Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi

	Katsuragi serving as a troop transport, 1946
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Katsuragi
Namesake	Mount Katsuragi
Ordered	25 June 1942
Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal
Laid down	8 December 1942
Launched	19 January 1944
Completed	15 October 1944
Stricken	15 November 1946
Fate	Scrapped, 22 December 1946 – 30 November 1947
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Unryū-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	22,534 t (22,178 long tons) (deep load)
Length	227.35 m (745 ft 11 in)
Beam	22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Draft	7.93 m (26 ft 0 in)
Installed power	8 Kampon water-tube boilers; 104,000 shp (78,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbine sets;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	1,536 (1,600 as flagship)
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;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	1 × Type E-27 radar detector; 1 × Model 3 radar detector;
Armament	6 × 2 – 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 DP guns; 22 × 3, 30 × 1 – 25 mm (0.98 in) Type 96 AA guns; 6 × 28 - 12 cm (4.7 in) AA rocket launchers;
Armor	Belt: 25–100 mm (0.98–3.94 in); Deck: 25–130 mm (0.98–5.12 in);

Katsuragi (葛城) was the third and final Unryū-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy built during World War II. Named after Mount Katsuragi, in Nara Prefecture, and completed late in the war; she never embarked her complement of aircraft and spent the war in Japanese waters. The ship was badly damaged in a July 1945 airstrike by American carrier aircraft on Kure Naval Base. Repaired after the end of the war, Katsuragi was then used as a repatriation transport for a number of months, bringing Japanese soldiers and civilians back to Japan from overseas locations. She was scrapped in Japan beginning in late 1946.

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