Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi
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The HIJMS Akagi (Japanese: 赤城, meaning "red castle", a volcano in the Kanto region of Japan) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II.
 In Sukumo Bay, southern Shikoku, 27 April 1939, following her extensive 1935-38 modernization |
 At sea during the Summer of 1941, with three Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters parked forward |
 Akagi in April, 1942 as seen from and aircraft that has just taken-off from her deck. |
 Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi and a destroyer maneuvering below thin clouds while under high-level bombing attack by USAAF B-17 bombers, shortly after 8AM, 4 June 1942. |
 Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu in the morning of 4 June 1942. |
 Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Yorktown (CV-5) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Soryu, Akagi and Kaga in the morning of 4 June 1942. |
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