Ship Class: HIJMS Hiryu

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Ship Class	HIJMS Hiryu


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Ship	HIJMS Hiryu
Ship Type	Aircraft Carrier
Hanger Length	520ft
Lifts	3
Aircraft Carrier Type	Light Fleet
Aircraft Carrier Class Attribute	Island To Port \| Two Hanger Decks
Lower Hanger Length	420ft
Aircraft	73

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Japan		1934 Nov 20	1942 Jun 04

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	17 300ton	209.931m	22.327m	7.849m	1 100	1 100

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers
	4	152 000hp	34.5kt	Steam Turbine	8

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	4 400ton	7 750mile	18kt	15.589day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Governed By Treaty Category	3) 1: Improve Ship Class	4) 3: as Class Improvement
	1922 Washington, Aircraft Carrier	HIJMS Soryu	N

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 1: As Built Armour
	Aircraft 73 x			3.5in Machinery Spaces \| 5.9in Magazine Side
	Gun 6 X JPN 5in 12.7cm 40cal Type 89 Twin	JPN 5in 12.7cm 40cal Type 89 Twin
	Gun 14 X JPN 1in 25mm 60cal Type 96 Twin	JPN 1in 25mm 60cal Type 96 Twin

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder
	1	Yokosuka Dockyard

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1868 1945 Japan Russia 1905 1945 United States Japan 1916 1945 Japan China 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan 1935 1945 Japan Netherlands	1941 Dec 07 Japanese Attack Pearl Harbour 1942 06 03 0100 Battle Of Midway Island, Hawaiian Islands	1941-Apr-10 HIJMS Hiryu - IJN 2nd Carrier Division

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