Sōryū (Japanese: 蒼龍, meaning "Blue (or Green) Dragon") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the mid-1930s. A sister ship, Hiryū, was intended to …

Soryu Class 16SS SSK Submarine - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on navyrecognition.com. Sōryū class Image Gallery [usurped] Website on the Imperial Japanese Navy: JMSDF vessels; …

Soryu may refer to: Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū, an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier scuttled during the Battle of Midway on 4 June 1942; Sōryū-class submarine, a ship class of …

Oct 28, 2021 · But the fleet still needed its first truly successful medium sized Japanese carrier. IJN SORYU and HIRYU were authorized under the Second Replenishment Program of FY …

Jan 17, 2017 · ww2dbase Soryu was launched from Kure, Japan in Dec 1937. As the lead ship of her class of fleet carriers, she was built around a sleek cruiser-style hull and powerful engines, …

The six Japanese carriers that launched the Pearl Harbor attack – Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Shokaku, and Zuikaku – met dramatic ends in the Pacific War. Just six months after Pearl …

Oct 2, 2016 · At 4,200 tons submerged, the nine Soryu-class submarines are the largest submarines built by postwar Japan. Each is 275 feet long and nearly twenty-eight feet wide.

Feb 5, 2024 · Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Soryu during builder‘s trials. Soryu was completed in 1937 and was flagship of Carrier Division 2 of the First Air Fleet. After training in …

Aboard Soryu, out of her crew of 1,103, a total of 711 died. This was the highest mortality percentage of all the Japanese carriers lost in the Battle of Midway largely due to the …

Article Summary: Soryu-class submarines, part of Japan’s maritime arsenal, are known for their exceptional stealth, thanks to lithium-ion batteries and advanced diesel-electric propulsion.