Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi

Amagi
History
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
Status:	Scrapped, 1946–47
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)
Installed power:	152,000 shp (113,000 kW) 8 Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	4 shafts 4 geared steam turbine sets
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
Sensors and processing systems:	2 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 air search radars 2 × Type 3, Mark 1, Model 3 air search radars 1 × Type 93 sonar 2 × Type 0 hydrophones
Armament:	6 × twin 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 anti-aircraft guns 13 × triple, 3 × single 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns 6 × 28 – 12 cm (4.7 in) AA rocket launchers
Armor:	Belt: 48–140 mm (1.9–5.5 in) Deck: 25–56 mm (0.98–2.20 in)

Amagi (天城,"Heaven Castle"^?) was a Unryū-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Named after Mount Amagi, 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 at Kure Naval Base. Amagi was refloated in 1946 and scrapped later that year.

The last purpose-built Japanese carrier construction during World War II was a group of vessels based on an improved Hiryū design, but with individual units differing in detail reflecting the changing circumstances as the conflict in the Pacific approached its conclusion. Amagi was ordered, under the provisional name of #5001, as part of the Kai-Maru 5 Program of 1942. This was a massive naval construction program intended to replace losses suffered at the Battle of Midway and focused on aircraft and aircraft carriers. The ship was one of 16 Unryū-class aircraft carriers planned, although only three were completed before the end of the war.

Amagi had a length of 227.35 meters (745 ft 11 in) overall. She had a beam of 22 meters (72 ft 2 in) and a draft of 8.73 meters (28 ft 8 in). She displaced 20,450 metric tons (20,130 long tons). Her crew consisted of 1,595 officers and men.

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