Akagi Photographs | World War II Database


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

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

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