Kaga 1920-1942: The Japanese Aircraft Carrier (Hard Cover

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Kaga 1920-1942: The Japanese Aircraft Carrier (Hard Cover Series)

The career of Kaga, which started on the drawing boards of the design bureau as a battleship had capacity for swift development. The first studies on the preliminary design began in 1917 and during the calendar year several variants were developed. Individual solutions envisaged in the design were duly analyzed, and pieces of information systematically arriving from Europe, where the world war was raging, proved helpful in their verification. They had substantial contribution in development of the final design, which was completed in mid 1918 and its author was the designer Captain Yozuru Hiraga. Kaga was laid down on 19 July 1920 in the Kawasaki shipyard in Kobe and the complete hull was launched on 17 November 1921 and the construction was canceled a month later! The future of the ship was definitely endangered by the Washington Naval Treaty, which notabene stipulated the conversion of Kaga to a target ship. Another chance emerged after the earthquake which affected the Kanto region on 1 September 1923 and heavily damaged the hull of the battlecruiser Amagi. The repair was deemed pointless so it was decided to convert the battleship Kaga, work on which was on similar stage of advance, to a carrier in lieu of the destroyed Amagi. Completed as a carrier she participated in all major Japanese combat operations conducted during 1930 - 1942. Heavily damaged during the Battle of Midway it was sunk by the destroyer Hagikaze.
Country USA
Binding Hardcover
EAN 9788364596261
ISBN 8364596268
Label Kagero
Manufacturer Kagero
NumberOfItems 1
NumberOfPages 144
PublicationDate 2015-01-19
Publisher Kagero
Studio Kagero
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9788364596261
ISBN	8364596268
Label	Kagero
Manufacturer	Kagero
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	144
PublicationDate	2015-01-19
Publisher	Kagero
Studio	Kagero
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Kaga 1920-1942: The Japanese Aircraft Carrier (Hard Cover Series)

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