Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943)
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Ibuki.
The Japanese cruiser Ibuki (伊吹) was a heavy cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The lead ship of her class of two ships, she was ordered to be converted into a light aircraft carrier in 1943 before completion to help replace the aircraft carriers sunk during the Battle of Midway in mid-1942. The conversion was delayed and finally stopped in March 1945 in order to concentrate on building small submarines. Ibuki was scrapped in the Sasebo Naval Arsenal beginning in 1946.
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Ibuki at anchor in Sasebo, September 1945 | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Ibuki |
Namesake | Mount Ibuki |
Ordered | November 1941 |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure |
Laid down | 24 April 1942 |
Launched | 21 May 1943 |
Fate | Scrapped, 22 November 1946 |
General characteristics (1944) | |
Type | Light aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 14,800 t (14,600 long tons) |
Length | 200.6 m (658 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 6.31 m (20 ft 8 in) |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 1,015 |
Sensors and processing systems | 1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 early-warning radar |
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Aircraft carried | 27 aircraft |
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