Kaga is 814 feet (248 m) long and displaces 27,000 tons, making her the largest ship in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She is in the category of light carriers, such as Italy's Cavour, and sized similar to many nations' dedicated amphibious ships.

Kaga (Japanese: 加賀, named after the ancient Kaga Province) was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Originally intended to be one of two Tosa -class battleships, Kaga was converted under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty to an aircraft carrier as the replacement for the battlecruiser Amagi , which had been ...

2021年4月11日 · The Kaga was the 3rd Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft carrier to enter service, converted from a cancelled battleship. She was sunk at Midway.

2024年4月10日 · Upgrades designed to accommodate U.S.-made F-35B Lightning IIs aboard the helicopter destroyer JS Kaga were finished March 29, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force said Saturday in a post on...

2019年10月18日 · Researchers have discovered the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy carrier that was key to the attack on Pearl Harbor and that sank at the Battle of Midway, U.S. officials confirmed to USNI News on Friday.

2017年1月17日 · ww2dbase Kaga was Japan's first heavy carrier, converted from a battleship due to be scrapped under the terms of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. She was built at Kobe and Yokosuka in Japan, launched in 1926, and reconstructed (extended the flight deck) in 1934-1935.

2024年2月5日 · Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Kaga (“Increased Joy“). Kaga was named after an ancient prefecture. After the 1923 earthquake wrecked Amagi while she was still building, the battlecruiser Kaga was converted to an aircraft …

2019年5月28日 · The Kaga, along with sister ship the Izumo, is the biggest warship that Japan’s navy, The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, has built since the end of the Second World War.

Kaga (加賀?) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), the third to enter service, named after the former Kaga Province in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture. Originally intended to be one of two Tosa-class battleships, Kaga was converted under the terms of the Washington Naval...

Number of aircrafts, including spare planes, has increased from 60 to 90. After modernization characteristics of Kaga and Akagi became more similar. The basic differences consisted that island of Kaga placed on the starboard side and was more close to a stem, funnel had smaller size, and medium elevator has been moved forward.