ناو هواپیمابر ژاپنی آکاگی
Sign in to save1925 aircraft carrier initially laid down as a battlecruiser
Key facts
- Operators
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Preceded by
- Hōshō
- Succeeded by
- Kaga
- Built
- 1920–1927
- In service
- 1927–1942
- In commission
- 1927–1942
- Name
- Akagi
- Namesake
- Mount Akagi
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal
- Cost
- ¥ 53 million ($36.45 million)
- Laid down
- 6 December 1920
- Launched
- 22 April 1925
- Commissioned
- 25 March 1927
- Reclassified
- 21 November 1923 as an aircraft carrier
- Refit
- 24 October 1935 – 31 August 1938
- Stricken
- 25 September 1942
- Fate
- Damaged by aircraft during the Battle of Midway and scuttled , 5 June 1942
- Class type
- None
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- shipwreck
- Named after
- Mount Akagi
- Operator
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Followed by
- Kaga
- Follows
- Hōshō
- Mass
- 34920
- Manufacturer
- Kure Naval Arsenal
- Conflict
- Indian Ocean raid
- Image
- Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi 01.jpg
- Width
- 31.32
- Length
- 260.68
- Speed
- 31
- Significant event
- shipwrecking
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- Commons gallery
- Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi
- Commons category
- Akagi (ship, 1927)
- service entry
- 1927-01-01
- vessel class
- Amagi-class battlecruiser
- name in kana
- あかぎ
- beam
- 31.2
- draft
- 8.8
- nominal power output
- 133000
- vehicle range
- 10000
- maximum capacity
- 2000
- country of registry
- Empire of Japan
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