Unryū class aircraft carrier
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Unryū |
| Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| In commission: | 6 August 1944 |
| Completed: | 6 (3 completed) |
| Retired: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 17,150-17,460 tons |
| Length: | 745 feet 11 inches (227.4 m) |
| Beam: | 72 feet 2 inches (22.0 m) |
| Draught: | 25 feet 9 inches (7.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | Turbine engines |
| Speed: | 32-34 knots |
| Complement: | 1,595 |
| Armament: | 12 × 5 inch anti-aircraft guns up to 89 x 25mm/60 anti-aircraft guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 57(+8) |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck and hangar |
| Notes: | Ships in class: Unryū, Amagi, Katsuragi, Kasagi, Aso, Ikoma |
For the early 19th century sumo champion see Unryū Kyūkichi
The Unryū class of aircraft carriers (雲龍 級) were World War II Japanese aircraft carriers. They were intended for strikes against US convoys. None ever deployed operationally. Three of the six ships in the class were incomplete at the end of the war; the survivors and hulks were scrapped postwar.
[edit] References
- Unryu class. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- Andrew Toppan (2000). World Aircraft Carriers List: Japanese Aircraft Carriers. Hazegray.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- Worth, Richard (2001). Fleets of World War II. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306811162.
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