Last update: 22.02.2001
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Akagi class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1927 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1630

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
260,70  /   232,71
Beam overall / wl.:
31,30  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
8,7  /  
Air deck
249,2x30,5
Hangar decks
188x22,7
Elevators
3: 11x16;11x13;13x9

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
36500
Full loaded
41300
Underwater
0

Armament
Main guns
6x203/50 Type I
Secondary guns
12x120/45, 28x25/60, 22x13,2
Planes
91
Catapults
2

Engines
Boilers
19 x Kampon typ B
Turbines
4 x Gihon
Shafts
4
Rudders
1

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
31,2
endurance
8200 miles @ 16 kts
Engines load
133000 HP
Fuel
5770 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
254
Decks
53(Flight),71(Main)
Main Battery turrets
Akagi,