Sea Weapons

Fleet Carrier (1928)

Kaga

Preceded by:

None

Succeeded by:

None

Datafile

ClassKagaKaga (1935)
TypeFleet CarrierFleet Carrier
Year19281935
Crew13402016
Dimensions
Length218 m (pp)
230 m
218 m (pp)
240.3 m
Beam29.6 m32.5 m
Draught7.9 m9.5 m
Displacement
Empty26,900 t38,200 t
Loaded33,161 t41,869 t
Maximum43,650 t
Performance
Speed51 km/h52 km/h
Range14,816 km @ 26 km/h
18,520 km @ 28 km/h
Machinery
Shafts44
Turbines4 x Geared steam
91,000 hp
Brown-Curtis
4 x Geared steam
127,400 hp
Kampon
Boilers12 x Kampon8 x Kampon
FuelOil: 3,600 tOil: 5,300 t
Armament
Main10 x 200-mm/50 (2 x 2, 6 x 1)
20cm/50 Type 3 Mk. 1
-5° / +40°

10 x 200-mm/50 (10 x 1)
20cm/50 Type 3 Mk. 1
-5° / +40°

Anti-Aircraft12 x 120-mm (6 x 2)
12cm/45 Type 10
22 x 7-mm (22 x 1)
6.5cm/115 Type 3
16 x 127-mm (8 x 2)
12.7cm/40 Type 89 [22x1]
Armor
Belt279 mm279 mm
Deck38 - 56 mm38 - 56 mm
Gun turret25 mm25 mm
Aircraft
Aircraft6081-90
Production
Built11
Total1

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Kaga Kawasaki19/07/192017/11/192121/03/192804/06/1942 Loss by aircraft