Amagi (ship, 1944)

Amagi

Amagi 1944

Ship data flag  Japan Ship type Aircraft carrier class Unryū class Shipyard Naval shipyard in Nagasaki Keel laying October 1, 1942 Launch October 15, 1943 Commissioning August 10, 1944 Whereabouts Sunk by an air raid near Kure on July 27, 1945

Ship dimensions and crew length 227.35 m ( Lüa ) width Flight deck: 27 m Draft Max. 7.76 m displacement Standard : 17,480  ts normal: 20,450 ts   crew 1,500

Machine system machine 8 Kampon steam boilers 4 steam turbines Machine performance 152,000 PSw (113,000 kW) Top speed 34 kn (63 km / h) propeller 4th

Armament Anti-aircraft artillery 6 × 2 12.7 cm L / 40 type 89 21 × 3 25mm L / 60 type 96 30 × 1 type 96 25mm cannon Armor Belt armor: 2 × 25 mm Armored deck: 25 mm

Furnishing Flight deck dimensions 216.9 mx 27 m Aircraft capacity 57 and 9 reserve

The Amagi ( Japanese 天 城 ) was an aircraft carrier named after the Amagi volcano ("Heavenly Castle") , the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War . It should not be confused with the Amagi battle cruiser of the same name , which was destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake during its conversion to an aircraft carrier .

The Amagi was built by Mitsubishi in the Nagasaki naval shipyard . As the second ship in the Unryū class, its lightweight design was also based on the aircraft carriers of the Hiryū class.

An on-board aircraft squadron of its own never came on board. Provided were Mitsubishi A6M 8 "Zero" fighter planes , Aichi B7A "Ryusei" torpedo bomber / dive bomber and Nakajima C6N reconnaissance aircraft .

The Amagi half overturned after American air raids in July 1945 (photo taken in August 1946)

The ship was put into service in August 1944, but never took on any tasks other than air defense in the Kure area , where it was sunk on July 27, 1945 in an air raid. It was lifted in late 1946 and broken up the following year.

List of commanders

No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires	Remarks
1.	Sea Captain / Rear Admiral Yamamori Kamenosuke	August 10, 1944	October 23, 1944	entrusted with building supervision since June 27, 1943
2.	Sea captain Miyazaki Toshio	October 23, 1944	April 20, 1945
3.	Sea captain Hiratsuka Shiro	April 20, 1945	July 27, 1945

See also

• List of Historic Aircraft Carriers (Japan)

Web links

Commons : Amagi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Amagi's CV at combinedfleet.com (English)