The Amagi class was a series of four battlecruisers planned for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as part of the Eight-eight fleet in the early 1920s. The ships were to be named Amagi, Akagi, Atago, and Takao. The Amagi design was essentially a lengthened version of the Tosa-class battleship, but with a thinner armored belt and deck, a more powerful propulsion system, and a modified secondary armament arrangement. They were to have carried the same main battery of ten 41 cm (16.1 in) guns and bee

Battle of Midway - World of Warships During the Battle of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers (Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu) and one American aircraft carrier (USS Yorktown) participated and were lost. The Japanese lost all four of their participating carriers, which was a decisive turning point in the Pacific War. The U.S. lost the USS Yorktown, along with one destroyer, but achieved a major victory by stopping Japan's expansion in the Pacific. Lost at the Battle of Midway Japanese Carrier

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