IJN Katsuragi

Survived

Type	Aircraft carrier
Class	Unryū
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 × 5″ guns

Fleet carrier completed in 1944, laid up for lack of aircraft and fuel. Damaged at Kure in 1945 but survived, and brought soldiers home from overseas before being scrapped.

AWM Caption: Rabaul, New Britain. 1946-01-31. The Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Katsuragi in Simpson Harbour. The ship was transporting 5000 Japanese troops from the Solomon Islands to Japan and had called at Rabaul to refuel. Photo: photographer not identified., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

6 × 2 – 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 DP guns
22 × 3, 30 × 1 – 25 mm (0.98 in) Type 96 AA guns
6 × 28 - 12 cm (4.7 in) AA rocket launchers

Armour

Belt: 25–100 mm (0.98–3.94 in)
Deck: 25–130 mm (0.98–5.12 in)

Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal
Laid down	8 December 1942
Launched	19 January 1944
Displacement	22,534 t (22,178 long tons) (deep load)
Length	227.35 m (745 ft 11 in)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	1,536 (1,600 as flagship)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

19 January 1944