Japanese aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru

	Akitsu Maru in 1944
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Akitsu Maru
Builder	Harima, Harima
Launched	24 September 1941
Completed	30 January 1942
Fate	Sunk by USS Queenfish, 15 November 1944
General characteristics
Type	Escort carrier
Displacement	11,800 tons (standard)
Length	471 ft 7 in (143.74 m) (pp)
Beam	64 ft (20 m)
Draft	25 ft 9 in (7.85 m) (maximum)
Installed power	4 boilers, driving ; 7,500 shp (5,600 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Armament	2 × single 75 mm (3 in) AA guns; 10 × single 75 mm (3 in) field guns; 6 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns;
Aircraft carried	8 (as aircraft carrier); 30 (as aircraft ferry);

Akitsu Maru (あきつ丸) was a Japanese landing craft depot ship and escort aircraft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). In some sources Akitsu Maru and her sister ship Nigitsu Maru (にぎつ丸) are also considered to be the first amphibious assault ships.

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