Japanese battlecruiser Amagi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. (November 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | ~1920 |
| Laid down: | ~1923 |
| Launched: | Never launched |
| Commissioned: | Never commissioned |
| Fate: | Heavily damaged in 1923 Great Kantō earthquake on 1 September 1923; scrapped after the earthquake passed. |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 33,800 tons (approximate) |
| Length: | 855 ft 3 in (260.68 m) (approximate) |
| Beam: | 102 ft 9 in (31.32 m) (approximate) |
| Draught: | 28 ft 7 in (8.71 m) (approximate) |
| Propulsion: | unknown |
| Speed: | unknown |
| Range: | unknown |
| Complement: | 5x two-barrel gun turrets, many more guns in wing turrets |
| Armament: | unknown |
| Aircraft: | Dreadnought design, no aircraft catapults |
This article is about the battlecruiser Amagi. For the aircraft carrier of the same name please see Amagi.
The Amagi was laid down as an Amagi class battlecruiser at Yokosuka Navy Yard. She was intended to modernize the IJN and compete with the United States Navy's Lexington class battlecruiser. Planned to have the wing turrets of the ships following World War I, she would have been heavy and a tough but thinly armored opponent.
Contents |
[edit] Name
The prevailing ship naming conventions dictated that she (like her sister ships) be named after a mountain. Amagi was named after Mount Amagi, a dormant volcano in the Chūbu region.
[edit] Conversion to an aircraft carrier
Amagi and her sister ship Akagi were getting the barbettes for each of the five two-gun turrets until the Washington Naval Treaty was signed in 1922. Because of their enormous weight, Amagi and Akagi were converted into aircraft carriers, a protracted process since barbettes and other deck clutter were already installed. Her "deck clutter" was all removed.
[edit] Destruction of Amagi
Unlike her sister ship Akagi, Amagi never saw service for she was badly damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake on 1 September 1923 and after the earthquake passed, she was scrapped and her role was substituted by the fast battleship Kaga.
