An Amagi-class Super Type A Cruiser at sea.
The IJN Amagi was a unique battlecruiser built during World War II. She was sunk at the Battle of the South China Sea on April 3rd, 1944 with the finishing blow coming an RNZN Spearfish that dropped a 1,000 lb bomb that penetrated and detonated inside the Amagi's forward magazine.
Amagi's sister sister, No.796, was cancelled before construction with the slipway used to construct another Unryu-class aircraft carrier.
- This Amagi is of the B-65 design battlecruisers.
Specifications[]
- Type: Battlecruiser
- Service Period: 1942-1944
- Characteristics:
- Beam (Waterline): 790 feet (240.79 meters)
- Length (Overall): 808 feet (246.28 meters)
- Beam: 89 feet (27.13 meters)
- Draft: 29 feet (8.89 meters)
- Displacement: 31,400 tons (Standard); 34,000 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 1,300
- Propulsion: 8 x Kampon boilers, 4 x geared steam turbines, 4 x shafts, 170,000 shp
- Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 34 knots (62.97 km/h)
- Armament:
- 9 x 31cm/50-caliber Type 0 naval guns (3x3)
- 16 x 10cm/65-caliber Type 98 dual purpose naval guns (8x2)
- 48 x 25mm/60-caliber Type 96 anti-aircraft guns (16x2)
- 8 x 61cm torpedo tubes (4x2)
- Armour:
- Belt: 8-inches (203.2 mm)
- Deck 5-inches (127 mm)
- Barbette: 10-inches (254 mm)
- Conning Tower: 9-inches (228.6 mm)