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RYUHO
Shipyard:
Yokoshuka
Keel Laid: 29. Nov., 1936
Launched:
16. Nov., 1933
Entered service:
31. March, 1935, 28. Nov., 1942 (after reconstruction 1941-42)
Displacement: 13,360 t (standard), 16,700 t (max.)
Complement: 989
Length: 548 ft (215,6m)
Beam: 60.5 ft (19,58m)
Draught: 15.3 ft (6,67m)
Flight deck: 185x23m (1942), 210,4x23m (1943)
Hangar deck: 124x18,6m
Elevators: 2 (13,6x12m)
Aircraft: 31-33
Speed: 26,5 knots
Guns:
8 - 127mm
30-42-61 (1944) - 25mm
28 - 13,2mm (1944)
6-8 - 120mm rockets (1944)
Machinery: 2 geared turbines, 2 shafts, S.H.P 52000
Fuel: 2900 t

 


Ryuho in Kure after capitulation


Bombed in Kure in March 19, 1945, 3 bomb hits and 2 127mm rocket hits. Scrapped in 1946 - 47.



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