Amagi-Class
Fast Battleship Concept - Amagi-class were planned battlecruisers. 4 ships laid down 1920-1921. Ten 16.1-inch guns, 30 knots, 41,200 tons. Fast battleship/battlecruiser hybrid. Washington Naval Treaty (1922) cancelled all four. Amagi ~40% complete, damaged by Great Kanto Earthquake (1923), scrapped. Akagi ~25% complete, converted to aircraft carrier (sunk Midway 1942). Atago and Takao cancelled early (names later used for heavy cruisers). Showed treaty impact on capital ship arms race.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 41217 t
- Displacement (full)
- 47000 t
- Length
- 826.1 ft
- Beam
- 101 ft
- Crew
- 1600 (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (cancelled under Washington Treaty)
- Commissioned
- Never completed
- Decommissioned
- N/A
Performance
- Top speed
- 30 kn
- Range
- 8000 nm at 14 knots (estimated)
Armament
- Main guns
- 10× 410mm/45 (16.1-inch) - five twin turrets
- Secondary guns
- 16× 140mm/50 (5.5-inch) - sixteen single mounts
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 10 inches (254mm)
- Deck
- 4 inches (102mm)
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 183.33
- Research cost
- 145,197
- Credit cost
- 128,331
Notable
- Cancelled under Washington Naval Treaty (1922)
- 16.1-inch guns at 30 knots (fast battleship concept)
- Amagi damaged by earthquake, scrapped
- Akagi converted to aircraft carrier (Pearl Harbor, Midway veteran)
- Atago, Takao cancelled early, names reused for heavy cruisers