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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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