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Archive USN photo showing the Japanese aircraft carrier under aerial attack Battle of Midway 4th Jun 1942 01

Archive USN photo showing the Japanese aircraft carrier under aerial attack Battle of Midway 4th Jun 1942-01

航空母艦 『蒼龍』

  Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū meaning blue/green dragon

 

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 , 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 Aichi D3A Vals, 18 Nakajima B5N Kates (Dec. 1941)

Service record

Carrier Division 2

Operations: World War II - Pacific War

- Indian Ocean raid of March–April 1942 - Operation Mo (the planned capture of Port Moresby in New Guinea) -

 

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