Last update: 22.02.2001
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Kaga class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1928 Complement (officers/enlisted): 2016

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
248,60  /   224,75
Beam overall / wl.:
32,50  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
9,5  /  
Air deck
248,6x30,5
Hangar decks
187,25x26,8
Elevators
3: 14,75x10,5

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
38200
Full loaded
43650

Armament
Main guns
10x203/50 Type I
Secondary guns
16x127/40, 30x25/60
Planes
91

Engines
Boilers
8 x Kampon
Turbines
4
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
28,3
endurance
10000 miles @ 16 kts
Engines load
127400 HP
Fuel
5300 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
279,4
Decks
38,1(Flight),58,4-12
Main Battery turrets
Kaga,