Hiryu
Last Survivor - Hiryu was modified Soryu-class carrier with unique port-side island. Commissioned 1939. Pearl Harbor veteran. Only carrier to survive first Midway dive bomber attack. Launched counterstrikes that fatally damaged USS Yorktown. Last of four carriers sunk at Midway - scuttled June 5, 1942 after surviving longest.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 17600 t
- Displacement (full)
- 20250 t
- Length
- 746.1 ft
- Beam
- 73.2 ft
- Crew
- 1101
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1939
- Decommissioned
- None (sunk in action)
Performance
- Top speed
- 34 kn
- Range
- 10330 nm at 18 knots
Armament
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored carrier)
- Deck
- 2 inches (50mm) over machinery
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 94.39
- Research cost
- 33,225
- Credit cost
- 66,073
Notable
- Island on port side (unique for IJN carriers)
- Only carrier to survive first Midway attack wave
- Sank USS Yorktown (CV-5)
- Last Pearl Harbor carrier sunk