Carrier Amagi
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Carrier
Unryu-class carrier that never embarked an air group. Bombed at her mooring near Kure in the air raids of 24 and 28 July 1945, she capsized on 29 July.
Class / type
雲龍型
Displacement
17,150 Tons
Complement
1,595
Launched
15 October 1943
Commissioned / formed
10 August 1944
Lost / disbanded
29 July 1945
- Armament
- 12.7cm高角砲12門、艦載機65機
- Fate
- Sunk by air attack
History
Unryu-class carrier that never embarked an air group. Bombed at her mooring near Kure in the air raids of 24 and 28 July 1945, she capsized on 29 July.
Related sites (2)
- Built32.745, 129.873
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard — laid down 1 October 1942, launched 15 October 1943, completed 10 August 1944.
- Sunk34.195, 132.513
Off Mitsukojima, south of Kure — permanently moored here under camouflage from April 1945, Amagi was bombed on 24 and 28 July and capsized on 29 July. The hulk was refloated in July 1947 and scrapped at Kure.