“My amount is little, but my support is sincere.

The Amagi class battlecruiser was a planned class of warship for the Imperial Japanese
Navy, as part of the so-called Eight-eight fleet. The class was to have been composed of
four ships: Amagi, Akagi, Atago, and Takao. The ships' design was essentially an
enlarged version of the Tosa-class battleship, but with a thinner armored belt and deck
and a modified secondary battery arrangement. Limitations imposed by the 1922
Washington Naval Treaty prevented the class from being completed as designed.
However, the treaty had a limited allowance for hulls already under construction to be
converted into aircraft carriers. Amagi and Akagi were both intended for conversion, but
an earthquake damaged Amagi's hull so extensively that the ship was scrapped. Akagi
was refitted as an aircraft carrier and served with distinction during World War II as part
of the Kido Butai before being sunk at the Battle of Midway. (more...)

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