Akagi Maru-class Armed merchantmen
 Akagi Maru | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Akagi Maru-class auxiliary cruiser |
| Builders: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard |
| Operators: |
 Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by: | A-class cargo ship |
| Built: | 1935–1937 |
| In service: | 1936–1944 |
| In commission: | 1941–1944 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Lost: | 3 |
| Retired: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Armed merchantmen |
| Displacement: | 7,389 tonnes (7,272 long tons) |
| Length: | 147.75 m (484 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 8.39 m (27 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Mitsubishi MS diesel engine (8771hp total power) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Range: | unknown |
| Complement: | 59–61 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2×Aichi E13A floatplane |
| Aviation facilities: | 1 launch catapult |
The Akagi Maru-class armed merchant cruiser (赤城丸 A-gata kamotsusen) was a class of three armed merchant cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Background
The Akagi Maru-class vessels were originally built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Nippon Yusen company as A-class cargo ships. They were converted to "special transport" role in 1940, and to "auxiliary cruiser" role in 1941 (and therefore armed).
List of Ships
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