Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Amagi.
Amagi (天城) was an Unryū-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Named after Mount Amagi,[1] and completed late in the war, she never embarked her complement of aircraft and spent the war in Japanese waters. The ship capsized in July 1945 after being hit multiple times during airstrikes by American carrier aircraft while moored at Kure Naval Base. Amagi was refloated in 1946 and scrapped later that year.
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Amagi (天城) |
Namesake | Mount Amagi |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
Laid down | 1 October 1942 |
Launched | 15 October 1943 |
Commissioned | 10 August 1944 |
Fate | Capsized after air attacks, 29 July 1945, scrapped 1946–1947 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Unryū-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 20,450 t (20,130 long tons) |
Length | 227.35 m (745 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 22 m (72 ft 2 in) |
Draft | 8.73 m (28 ft 8 in) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 1,595 |
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