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This article refers to the entire Unryu-class; it is not about an individual vessel.

The Unryu-class aircraft carriers were based on the Hiryu-class design, meant to be used fleet carriers capable of embarking about 60 to 70 aircraft. Improved from the Hiryu-class design were the number of lifts (three lifts instead of only two), larger island structure, and the placement of the island structure on the starboard side (Hiryu-class ships had islands on the port side). Construction was approved in the War Construction Program of 1941 to 1942. Originally, a total of 15 carriers were planned, but by the end of the Pacific War only three were built and another three were incomplete.

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. nunorodriguez says:
   29 Jan 2010 04:31:07 AM
   
   i´m looking for fotos of a japanese carrier -hayataka.i´m not sure if she´s was built but i found this name when i was building the shinano carrier model.can you help?thank you for the magnifecent database
2. C. Peter Chen says:
   29 Jan 2010 06:47:15 AM
   
   Hayataka actually did not exist it came into the written record when the carrier Junyo's name was misread:
   
   http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=A22
   
   
3. nuno rodriguez says:
   29 Jan 2010 08:14:33 AM
   
   thank you for the explanation about hayataka.
   i also saw a foto from a carrier named syukaku.don´t know if it´s shokaku or zuikaku
   she looks like a shokaku class.
4. C. Peter Chen says:
   29 Jan 2010 09:13:21 AM
   
   If you've identified it as a Shokaku-class carrier and you're choosing between the two, then I'd say "syukaku" sounds closer to "Zuikaku".

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