Unryu-Class
Emergency Carriers - Unryu-class were simplified Hiryu-type carriers for mass production. 16 planned, only 3 completed 1944-1945. Based on 1939 Hiryu design (not modern Shokaku). 746 ft, 65 aircraft. Too few, too late - none saw combat. Unryu and Amagi sunk by submarines 1944-1945. Katsuragi survived as only IJN fleet carrier to survive war intact.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 17480 t
- Displacement (full)
- 22400 t
- Length
- 745.9 ft
- Beam
- 72.2 ft
- Crew
- 1500
- Ships built
- 3 (plus 13 cancelled/incomplete)
- Commissioned
- 1944-1945
- Decommissioned
- None (2 sunk, 1 scrapped)
Performance
- Top speed
- 32 kn
- Range
- 8000 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
- 81.38
- Research cost
- 28,646
- Credit cost
- 56,966
Notable
- Simplified mass-production design
- Based on Hiryu (1939 design) not modern Shokaku
- Wartime emergency carriers
- Only 3 of 16 completed before war's end