Aircraft Carrier Unryu

Unryu

País	Japão
Classe de Navio	Porta-Aviões da Classe Unryu
Estaleiro	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Data de Quilha	1 ago 1942
Data de Lançamento	25 set 1943
Data de Incorporação	6 ago 1944
Data de Afundamento	19 dez 1944
Deslocamento	17,150 tons standard; 20,450 tons full
Comprimento	746 feet
Boca	72 feet
Calado	28 feet
Máquinas	8 Kampon water-tube boilers, 4 geared steam turbines, 4 shafts
Potência	152,000 shaft horsepower
Velocidade	34 knots
Autonomia	8,000nm at 18 knots
Tripulação	1,595
Armamento	6x2x12.7cm Type 89 AA guns, 13x3x25mm AA guns, 3x25mm AA guns, 6x28x12cm AA rocket launchers
Blindagem	40-140mm belt, 25-56mm deck
Aeronaves	57 operational, 6 in reserve

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseUnryu, the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers, was built upon a lighter design of the Soryu-class fleet carriers. She was commissioned in Aug 1944 with Captain Konishi Kaname in command. On 17 Dec 1944, she left Kure, Japan with 30 Ohka special attack rocket craft onboard, bound for Manila in the Philippine Islands. On 19 Dec, she was attacked by US submarine USS Redfish, which fired four bow torpedoes at her, hitting Unryu once under the bridge at 1635 hours. Unryu and her destroyer escorts fired their guns in the direction where the torpedo originated. At 1650 hours, another torpedo struck Unryu on the starboard side, under the forward elevator. The Ohka aircraft and aviation fuel were ignited, starting a fire in the lower deck hangar. The order to abandon ship was given, but the ship sank within seven minutes. 1,241 officers and men were lost, including Kaname. The 147 survivors were picked up by destroyer Shigure, which brought them back to Sasebo, Japan on 22 Dec 1944.

ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia

Last Major Revision: Dec 2006

Aircraft Carrier Unryu Mapa Interativo

Photographs

Carrier Unryu off Yokosuka, Japan, 16 Jul 1944

Sinking of carrier Unryu in the East China Sea, as observed by USS Redfish, 19 Dec 1944

Unryu Operational Timeline

1 ago 1942	The keel of Unryu was laid down at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan.
25 set 1943	Unryu was launched at Yokosuka, Japan.
6 ago 1944	Unryu was commissioned into service at Yokosuka, Japan with Captain Konishi Kaname in command. She was assigned to Carrier Division 1 of Japanese 3rd Fleet.
10 ago 1944	Unryu was assigned to 7th Base Air Force Air Attack Force under operational command of Japanese 3rd Air Fleet, although officially she remained with Carrier Division 1 of Japanese 3rd Fleet.
26 set 1944	Unryu departed Yokosuka, Japan.
27 set 1944	Unryu arrived at Kure, Japan.
30 set 1944	Unryu departed Kure, Japan.
2 out 1944	Unryu departed Hashirajima near Hiroshima, Japan and arrived at Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.
6 out 1944	Unryu departed Matsuyama, Japan and arrived at Yashiro-jima across the Inland Sea.
8 out 1944	Unryu departed Yashiro-jima, Japan and arrived at Yashima, Kagawa, Japan.
16 out 1944	Unryu arrived at Kure, Japan.
28 out 1944	Unryu departed Kure, Japan.
30 out 1944	Unryu arrived at Kure, Japan and became the flagship of Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's Mobile Fleet.
7 nov 1944	Unryu was relieved as the flagship of the Mobile Fleet.
15 nov 1944	Unryu was assigned to Carrier Division 1.
27 nov 1944	Unryu departed Kure, Japan.
7 dez 1944	Unryu was assigned to emergency reinforcement duty for Luzon, Philippine Islands.
10 dez 1944	Unryu arrived at Kure, Japan.
13 dez 1944	Unryu embarked 30 MXY-7 Ohka special attack aircraft at Kure, Japan.
17 dez 1944	Unryu departed Kure, Japan at 0830 hours.
19 dez 1944	Unryu foi atingido por um torpedo do USS Redfish a cerca de 200 quilômetros a sudeste de Xangai, China, o que a deixou sem propulsão e em chamas. Às 16h50, assim que alguma energia foi restaurada, o USS Redfish a atingiu novamente, incendiando o combustível de aviação e afundando em sete minutos. 1.241 foram mortos (incluindo o oficial comandante Capitão Konishi Kaname); 147 sobreviveram e foram resgatados pelo destróier Shigure.
22 dez 1944	O contratorpedeiro Shigure desembarcou os 147 sobreviventes do Unryu (afundado três dias antes) em Sasebo, Japão.
20 fev 1945	Unryu was struck from the Japanese Navy list.

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. CR says:
6 Jun 2011 11:45:01 PM

Since online sources like combinedfleet.com & wikipedia note that the US sub Redfish 'bottomed out' at around 230 feet to sit out the Japanese destroyers vain attempts to sink her, is it safe to assume that Unryu sank in relatively shallow water? Or had Redfish moved far away from the sinking location before hitting bottom? In either case, has anyone located and/or surveyed the wreck of the Unryu? (I've found nothing online saying so...)

2. Anonymous says:
25 Sep 2013 09:46:54 AM

people who served in world war II and still living. When the government had soliders put on chemical treated suits and then sprayed with posionous gas. Is still suffering from this today. Please respond.

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