Imperial Japan
Operators
1937
Commissioned
Imperial Japan
National Origin
1,100
Complement
Soryu
Hull Class
2
Number-in-Class
IJN Soryu; IJN Hiryu
Ships-in-Class
Flag Ship / Capital Ship
Serving in the fleet Flag Ship role or Capital Ship in older warship designs / terminology.
746.4 feet
(227.50 meters)
Length
70.0 feet
(21.34 meters)
Beam
25.0 feet
(7.62 meters)
Draught
16,000
tons
Displacement
8 x Kampon boilers with 4 x geared steam turbines developing 152,000 shaft horsepower to 4 x shafts.
Propulsion
34.0 knots
(39.1 mph)
Surface Speed
7,734 nm
(8,900 miles | 14,323 km)
Range
1 knot = 1.15 mph; 1 nm = 1.15 mile; 1 nm = 1.85 km
6 x 127mm Type 89 twin-barreled Dual-Purpose (DP) guns.
14 x 25mm Type 96 twin-barreled anti-aircraft guns
Approximately 70 aircraft to included fighters, torpedo bombers and dive bombers.