The loss of Akagi and three other IJN carriers at Midway was a crucial strategic defeat for Japan and contributed significantly to the Allies' ultimate victory in the Pacific. Her wreck was located …

The Akagi was designed as a battlecruiser, much like her American Lexington-class contemporaries. She was converted into an aircraft carrier under the auspices of the 1922 …

Sep 3, 2019 · Commissioned in 1927, Akagi was a Japanese aircraft carrier that saw service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

Genius gambler Shigeru Akagi competes with members of the mafia in mahjong. Having seemingly gotten Nangou out of a bind, Akagi decides he wants to use Nangou's money he …

Akagi 赤城 was a Japanese aircraft carrier that was in service from 1927 to 1942. It was originally designed as an Amagi-Class battlecruiser, but construction as such was not finished due to …

Ocean Exploration Trust’s visual survey of the Japanese aircraft carrier Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Akagi 赤城 is the first time anyone has laid eyes on the vessel since sinking during June...

Akagi became exceptional because of its creation history and design features combined with its critical role in Japan’s naval tactics. The transformation of Akagi from a battlecruiser to an …

Feb 5, 2024 · Akagi (“Red Castle“) was originally designed as a battlecruiser, but like USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3), she was converted while building to an aircraft …

Few warships of World War II had as brief but spectacular a career as did His Japanese Majesty's Ship Akagi, one of the largest and finest aircraft carriers in Nippon's once proud and …

At the moment of completion Akagi became the largest aircraft carrier in the world (her standard displacement actually exceeded 30000t though officially Japanese specified only 26900t), and …