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CV Akagi
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Akagi | 1920/12/06 Kure Kaigun Kosho | 1925/04/22 | 1927/03/25 | 1942/06/05
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| Namesake: "Red Castle", ("červený zámek") - a volcano in the Kanto area (Akagi was originally laid down as a battlecruiser) | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41 | 1stAirFlt/CarDiv1/FF,DF | ||||
| 41/11/18 | 41/11/21 | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | sail from Saeki to Hitokappu | ||
| 41/11/26 | 41/12/24 | raidPH | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | (18xA6M2,27xB5N2,18xD3A1) | |
| 42/01/08 | 42/01/31 | R | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | Rabaul/Kavieng strikes | 99 |
| 42/02/01 | 42/02/08 | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | hunting TF 8,TF 17 after Revenge Raid | 74 | |
| 42/02/15 | 42/02/21 | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | 1st Port Darwin Raid | 74 | |
| 42/02/25 | 42/03/07 | StrFor1/CarGrp/CarDiv1/FF,DF | 2nd Port Darwin & Tjilatjip Raid | 74 | |
| 42/03/01 | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | sinking/share Edsall, AO Pecos off Java | |||
| 42/03/26 | 42/04/22 | StrFor1/CarGrp/CarDiv1/FF,DF | raid Indian Ocean | 74 | |
| 42/04/05 | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | sinking/share Tenedos,Dorsetshire,Cornwall off Colombo | |||
| 42/04/09 | StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | Indian Ocean - sinking/share Hermes, Vampire | |||
| 42/05/25 | 42/06/05 | B1/CarrGrp/StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | xMidway | ||
| 42/06/04 | B1/CarrGrp/StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | disabled by planes | 99 | ||
| 42/06/05 | B1/CarrGrp/StrFor1/CarDiv1/FF,DF | xMidway sunk(scuttled by Nowaki, Arashi, Hagikaze) off Midway - 30-30´N,177-08´E - 263 KIA | 99 | ||