航空母艦 『飛龍』

Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū - 'Dragon Flying in Heaven'

Class overview

Operators: Imperial Japanese Navy
Name: Hiryū
Laid down: 8 July 1936 Yokosuka,Japan
Launched: 16 November 1937
Commissioned: 5 July 1939
Struck: 25 September 1942
Fate: Sunk by air attack in the Battle of Midway on 5 June 1942

General characteristics

Class & type: Modified Sōryū-class aircraft carrier
Displacement: 17,300 tons (standard), 20,165 tons (full load)
Length: 222.0 m (728 ft 5 in, waterline) 216.9 m (711 ft 7 in, flight deck)
Beam: 22.3 m (73 ft 2 in)
Draught: 7.74 m (25 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: Geared steam turbines, 113 MW (153,000 hp), 4 screws
Speed: 63.9 km/h (34.5 knots)
Range: 7,670 nmi (14,200 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 1,103 + 23 officers for Carrier Division 2 headquarters
Armament: 12 × 127 mm (5 in) guns, 31 × 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft carried: 57(+16) 18 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, 18 Aichi D3A Vals, 18 Nakajima B5N Kates (Dec. 1941)