Hiryū (Japanese: 飛龍, meaning "Flying Dragon") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1930s. Generally regarded...

The last purpose-built Japanese carrier construction during World War II was a group of vessels based on an improved Hiryū design, but with individual...

Hiryū (Japanese: 飛龍), meaning "Flying Dragon" may refer to: Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū, Japanese Army bomber Strider Hiryu...

Zuikaku (Japanese: 瑞鶴, meaning "Auspicious Crane") was the second and last Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly...

based on the aircraft carrier Hiryū rather than the newer and more sophisticated Taihō or the Shōkaku class. The Unryū-class aircraft carrier design was...

Hiryū, was intended to follow Sōryū, but Hiryū's design was heavily modified and she is often considered to be a separate class. Sōryū's aircraft were...

Akagi (Japanese: 赤城, "Red castle", named after Mount Akagi) was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Though she was laid down...

Kaga (Japanese: 加賀, named after the ancient Kaga Province) was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Originally intended to be...

an aircraft carrier, and the first aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Commissioned in 1922, the ship was used for testing carrier aircraft...

Shōkaku (Japanese: 翔鶴, meaning "Soaring Crane") was the lead ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly...

Shinano (Japanese: 信濃, named after the ancient Shinano Province) was an aircraft carrier built by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II...

Ryūhō (龍鳳, "Dragon Phoenix") was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was converted from the submarine tender Taigei (大鯨, "Big...

escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, converted from the German ocean liner Scharnhorst. The liner had been trapped in Kure, Japan following...

Ryūjō (Japanese: 龍驤 "Prancing Dragon") was a light aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the early 1930s. Small and lightly...

The Japanese aircraft carrier Unryū (雲龍, Cloud Dragon) was the lead ship of her class of fleet aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)...

Campaign of World War II, the Second Carrier Division consisted of the fleet carriers Sōryū and Hiryū. Both carriers were sunk at the Battle of Midway in...

Kaiyō (海鷹, meaning Sea Hawk) was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The ship was originally built as...

Amagi (天城) was an Unryū-class aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Named after Mount Amagi, and completed late in...

be the first of a new generation of Japanese aircraft carriers, which would include Taihō, 15 of a modified Hiryū design (which turned into the Unryū-class)...

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list of aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Trainer aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy during...

This list of aircraft carriers contains aircraft carriers listed alphabetically by name. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck...

pinpointed Hiryū's location, and bombers from Enterprise put Hiryū out of action with four bomb strikes. Japan lost all four carriers of the First Carrier Striking...

Akitsu Maru (あきつ丸) was a Japanese "Type C" landing craft depot ship and escort aircraft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). In some sources...

against Hiryū and sank her. That day the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers and much of their experienced aircrew. The US Navy's attack on the Japanese base...

Shōkaku class (翔鶴型, Shōkaku-gata) consisted of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1930s. Completed shortly before...

20 aircraft and a flight deck 550 ft (170 m) long and 68 ft (21 m) wide. The last aircraft carrier sunk in wartime was the Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi...

known as the Shōhō class (祥鳳型), consisted of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) before World War II, the Zuihō and Shōhō...

The two Hiyō-class aircraft carriers (飛鷹型航空母艦, Hiyō-gata kōkūbokan) were built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Both ships of...

to Japan. For the operation, the Japanese had only four carriers; Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū. Through strategic and tactical surprise, the carriers would...