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| Aircraft carrier Akagi at Kure Naval Shipyard, Japan, 6 Apr 1925 | Carrier Akagi and battleship Nagato at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 15 Aug 1927 | Akagi and Hiei (misidentified as Kongo) in harbor, circa 1932-34 | Akagi underway, circa 1927-1935; note the triple flight deck |
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| Akagi in Sukumo Bay, Shikoku, Japan, 27 Apr 1939 | A Zero fighter took off from Akagi for Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941 | D3A1 dive bombers preparing to take off from Akagi to attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States, 7 Dec 1941; carrier Soryu in background | B5N1 taking off from carrier Akagi, circa Mar-Apr 1942 |
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| Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 Mar 1942; note B5N torpedo bombers on flight deck | Flight deck of Akagi as seen from an aircraft that just took off from the carrier, Apr 1942 | Akagi and a destroyer under B-17 attack at Midway, shortly after 0800, 4 Jun 1942 | Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes of Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu under attack at Midway |
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