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| Class | Akagi | Akagi (1938) |
| Type | Fleet Carrier | Fleet Carrier |
| Year | 1927 | 1938 |
| Crew | 1650 | 2000 |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 235 m (pp) 249 m | 250.4 m (pp) 260.7 m |
| Beam | 29 m | 31.3 m |
| Draught | 8.1 m | 8.7 m |
| Displacement | ||
| Empty | 26,900 t | 36,500 t |
| Loaded | 33,821 t | 40,650 t |
| Maximum | 42,750 t | |
| Performance | ||
| Speed | 57 km/h | 58 km/h |
| Range | 14,816 km @ 26 km/h | 15,186 km @ 30 km/h |
| Machinery | ||
| Shafts | 4 | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 131,200 hp Gihon | 4 x Geared steam 13,300 hp Gihon |
| Boilers | 19 x Kampon | 19 x Kampon |
| Fuel | Oil: 3,900 t | Oil: 6,000 t |
| Armament | ||
| Main | 10 x 200-mm/50 (2 x 2, 6 x 1) 20cm/50 Type 3 Mk. 1 -5° / +40° | 6 x 200-mm/50 (6 x 1) 20cm/50 Type 3 Mk. 1 -5° / +40° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 12 x 120-mm (6 x 2) 12cm/45 Type 10 22 x 7-mm (22 x 1) 6.5cm/115 Type 3 | 12 x 120-mm (6 x 2) 12cm/45 Type 10 [28x1] |
| Armor | ||
| Belt | 254 mm | 254 mm |
| Deck | 32 - 51 mm | 32 - 51 mm |
| Gun turret | 25 mm | 25 mm |
| Aircraft | ||
| Aircraft | 60 | 72-91 |
| Production | ||
| Built | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Akagi † | Kure K K | 06/12/1920 | 22/04/1925 | 25/03/1927 | 04/06/1942 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
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Amagi | Yokosuka K K | 16/12/1920 | - | - | - | Cancelled, scrapped |