Nice workView attachment 721807
Kongō class Fast Battleship (1913-1915)
Specifications (Following 1940 refit)
Weight: 36,601 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 30.5 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Kawanishi E7K2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 203mm
- Deck: 57mm
- Over Magazines: 152mm
- Over Machinery: 80mm
- Turrets: 229mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Barbettes: 330mm
- Conning Tower: 254mm
- 8 x 14-in/45 caliber 41st Year main guns (4x2)
- 14 x 6-in/45 caliber 41st Year barbette guns
- 8 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (4x2)
- 20 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (10x2)
Kongō (金剛) Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK January 17, 1911 May 18, 1912 August 16, 1913 December 7, 1947 Museum ship in Kobe since 1949. Hiei (比叡) Yokosuka Naval Arsenal April 11, 1911 November 12, 1912 August 4, 1914 November 14, 1947 Scrapped in Kure, 1948-1949. Kirishima (霧島) Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki March 17, 1912 December 1, 1913 April 19, 1915 Sunk by American battleships near Necker Island, November 1942. Haruna (榛名) Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Kobe March 16, 1912 December 14, 1913 April 19, 1915 February 2, 1948 Sunk for target practice, November 1, 1950.
View attachment 721828
Fusō class Battleship (1915-1917)
Specifications (Following 1938 refit)
Weight: 39,154 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 6x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,000 nautical miles
Speed: 24.7 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Nakajima E4N2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 97mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 305mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Barbettes: 330mm
- Conning Tower: 350mm
- 12 x 14-in/45 caliber 41st Year main guns (6x2)
- 14 x 6-in/45 caliber 41st Year barbette guns
- 8 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (4x2)
- 16 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (8x2)
Fusō (扶桑) Kure Naval Arsenal March 11, 1912 March 28, 1913 November 18, 1915 Sunk during the Battle of the Queen Charlotte Islands, September 1942. Yamashiro (山城) Yokosuka Naval Arsenal November 20, 1913 November 3, 1915 March 31, 1917 May 6, 1949 Sunk for target practice near the Caroline Islands, May 1949.
View attachment 721832
Ise class Battleship (1917-1918)
Specifications (Following 1937 refit)
Weight: 39,657 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 7,870 nautical miles
Speed: 25.3 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Kawanishi E7K2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 97mm
- Main Deck: 51mm
- Turrets: 305mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Barbettes: 330mm
- Conning Tower: 350mm
- 12 x 14-in/45 caliber 41st Year main guns (6x2)
- 16 x 140mm/45 caliber 3rd Year barbette guns
- 8 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (4x2)
- 20 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (10x2)
Ise (伊勢) Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Kobe May 10, 1915 November 12, 1916 December 15, 1917 September 19, 1946 Scrapped in Osaka, 1949-1950. Hyūga (日向) Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki May 6, 1915 January 27, 1917 April 30, 1918 August 2, 1956 Testing ship, 1947-1956. Scrapped in Hiroshima, 1957.
View attachment 721834
Nagato class Battleship (1920-1921)
Specifications (Following 1938 refit)
Weight: 42,850 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 10x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,560 nautical miles
Speed: 25 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Kawanishi E7K2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 127mm
- Splinter Deck: 38mm
- Turrets: 457mm
- Bulkheads: 330mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Barbettes: 457mm
- Conning Tower: 356mm
- 8 x 16.1-in/45 caliber 3rd Year main guns (4x2)
- 18 x 140mm/50 caliber 3rd Year barbette guns
- 8 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (4x2)
- 20 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (10x2)
Nagato (長門) Kure Naval Arsenal August 28, 1917 November 9, 1919 November 25, 1920 March 28, 1953 Gunnery Training Ship, 1948. Preserved in Yokosuka since 1957. Mutsu (陸奥) Yokosuka Naval Arsenal June 1, 1918 May 31, 1920 November 22, 1921 Destroyed by internal explosion, June 8, 1943.
View attachment 721843
Yamato class Battleship (1941-1944)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 72,810 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon-Parsons geared steam turbines, 12x Kampon boilers
Range: 7,200 nautical miles
Speed: 27 knots
Aviation Capacity: 7 Mitsubishi F1M seaplanes, 2 catapults
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 410mm
- Main Deck: 230mm
- Upper Deck: 50mm
- Turrets: 650mm
- Bulkheads: 300mm
- Barbettes: 560mm
- Conning Tower: 500mm
- 9 x 18.1-in/45 caliber Type 94 main guns (3x3)
- 12 x 155mm/60 caliber 3rd Year secondary guns (4x3)
- 12 x 127mm Type 89 AA guns (6x2)
- 24 x 25mm Type 96 AA guns (8x3)
- 4 x Type 93 AA machine-guns (2x2)
Yamato (大和) Kure Naval Arsenal November 4, 1937 August 8, 1940 December 16, 1941 April 9, 1991 Museum ship in Kure since 1995. Musashi (武蔵) Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki March 29, 1938 November 1, 1940 August 5, 1942 August 16, 1989 Sunk for target practice, October 6, 1992. Shinano (信濃) Yokosuka Naval Arsenal May 4, 1940 January 4, 1943 August 22, 1944 March 11, 1991 Scrapped in Osaka, 1998-2001. No. 111 (第111号艦) Kure Naval Arsenal November 7, 1940 Cancelled, March 1942. Broken up on the slipway.
TL-191: Navy Blue and Gray - Naval Forces of the USA and CSA
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Deleted member 2186
Nice, you made my day, among the other great stuff you post, keep it up.
This being Timeline-191, may I please ask if you mean the Pacific Theatre of the Second Great War or the Pacific War of 1932-1934 (I'm tempted to refer to the latter as 'The Little Pacific War' to avoid confusion ...), though I tend to agree with your sentiments no matter which Pacific War you happen to be contemplating (Though I'm especially interested by the earlier conflict, since it's intriguing to wonder what a US-Japanese War fought in the 1930s would have looked like - possibly due to the likely use of biplanes by both combatants - even if the Pacific War of the 1930s seems to have seen failures of diplomacy & will on both sides. One always gets the impression it was a war in which both sides lacked to bases to really press home an advantage and lacked the willingness to take Major Risks - diplomatic or strategic - in pursuit of those bases*).
*Also, a rather neat quotation relating to that conflict occurred to me earlier today "Both sides sought to fight this war on the cheap and made an expensive business of doing so".
I asked this question on the FILLING THE GAPS thread, but thought it in keeping with the theme of this one - Might I please ask if any contributor has an idea of what sort of medals Sam Carsten would have accumulated in the course of his long and by no means undistinguished career? (I'm not well enough acquainted with US Navy decorations to make any useful guess).
Well in this case I was referring to the Pacific Theater of the Second Great War. The one we see in "Settling Accounts". Its been the main focus of a small project of mine, to portray the carrier battle mentioned in the book "Drive to the East" that took place somewhere north west of Hawaii. I managed to compile the ships for both sides.
Indeed, a naval war waged between Japan and the US in the 1930s would be intriguing. While it is mentioned that carriers faced off against each other in this war, it would not be the only kind of clash to happen, especially since carrier doctrine and combat as we know would likely still be in development. The lasting impact of this war, I feel, would be in giving the US and the Japanese valuable, yet tough, experiences in fighting a new kind of naval war. This could serve the US well for its war with the British in the Atlantic once the shooting starts in 1941.
^^^ --- One idea I had was that we could possibly see Japan escalate its "Shadow Carrier" program to include more ships suitable for conversion into carriers. In this case, converting some more of the older cruisers they can afford to take off the line and turning them into light carriers, with the reasoning behind this decision partly based on their experiences in the 1932-1934 Pacific War with the US. The picture you see above is the Ibuki, a heavy cruiser hull that was to be converted into a light carrier. Her conversion began in 1943, but it was never finished.
It's a little chilling to consider that the United States of America has technically fought no fewer than three Pacific Wars in this timeline; it never ceases to impress me that Timeline-191 just keeps getting nastier and nastier the more you examine the underpinnings of the setting, to the point where it's slightly impressive to have read through approximately 3/4s of IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES (Where the Nazis won) and actually found it slightly more optimistic than the average SOUTHERN VICTORY novel (At least on the level of their being a final exhaustion of cruelty even for the Third Reich ... and possibly because the novel focuses on everyday Germans not in professions likely to attract Nazi ********).
Its a nasty world indeed. It is also a world where Japan and her empire are better time at growing. Now, what that means in terms of naval strength for Japan is likely up to the reader, but considering the actions and operations they have managed to pull off, I'll say that their navy is more capable/more ambitious in this timeline. By how much? Again, up to the reader.
Absolutely, in my opinion. I don't think that will ever go away, even with the timeline favoring Japan.
Deleted member 2186
Well that would be a major butterfly in having the Japanese imperial Army and Navy working side by side.
That would seem to be a racing certainty, especially after the acquisition of holdings in French Indochina & Manchuria; the exact arguments may differ though, with the Army perhaps a bit more focussed on garrisons than on further gains?
Imperial Japanese Fleet Carriers
Amagi class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1927)
Specifications (Following 1938-1939 Modernization)
Weight: 42,750 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Gihon geared steam turbines, 19x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,200 nautical miles
Speed: 31.2 knots
Armor:
Kaga Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1927)
Specifications (Following 1935 Modernization)
Weight: 43,650 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Gihon geared steam turbines, 12x Kampon boilers
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 28.3 knots
Armor:
Sōryū Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1936)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 19,800 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 7,750 nautical miles
Speed: 34.5 knots
Armor:
Hiryū Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1939)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 21,900 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 10,330 nautical miles
Speed: 34.3 knots
Armor:
Shōkaku class Aircraft Carrier (1941)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 32,105 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 9,700 nautical miles
Speed: 34.2 knots
Sensors: Type 0 Sonar
Armor:
Hiyō class Fleet Aircraft Carriers
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 28,300 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Mitsubishi geared steam turbines, 6x Mitsubishi boilers (Jun'yō)
2x Curtis geared steam turbines, 6x Kawasaki - Huntsville boilers (Hiyō)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 25.5 knots
Armor:
Taihō class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1944)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 37,720 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,000 nautical miles
Speed: 33.3 knots
Sensors: 2x Type 1 Sonar 2-go Fire-Control Radar, Type 3 1-go Air-Search Radar
Armor:
Amagi class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1927)
Specifications (Following 1938-1939 Modernization)
Weight: 42,750 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Gihon geared steam turbines, 19x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,200 nautical miles
Speed: 31.2 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 152mm
- Main Deck: 57mm
- Casemates: 25mm
- 6 x 200mm/50-caliber 3rd Year Casemate Guns
- 12 x 120mm/45-caliber Type 10 Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 28 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (14x2)
- 27 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 18 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 27 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amagi (天城) | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | December 16, 1920 | October 12, 1921 | May 11, 1926 | Sunk by US Navy aircraft in the North Pacific Ocean, November 1942. | |
| Akagi (赤城) | Kure Naval Arsenal | December 6, 1920 | November 2, 1921 | March 25, 1926 | November 11, 1947 | Sunk for target practice, October 25, 1950. |
Kaga Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1927)
Specifications (Following 1935 Modernization)
Weight: 43,650 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Gihon geared steam turbines, 12x Kampon boilers
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 28.3 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 152mm
- Main Deck: 55mm
- Casemates: 25mm
- 10 x 200mm/50-caliber 3rd Year Casemate Guns
- 16 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (8x2)
- 28 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (14x2)
- 27 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 26 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 26 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaga (加賀) | Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe. | July 19, 1920 | November 17, 1921 | March 31, 1927 | December 2, 1947 | Museum Ship in Kure since 1950. |
Sōryū Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1936)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 19,800 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 7,750 nautical miles
Speed: 34.5 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 40mm
- Deck over Machinery: 25mm
- Deck over Magazines: 55mm
- 12 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 28 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (14x2)
- 21 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 18 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 18 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sōryū (蒼龍) - Green Dragon | Kure Naval Arsenal | November 20, 1933 | December 23, 1934 | December 29, 1936 | Sunk during the Battle of Midway, December 7, 1941. |
Hiryū Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1939)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 21,900 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 10,330 nautical miles
Speed: 34.3 knots
Armor:
- Belt: 40mm, Abreast of Magazines: 150mm
- Deck: 25mm, Over Magazines: 55mm
- 12 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 31 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (5x2) and (7x3)
- 23 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 17 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 18 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiryū (飛龍) - Flying Dragon | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | July 8, 1936 | November 16, 1937 | July 5, 1939 | March 5, 1958 | Training ship, 1946-1958. Scrapped in Kure, 1959. |
Shōkaku class Aircraft Carrier (1941)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 32,105 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 9,700 nautical miles
Speed: 34.2 knots
Sensors: Type 0 Sonar
Armor:
- Belt: 46mm, Abreast of Magazines: 165mm
- Deck: 25mm, Over Magazines: 132mm
- 16 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (8x2)
- 36 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (12x3)
- 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 27 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 27 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
- + 12 spare aircraft
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shōkaku (翔鶴) - Soaring Crane | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | December 12, 1937 | June 1, 1938 | August 8, 1941 | November 16, 1969 | ASW Carrier, 1958-1969. Scrapped in Hiroshima, 1973-1974. |
| Zuikaku (瑞鶴) - Auspicious Crane | Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe. | May 25, 1938 | November 27, 1939 | September 25, 1941 | January 5, 1979 | ASW Carrier, 1958-1969. Training carrier, 1969-1977. Museum ship in Nagasaki since 1979. |
Hiyō class Fleet Aircraft Carriers
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 28,300 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Mitsubishi geared steam turbines, 6x Mitsubishi boilers (Jun'yō)
2x Curtis geared steam turbines, 6x Kawasaki - Huntsville boilers (Hiyō)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 25.5 knots
Armor:
- Magazines: 25mm
- Deck: 70mm
- 12 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 24 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (6x3)
- 16 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 24 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun'yō (隼鷹) - Peregrine Falcon, ex Kashiwara Maru | Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki. | March 20, 1939 | June 26, 1941 | May 5, 1942 | May 6, 1962 | ASW Carrier, 1946-1961. Scrapped in Osaka, 1964. |
| Hiyō (飛鷹) - Flying Hawk, ex Izumo Maru | Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe. | November 30, 1939 | June 24, 1941 | July 31, 1942 | April 27, 1963 | ASW Carrier, 1947-1963. Sunk for weapons tests, 1967. |
Taihō class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1944)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 37,720 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,000 nautical miles
Speed: 33.3 knots
Sensors: 2x Type 1 Sonar 2-go Fire-Control Radar, Type 3 1-go Air-Search Radar
Armor:
- Belt: 55mm, Abreast of Magazines: 165mm
- Lower Hanger Deck: 90mm
- Flight Deck: 79mm
- 12 x 100mm/65mm-caliber Type 98 Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 51 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (17x3)
- 24 Mitsubishi A7M2 Reppū Fighters
- 27 Yokosuka D4Y2 Suisei Dive Bombers
- 18 Aichi B7A Ryusei Torpedo Bombers
- 3 C6N1 Saiun Reconnaissance Planes
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taihō (大鳳) - Great Phoenix | Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe | July 10, 1941 | December 7, 1942 | February 2, 1944 | November 29, 1980 | Scrapped in Hiroshima, 1985. |
| Donryū (呑龍) - Storm Dragon | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | September 1, 1941 | January 27, 1943 | March 18, 1944 | December 4, 1980 | Scrapped in Osaka, 1984. |
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RamscoopRaider
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I'm going to repeat myself, it makes much more sense for Atago and Takao (the BCs) to be converted into carriers than their elder sisters, it would be both cheaper and quicker. Same for converting a Kii class instead of Kaga. Also anything still on the stocks in 1923 at Yokosuka is a write off as a ship* due to the Earthquake, BC Amagi would be finished quick enough to avoid that, a CV conversion would not be
*As a hulk Amagi is still being used by the JMSDF to this day in OTL
*As a hulk Amagi is still being used by the JMSDF to this day in OTL
Here is my interpretation of the modern aircraft carriers of the TL-191 US Navy
Cool. Though I'm surprised about the the Amagi, Akagi, and Kaga. I figured they would be kept as they were originally planned, because their was no Washington Naval Treaty.Imperial Japanese Fleet Carriers
View attachment 726252
Amagi class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1927)
Specifications (Following 1938-1939 Modernization)
Weight: 42,750 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Gihon geared steam turbines, 19x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,200 nautical miles
Speed: 31.2 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 152mm
- Main Deck: 57mm
- Casemates: 25mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 6 x 200mm/50-caliber 3rd Year Casemate Guns
- 12 x 120mm/45-caliber Type 10 Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 28 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (14x2)
- 27 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 18 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 27 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
Amagi (天城) Yokosuka Naval Arsenal December 16, 1920 October 12, 1921 May 11, 1926 Sunk by US Navy aircraft in the North Pacific Ocean, November 1942. Akagi (赤城) Kure Naval Arsenal December 6, 1920 November 2, 1921 March 25, 1926 November 11, 1947 Sunk for target practice, October 25, 1950.
View attachment 726255
Kaga Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1927)
Specifications (Following 1935 Modernization)
Weight: 43,650 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Gihon geared steam turbines, 12x Kampon boilers
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 28.3 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 152mm
- Main Deck: 55mm
- Casemates: 25mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 10 x 200mm/50-caliber 3rd Year Casemate Guns
- 16 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (8x2)
- 28 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (14x2)
- 27 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 26 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 26 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
Kaga (加賀) Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe. July 19, 1920 November 17, 1921 March 31, 1927 December 2, 1947 Museum Ship in Kure since 1950.
View attachment 726261
Sōryū Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1936)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 19,800 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 7,750 nautical miles
Speed: 34.5 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 40mm
- Deck over Machinery: 25mm
- Deck over Magazines: 55mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 12 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 28 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (14x2)
- 21 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 18 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 18 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
Sōryū (蒼龍) - Green Dragon Kure Naval Arsenal November 20, 1933 December 23, 1934 December 29, 1936 Sunk during the Battle of Midway, December 7, 1941.
View attachment 726262
Hiryū Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1939)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 21,900 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 10,330 nautical miles
Speed: 34.3 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 40mm, Abreast of Magazines: 150mm
- Deck: 25mm, Over Magazines: 55mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 12 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 31 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (5x2) and (7x3)
- 23 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 17 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 18 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
Hiryū (飛龍) - Flying Dragon Yokosuka Naval Arsenal July 8, 1936 November 16, 1937 July 5, 1939 March 5, 1958 Training ship, 1946-1958. Scrapped in Kure, 1959.
View attachment 726263
Shōkaku class Aircraft Carrier (1941)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 32,105 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 9,700 nautical miles
Speed: 34.2 knots
Sensors: Type 0 Sonar
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 46mm, Abreast of Magazines: 165mm
- Deck: 25mm, Over Magazines: 132mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 16 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (8x2)
- 36 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (12x3)
- 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 27 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
- 27 Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Torpedo Bombers
- + 12 spare aircraft
Shōkaku (翔鶴) - Soaring Crane Yokosuka Naval Arsenal December 12, 1937 June 1, 1938 August 8, 1941 November 16, 1969 ASW Carrier, 1958-1969. Scrapped in Hiroshima, 1973-1974. Zuikaku (瑞鶴) - Auspicious Crane Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe. May 25, 1938 November 27, 1939 September 25, 1941 January 5, 1979 ASW Carrier, 1958-1969. Training carrier, 1969-1977. Museum ship in Nagasaki since 1979.
Hiyō class Fleet Aircraft Carriers
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 28,300 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Mitsubishi geared steam turbines, 6x Mitsubishi boilers (Jun'yō)
2x Curtis geared steam turbines, 6x Kawasaki - Huntsville boilers (Hiyō)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles
Speed: 25.5 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Magazines: 25mm
- Deck: 70mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 12 x 127mm Type 89/40-caliber Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 24 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (6x3)
- 16 Mitsubishi A6M2 Model 21 Type 0 Fighters
- 24 Aichi D3A1 Type 99 Dive Bombers
Jun'yō (隼鷹) - Peregrine Falcon, ex Kashiwara Maru Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki. March 20, 1939 June 26, 1941 May 5, 1942 May 6, 1962 ASW Carrier, 1946-1961. Scrapped in Osaka, 1964. Hiyō (飛鷹) - Flying Hawk, ex Izumo Maru Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe. November 30, 1939 June 24, 1941 July 31, 1942 April 27, 1963 ASW Carrier, 1947-1963. Sunk for weapons tests, 1967.
View attachment 726275
Taihō class Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1944)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 37,720 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x Kampon geared steam turbines, 8x Kampon boilers
Range: 8,000 nautical miles
Speed: 33.3 knots
Sensors: 2x Type 1 Sonar 2-go Fire-Control Radar, Type 3 1-go Air-Search Radar
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 55mm, Abreast of Magazines: 165mm
- Lower Hanger Deck: 90mm
- Flight Deck: 79mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 12 x 100mm/65mm-caliber Type 98 Heavy AA guns (6x2)
- 51 x 25mm Type 96 AA machine-guns (17x3)
- 24 Mitsubishi A7M2 Reppū Fighters
- 27 Yokosuka D4Y1 Suisei Dive Bombers
- 18 Nakajima B6N Tenzan Torpedo Bombers
- 3 C6N1 Saiun Reconnaissance Planes
Taihō (大鳳) - Great Phoenix Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe July 10, 1941 December 7, 1942 February 2, 1944 November 29, 1980 Scrapped in Hiroshima, 1985. Donryū (呑龍) - Storm Dragon Yokosuka Naval Arsenal September 1, 1941 January 27, 1943 March 18, 1944 December 4, 1980 Scrapped in Osaka, 1984.
