IJN · CV
AfloatUnryu-class carrier, completed in October 1944. She never embarked her air group. She survived the war after the July 1945 raids on Kure and carried repatriated Japanese home.
| Type | Aircraft carrier (CV) |
|---|---|
| Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1944-01-19 |
| Commissioned | 1944-10-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Badly damaged at Kure by a bomb on 28 July 1945. Repaired and used for repatriation, then scrapped between 1946 and 1947. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Katsuragi on public trials off Cape Sata, Kagoshima Prefecture, in early October 1944. Kure Maritime History Science Museum collection, via Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons File:Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi.jpg. Public domain.
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