 April 1945 - 28 July 1945
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