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SORYU Shipyard: Kure Keel Laid: November 1934 Launched: December 23, 1935 Entered service: December 1, 1936 Displacement: 15,900 tons (standard); 19,800 tons (full) Complement: 1100 Length: 746.5 ft (227,5m) Beam: 69.1 ft (21,3m) Draught: 25 ft (7,62m) Flight deck: 216,9x26m Hnagar deck1: 171,3x18m Hnagar deck2: 142,4x18m Elevators: 3 (11,3x16m) Aircraft: 71 Speed: 34,5knots Guns: 12 - 5 inch AA 28 - 25mm 15 x 13.2mm MG Armour: Main Side Belt 2.0" to 3.4" belt Deck Armour 0.5" to 2.3" Flight Deck Armour 1.5" Machinery: 4 Geared turbines, 8 boilers. S.H.P. 152,000. 4 shafts. Soryu was sunk on 4 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway, after SBD "Dauntless" aircraft from USS Yorktown (CV-5) hit her with several bombs. SORYU SORYU SORYU SORYU SORYU SORYU Akagi (deck) followed by Soryu 7 Dec. 1941, Pearl Harbor attack SORYU, Kure 1937 SORYU

HIRYU Shipyard: - Keel Laid: July 8 1936 Launched: November 16, 1937 Entered service: July 5, 1939 Displacement: 17,300 tons (standard); 21,900 tons (full) Complement: 1100 Length: 745.1 ft (227,4m) Beam: 73.3 ft (22,3m) Draught: 25.9 ft (7,84m) Flight deck: 216,9x27m Hnagar deck1: 171,3x18m Hnagar deck2: 142,4x18m Elevators: 3 (13x16m) Aircraft: 73 Speed: 34,3knots Guns: 12 - 5 inch AA 31 - 25mm 15 x 13.2mm MG Armour: Main Side Belt 2.0" to 3.4" belt Deck Armour 0.5" to 2.3" Flight Deck Armour 1.5" Machinery: 4 Geared turbines, 8 boilers. S.H.P. 153,000. 4 shafts. Sunk on 4 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway. HIRYU (Battle of Midway) HIRYU (Battle of Midway) HIRYU (Battle of Midway) HIRYU HIRYU HIRYU HIRYU HIRYU ,Yokosuka, 5 Jul. 1939

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