Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū

Unryū departing Yokosuka, 16 July 1944
History
Empire of Japan
Name:	Unryū (雲龍)
Namesake:	Japanese meaning "Cloud Dragon"
Ordered:	1941
Builder:	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down:	1 August 1942
Launched:	25 September 1943
Commissioned:	6 August 1944
Fate:	Sunk by USS Redfish, 19 December 1944
General characteristics
Class and type:	Unryū-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:	20,450 tonnes (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 (5 in) Type 89 AA guns 16 × triple, 3 × single 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 AA guns 6 × 28-tube 12 cm (4.7 in) AA rocket launchers
Armor:	Belt: 46–140 mm (1.8–5.5 in) Deck: 25–56 mm (0.98–2.20 in)
Aircraft carried:	48 (up to 65)

The Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū (雲龍, Cloud Dragon^?) was the lead ship of her class of fleet aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. She was commissioned in mid-1944, but fuel and aircrew shortages limited her use to Japanese waters. The impending American invasion of Luzon caused the IJN to order her to transport aircraft and supplies to the Philippines in December. The ship was torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Redfish in the East China Sea during the voyage.

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. Unryū was ordered, under the provisional name of #302, as part of the Rapid Naval Armaments Supplement Programme of 1941. The ship was one of 16 Unryū-class aircraft carriers planned, although only three were completed before the end of the war.

Unryū 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.