Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi

	Amagi
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Amagi (天城)
Namesake	Mount Amagi
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	1 October 1942
Launched	15 October 1943
Commissioned	10 August 1944
Fate	Capsized after air attacks, 29 July 1945, scrapped 1946–1947
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Unryū-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	20,450 t (20,130 long tons)
Length	227.35 m (745 ft 11 in)
Beam	22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Draft	8.73 m (28 ft 8 in)
Installed power	8 Kampon water-tube boilers; 152,000 shp (113,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbine sets;
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	1,595
Sensors and ; processing systems	2 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 air search radars; 2 × Type 3, Mark 1, Model 3 air search radars; 1 × Type 93 sonar; 2 × Type 0 hydrophones;
Armament	6 × twin 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 DP guns; 13 × triple, 3 × single Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns; 6 × 28 – 12 cm (4.7 in) AA rocket launchers;
Armor	Belt: 48–140 mm (1.9–5.5 in); Deck: 25–56 mm (0.98–2.20 in);

Amagi (天城) was an Unryū-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Named after Mount Amagi, and completed late in the war, she never embarked her complement of aircraft and spent the war in Japanese waters. The ship capsized in July 1945 after being hit multiple times during airstrikes by American carrier aircraft while moored at Kure Naval Base. Amagi was refloated in 1946 and scrapped later that year.

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