Katsuragi

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Katsuragi (葛城) was the third and final Unryū-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy built during World War II. Named after Mount Katsuragi, in Nara Prefecture, and completed late in the war; she never embarked her complement of aircraft and spent the war in Japanese waters. The ship was badly damaged in a July 1945 airstrike by American carrier aircraft on Kure Naval Base. Repaired after the end of the war, Katsuragi was then used as a repatriation transport for a number of months, bringing Japanese soldiers and civilians back to Japan from overseas locations. She was scrapped in Japan beginning in late 1946.

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Katsuragi
length 227.35 metre, speed 32.5 knot, draft 7.76 metre, 
Unryū-class aircraft carrieraircraft carrierKure Naval ArsenalImperial Japanese Navy


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    Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi under attack at Kure, Japan, on 28 July 1945 (80-G-344680)Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi under attack at Kure, Japan, on 28 July 1945 (80-G-344680)
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