IJN Unryu
1944
(Neptun 1211)
- Class: Unryu - 6 aircraft carriers of 1942-43
- Displacement: 17,150 tons
- Dimensions: 741.5 (oa) x 72 x 25.75 ft. F.D. 711.5 x 88.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 152,000 = 34 knots
- Armament: 12-5 in. A.A. (6x2), 51-25 mm. A.A. (17x3) guns
- Aircraft: 65
- Complement: 1,751
- Builder: Yokosuka Navy Yard
- Laid Down: 1 Aug 1942
- Launched: 25 Sep 1943
- Commissioned: 6 Aug 1944
- Service: Torpedoed and sunk by US submarine Redfish in the East China Sea, 19 Dec 1944. Sisters Amagi and Katsuragi completed, but never saw action before being damaged or sunk by air attacks at Kure in March and July 1945. Three other sisters launched but all work suspended in early 1945 and never completed.
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