航空母艦 『蒼龍』
Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū meaning blue/green dragon
Class overview
Name: Soryu
Namesake: Japanese: 蒼龍, meaning "Blue (or Green) Dragon"
Laid down: 20 November 1934
Launched: 23 December 1935
Commissioned: 29 December 1937
Struck: 10 August 1942
Fate: Sunk by air attack at the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942
General characteristics
Class & type: Sōryū class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 15,900 tons (standard), 19,500 tons (full load)
Length: 222 m (728 ft 5 in)
Beam: 21 m (70 ft)
Draught: 7.44 m (24 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: Geared steam turbines, 113 MW (152,000 hp), 4 screws
Speed: 63.9 km/h (34.5 knots)
Complement: 1,103
Armament: 12 × 127 mm (5 in) DP guns, (dual-purpose), 26 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns, 15 × 13.2 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried: 57(+16) 18 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, 18 Aichi D3A Vals, 18 Nakajima B5N Kates (Dec. 1941)
Service record
Carrier Division 2
Operations: World War II - Pacific War
Attack on Pearl Harbor - Indian Ocean raid of March–April 1942 - Operation Mo (the planned capture of Port Moresby in New Guinea) - Battle of Midway