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Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi
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Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi

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ManufacturerKure Naval Arsenal
Katsuragi (葛城) was the third and final Unryū-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy built during World War II. Named after Mount Katsuragi, in Nara Prefecture, and completed late in the war; she never embarked her complement of aircraft and spent the war in Japanese waters. The ship was badly damaged in a July 1945 airstrike by American carrier aircraft on Kure Naval Base. Repaired after the end of the war, Katsuragi was then used as a repatriation transport for a number of months, bringing Japanese soldiers and civilians back to Japan from overseas locations. She was scrapped in Japan beginning in late 1946.

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Specifications

Length
227.4 m
Top speed
60 km/h
Introduced
1944
Entered service
1944

Countries that use it (1)

Imperial Japanese Navy

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