IJN Akagi

Scuttled

Type	Aircraft carrier
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 × 7.9″ guns

Refits

1935–1938

Her three stepped flight decks were replaced by one full-length deck, and her hangars enlarged.

Laid down as a battlecruiser and completed as a carrier under the Washington Treaty. Admiral Nagumo's flagship at Pearl Harbor, Darwin and in the Indian Ocean. A single bomb from Enterprise set her ablaze at Midway, and she was scuttled the next morning.

Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi in April, 1942 during the Indian Ocean Raid as seen from an aircraft that has just taken off from her deck. The aircraft on the flight deck preparing for takeoff are Aichi D3A Type 99 dive bombers. Photo: Japanese Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

6 × single 20 cm (7.9 in) guns
6 × twin 120 mm (4.7 in) AA guns
14 × twin 25 mm (1 in) AA guns

Armour

Belt: 152 mm (6.0 in)
Deck: 79 mm (3.1 in)

Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal
Laid down	6 December 1920
Launched	22 April 1925
Commissioned	25 March 1927
Displacement	36,500 long tons (37,100 t) (standard) 41,300 long tons (42,000 t) (deep load)
Length	260.67 m (855 ft 3 in)
Speed	31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Complement	1,630