Ryujo
Unstable Experiment - Ryujo was light carrier designed under London Naval Treaty restrictions (under 10,000 tons). Commissioned 1933 with two-tier hangars - dangerously top-heavy. Rebuilt 1936 (upper hangar removed). Pearl Harbor veteran (China operations). Sunk at Battle of Eastern Solomons August 24, 1942 - first IJN carrier lost after Midway.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 10600 t
- Displacement (full)
- 10600 t
- Length
- 590.2 ft
- Beam
- 68.2 ft
- Crew
- 924
- Ships built
- 1
- Commissioned
- 1933
- Decommissioned
- None (sunk in action)
Performance
- Top speed
- 29 kn
- Range
- 10000 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Torpedoes
- None
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored light carrier)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 68.52
- Research cost
- 24,119
- Credit cost
- 47,964
Notable
- London Treaty light carrier experiment
- Two-tier hangar design (later reduced to one)
- Most unstable IJN carrier (top-heavy)
- Smallest Pearl Harbor veteran carrier