japanese aircraft carrier class aircraft carrier built imperial_japanese_navy world war named mount completed late war embarked complement aircraft spent war japanese waters ship capsized july hit multiple times american carrier aircraft naval base refloated scrapped later year design description purpose built japanese carrier construction world war group vessels based improved design individual units differing detail reflecting changing circumstances conflict pacific approached conclusion ordered provisional program massive naval construction program intended replace losses suffered battle midway focused aircraft aircraft carriers ship class aircraft carriers planned completed end war length meters overall beam meters draft meters displaced metric tons long tons crew consisted officers men class carriers turbines boilers heavy cruiser consisted geared steam turbine sets total shaft horsepower driving shafts steam provided water tube boilers ship designed speed knots mph carried metric tons long tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph funnels starboard angled horizontal fitted water cooling system reduce caused hot exhaust gases flight deck arrangements flight deck meters long maximum width meters small island mounted forward starboard contained ship bridge air operations control center fitted small mast mounted ship radar ship designed superimposed served aircraft elevators meters center elevator deleted construction reduce stress hull elevators maximum capacity kilograms took seconds lower hangar flight deck fitted operated type arresting gear cables mounted type crash aircraft catapult fitted ship mounted retractable crane starboard flight deck aft rear elevator carried imp gal gal aviation gasoline aircraft ship air group originally intended consist zero fighters plus storage dive bombers plus reserve kate torpedo bombers plus accommodate aircraft planes planned permanently carried flight deck air group revised consist sam fighters storage dive bombers reconnaissance aircraft intended carried flight deck ship commissioned service air group consist reconnaissance version torpedo bombers time shortage carrier qualified ordered operate shore bases embarked air group armor armament sensors waterline armored belt millimeters thick machinery spaces millimeters magazines deck armor machinery millimeters thick armor magazines millimeters thick ship primary armament consisted dozen caliber type anti aircraft guns twin mounts ship sides initially equipped triple type single gun mounts sides hull end war ship mounted triple single mounts guns supplemented round rocket launchers defense submarines carrier fitted depth charge throwers carried depth charges type high angle fire control directors ship fitted control type guns director mounted meter rangefinder type directors controlled guns rocket launchers early warning provided type model air search radars mounted island retracted port flight deck elevators addition smaller type mark model air search radars mounted mast island aft starboard retractable radio mast service keel laid nagasaki october launched october completed august ship transferred number ports arrived february ordered intended air group committed time briefly refitted february march ship attacked aircraft task force lightly damaged bomb struck edge flight deck april ship permanently moored island harbor extensively prevent aircraft task force locating attacking ship july hit twice near missed multiple times pound bomb detonated near rear funnel severely damaging little damage aside blowing small hole starboard hull pound bomb penetrated flight deck detonated upper hangar elevators explosion blew meter section hangar wall overboard walls upper hangar deck multiple times flight deck elevators length feet forward elevator dropped shaft blew foot hole upper hangar deck fragments explosion penetrated ship penetrating bulkheads decks fragments near misses penetrated sides port hull caused forward bomb magazine boiler rooms aft port engine room flood captain ordered ship abandoned later day carrier afloat evening albeit slight list port bow couple days compartments ship flooded settled harbor attack july hit times resulting damage hits near misses port caused ship list port gradually increased day capsized morning july flight deck falling overboard losses ship crew unknown supposedly light ship stricken navy list november salvage work began december holes ship hull sealed pump water decrease draft remains flight deck upper hangar watertight removed dynamite right ship refloated july salvage job conducted facility scrapped ship afterward job completed december
Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi