82, 86, 137–138, and 416; Peattie, pp. 395, 403–404, 406, 413, 421–426Parshall and Tully, pp. 72–76; Stille, p. 13; Goldstein and Dillon, pp. Kaga's demise would have been just a bit quicker if American torpedoes were a bit more reliable: while Kaga was ablaze, The crew of Kaga removed the Emperor's portrait at 1325 as it was determined that the carrier was now beyond repair, though gallant efforts to keep her alive continued for several more hours. Akagi (Japanese: 赤城; "Red Castle") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), named after Mount Akagi in present-day Gunma Prefecture. During 1933, the Kaga would be the only Japanese Battleship to undergo an extensive modernization refit. 130, 170–171Peattie, pp. (Parshall and Tully, p. 196)In addition to Okada, the hit on the bridge likely killed executive officer Captain Masao Kawaguchi, chief gunnery officer Lieutenant Commander Toyosaburō Miyano, navigator Commander Ichiji Monden, and communications officer Lieutenant Commander Hidekazu Takahashi. They were the first Japanese casualties in the invasion of Rabaul. Benannt war sie nach der ehemaligen Provinz Kaga, die heute Teil der Präfektur Ishikawa ist. Thus, First Air Fleet air attacks would often consist of at least two massed waves of aircraft. 86–87, the Japanese would not usually launch their entire carrier air groups into a single massed attack. 112, 129, 204; Werneth, p. 20 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPrangeGoldsteinDillon1982 (Parshall and Tully, p. 239; Cressman, et al., p. 103Parshall and Tully, pp. Die Kaga (jap. In practice, the multiple flight deck arrangement proved unsuccessful. The ship figured prominently in the development of the IJN's carrier striking force doctrine, which grouped carriers together to give greater mass and concentration to their air power.
As completed, the ship had two main hangar decks and a third auxiliary hangar, giving a total capacity of 60 aircraft. Finally, she was sunk by two torpedoes fired from Hagikaze (IJN DD). 72, 323; Hata and Izawa, p. 20; Lengerer, pp. Also participating in that engagement was future ace According to Parshall and Tully, pp. The First Air Fleet was Although the concentration of so many fleet carriers into a single unit was a new and revolutionary offensive strategic concept, the First Air Fleet suffered from several defensive deficiencies that gave it, in In preparation for the attack, the ship was anchored at In January 1942, together with the rest of the First and Fifth Carrier Divisions, On 19 April 1942, while near Taiwan during the transit to Japan, Concerned by the US carrier strikes in the Marshall Islands, With the fleet positioned 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) northwest of Midway Island at dawn (04:45 local time) on 4 June 1942, At this time, Nagumo's carriers were attacked by six US Navy At 07:55, the next American strike from Midway arrived in the form of 16 Marine Minutes after the torpedo plane attacks, American carrier-based dive bombers arrived over the Japanese carriers almost undetected and began their dives. 1 guns in casemates were added forward. The third and lowest hangar deck was used only for storing disassembled aircraft. Finally, she was sunk by two torpedoes fired from Hagikaze (IJN DD). However, the fires occurring in multiple areas of the hangar made isolation impossible. 254–259; Peattie, p. 159; Werneth, p. 24Parshall and Tully, pp. 85, 136–145; Peattie, pp.
At 1925, 4 June 1942, the escorting destroyer Part of Kaga's wreck was discovered in Sep 1999, at position 30°23' N 179°17' W. The wreckage, laying 17,000 feet below the surface, consists of two gun tubs and a section of the upper hanger deck, located on the starboard aft machine-gun gallery of Kaga.Kaga during trials, off Tateyama, Japan, 15 Sep 1928Carrier Kaga at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 20 Nov 1928Carrier Kaga during training off Japan, 1930; note B1M Type 13 aircraft on upper deck and A1N Type 3 aircraft on lower deckKaga underway during air operations training, Japan, 1930; note B1M Type 13 and A1N Type 3 aircraft on flight deckBattleship Yamashiro and carrier Kaga in Kobe Bay, Japan, 22-23 Oct 1930; they were gathering for a fleet reviewB2M, A2N, and Ki-4 aircraft operating aboard carrier Kaga, 11 May 1937Japanese Navy Type 96 biplane fighter flying over carrier Kaga, off China, 1937-1938Kaga in heavy seas en route to Pearl Harbor, circa early Dec 1941; carrier Zuikaku in backgroundJapanese B5N torpedo bomber crews posing before a B5N aircraft aboard carrier Kaga, 6 Dec 1941Lieutenant Ichiro Kitajima briefing his bomber crews on the Pearl Harbor attack aboard carrier Kaga, 6 Dec 1941Carrier Kaga as seen in US War Department Basic Field Manual FM 30-58, published on 21 Dec 1941Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes of Kaga, Akagi, and Sōryū under attack at MidwayTake your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Instead, each carrier would launch a "deckload strike" of all its aircraft that could be spotted at one time on each flight deck. Aoki was the only Japanese fleet carrier commander to survive the battle. The incomplete battlecruisers As completed, the ship had two main hangar decks and a third auxiliary hangar with a total capacity of 60 aircraft.