AKAGI

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AKAGI (1927) Shipyard: Kure Dockyard Keel Laid: December 6, 1920 Launched: April 22, 1925 Entered service: March 25, 1927 Displacement: 26,900 tons (standard); 34,364 tons (full) Complement: 1630 Length: 261,2m Beam: 28,96m Draught: 8,08m Flight deck: 1. 190,2x30,48m for landings 2. 15x30m only for fighters 3. 55,02x22,86m for bombers Hnagar deck: - Elevators: 2 (13x12m, 13x9m) Aircraft:60 Guns: 10 - 203mm 12 - 127mm Armour: Main Side Belt 11" belt Deck Armour 0.5" to 2.3" Flight Deck Armour 1.5" Speed: 32,5 knots Machinery: 4 geared turbines Gihon type. 11 Oil Boilers, 8 Coal Boilers. S.H.P.131,200. Fuel: Coal 2100t + oil 3900 t.	AKAGI (1935-38)(1941) Shipyard: Kure Dockyard Sasebo Kaigun Kosho - rebuilding 1935-38 Keel Laid: December 6, 1920 Launched: April 22, 1925 Entered service: March 25, 1927 Displacement: 36,500 tons (standard); 41,300 tons (full) Complement: 1630 Length: 855.3 ft (260,67m) Beam: 102.9 ft (31,32m) Draught: 28.7 ft (8,71m) Flight deck: 249,2x30m Hnagar deck: 188x22,7m Elevators: 3 (11x16m, 11x13m, 13x9m) Aircraft:91 Guns: 6 - 203mm 12 - 127mm 28 - 25mm Armour: Main Side Belt 11" belt Deck Armour 0.5" to 2.3" Flight Deck Armour 1.5" Speed: 31,2 knots Machinery: Geared turbines. 19 Kanpon Boilers B type. S.H.P.133,000. Fuel: Oil 5770 t.



Notes: Originally laid down on 6th Dec., 1920, as battle cruider of 42,000 tons, but converted into aircraft carrier as result of Washington Treaty. Funnels are arranged on starboard side so that the foremost (which is internally divided into four) is trunked outward and downward amidships, while the second projects slightly above flight deck abaft of the first. Though she has accommodation for 50 planes, only about 30 are carried normally. There are 2 aircraft lifts on starboard side, one abaft funnels and a smaller one right astern. Sister ship, Amagi, laid down at Yokosuka Dockyard, and launched late in 1922, was so badly damaged by earthquake and fire, September, 1923, that her construction was abandoned, and Kaga`s hull was appropriated to replace her. Sunk in Battle of Midway 4/6/1942. 30deg 30`, 177deg 08` in 04,55AM after Admiral Yamamotos order by DDs Hagikadze, Maikaze, Nowaki, Arashi torpedo atack