Warships After Washington: The Development of the Five Major Fleets, 1922-1930 by John Jordan

Author:John Jordan [Jordan, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 20th Century, History, International Relations, Military, Naval, Technology & Engineering, Treaties, World War I
ISBN: 9781591149736
Google: 4D4rYAAACAAJ
Amazon: B00KIXWLE2
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2011-08-15T03:00:00+00:00

The close contacts with the Royal Navy maintained up to the time of the Washington Conference are evidenced by the similarities between the two Japanese carriers and HMS Furious, whose second reconstruction had been authorised in July 1920, the final design being submitted for approval in October 1921. These similarities are apparent in: the overall flush-deck configuration with ‘open’ bow and stern, the ship control spaces being located directly beneath the forward end of the flight deck; the adoption of separate flying-off decks in addition to the main landing-on deck; the double hangar with the lifts at either end; the British-style longitudinal arrester gear; and the horizontal funnel trunking adopted for Kaga.

Akagi on her full-power trial on 17 June 1927. Note the huge volumes of smoke produced by the former battlecruiser. After extensive model trials the IJN opted for a large downward-facing vent with a smaller vertical funnel abaft it. (Fukui Shizuo collection)

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