IJN Ships -- Some Less Well-Known Photos

[designeraccd]

A "new" one to me: FURATAKA and KINUGASA, Nov. '41!!

Well, except this one seems to be the same, but cropped and clearer. DFO

[ivorthediver]

Right I'm with you know .....
you can see why they were so keen on Aircraft Carriers , they loved staking them on every ship they had by the looks of the recent photo's posted Dennis .......many thanks

[designeraccd]

The IBUKI was the only one ALMOST built on a CA hull, but never finished!! She was only one of improved MOGAMI class laid down.

Elevators are sitting on deck in beam view.....DFO

[ivorthediver]

Any other details on her Dennis please

[designeraccd]

IBUKI was 658' oa x 69'7". 12,500-14,800 tons. Only 29 knots (?). 27 planes as cvl. Her flight deck was 672.5' x 75.5'. She was towed to Sasebo in Nov. '43 for conversion to a cvl. Work was halted in Mar., '45...80% complete. BU at Sasebo in 1947.

[ivorthediver]

Thank you Dennis , you are obviously well acquainted with these and their history , such information is rare at this level , well done

[designeraccd]

No problem, hope others find this info interesting, too! Trying to dig up info n pics in late 50s early 60s on IJN, in the West, was a real bit of Sherlock Holmes!!! The pictures were mostly so dark as to be almost useless, and what little info was available was suspect.
Using Jane's was a prime source but both of the afore mentioned problems were abundant as I found out much later...... DFO

[ivorthediver]

Well as you infer..... I am but one .......but with my limited data I would never have come across the like of these , so many thanks for sharing with us on this Forum Dennis .

[designeraccd]

A few more, from Nov/Dec., '41.....DFO

[ivorthediver]

Again our thanks to your source Dennis , and to you for sharing .