Unryu-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Unryu-class (project number G16) Unryu-subclass preceded by Taiho succeeded by planned but not realized Project Number G18. Design resembles more the Hiryu than that of the Taiho. There were 16 planned namely under the Maru Kyu Programme ship No. 301 in 1941 and under the Kai-Maru 5 Programme Ships No. 5001-5015, at the end were 13 were cancelled. There were 2 subclasses namely Unryu (Nos. 302, Modified Unryu Class 5001-5006 and Ikoma (unofficial Modified Ship Number 302-class in fact a simplified Unryu model Nos. 5007-5015). Ordered under Rapid Naval Armaments Supplement Programme in 1941, laid down by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 1 August 1942, launched on 25 September 1943, commissioned on 6 August 1944, sunk by the American submarine USS Redfish in the East China Sea on 19 December 1944 and stricken on 20 February 1945.
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