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UNRYU
AMAGI
KATSURAGI
KASAGARI
(canceled)
ASO
IKOMA
(canceled)
Displacement:
Unryu - 17,150 tons (standad); 22,400 tons (max)
Amagi - 17,460 tons (standad); 22,800 tons (max)
Kasturagi - 17,260 tons (standad); 22,534 tons (max)
Complement: 1459 (Unryu), 1595 (Amagi),
1500 (Katsuragi)
Length: 745.1 ft (227,4 m)
Beam: 72.2 ft (22 m)
Draught: 25.9 ft (7,85 m) , 7,76 m (Katsuragi)
Flight deck: 216,9x27m (Unryu, Amagi),
214,5x27m (Katsuragi)
Hangar deck: 1)175x21 m, 2) 130x21 m
Elevators: 2 (14x14 m)
Aircraft: up to 70
Guns:
12 - 5"/40 cal DP in 6 twin mountings (127 mm)
6 x 28 x 120 mm
51 - 89 x 25 mm
Armour:
Side Belt up to 3" belt
Deck 2"
Flight Deck 2.5"
Machinery: Geared turbines. 3 shafts.
Unryu, Amagi S.H.P. 152,000 = 34 kts.
Katsuragi S.H.P. 104,000 = 32,7 kts.


UNRYU


ASO


AMAGI (in front)


AMAGI 24. July 1945 after Kure bombing.


AMAGI, Kure Aug. 1946


KATSURAGI


KATSURAGI, Sasebo Bay, 2 Nov. 1945



 Name

 Builder

Keel laid

Launched

Entered service
Unryu
Amagi
Katsuragi
Yokosuka
Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Kure

25.11.1943
15.10.1943
19.1.1944

6.8.1944
11.8.1944
15.1.1944

19.12.1944
24.12.1944


UNRYU - sunk Dec.19/44 by torpedoes fired by US sub Redfish south west of Shanghai.
AMAGI - sunk 24. July 1945 after Kure bombing.
KATSURAGI - scrapped 1946 in Osaka



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