Akagi aircraft carrier



Akagi(as completed)

Akagi(after refit)

(as completed)
Displacement26,900t standard, 33,821t trial
Length235.0m pp, 249.0m wl, 260.7m oa
Width29.0m
Draught8.07m
Machinery4-shaft geared turbine, 19-boilers, 131,200shp
Fueloil 3900t, coal 2100t
Speed31kt
Armourbelt 250mm
Armament10-20cm/50cal. gun (2x2, 1x6), 12-12cm/45cal. AA gun (2x6), 22 MGs, 60 aircraft
Complement2000
(1938 after refit)
Displacement36,500t standard, 40,650t trial, 42,750t full load
Length235.0m pp, 250.3m wl, 260.7m oa
Width31.3m
Draught8.71m
Machinery4-shaft geared turbine, 19-boilers, 133,000shp
Fueloil 6000t
Speed31.2kt
Armourbelt 250mm
Armament6-20cm/50cal. gun (1x6), 12-12cm/45cal. AA gun (2x6), 28-25mm AA MG, 91 aircraft
Complement2000



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
AkagiFY1917Kue NYd1920.12. 61925. 4.221927. 3.25CV1942. 6. 5 sunk
(air attack, Midway)
[30.30N, 179.08W]
1942. 9.25 disc


Akagi is planned as battlecruiser in 8-8 fleet programme. By Washington Treaty, the costruction as capital ship is suspended and allowed to convert to an aircraft carrier. Therefore, she was named after mountain followed by naming convention for battlecruisers. Mt.Akagi stand in Gunma Prefecture, NE of Maebashi-city.


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Copyright © Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito), 2002.
Illustration by courtesy of Tensho