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Tsukuba
Ikoma
These two ships were built as very powerful
Armoured Cruisers.
They were designated as Battlecruisers in
1912, but were
much slower than contemporary battlecruisers
from Germany and England.
Ibuki
Kurama
Improved versions of the Tsukuba Class, these
ships were also designated as
battlecruisers from 1912 to 1921.
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One of the most successful battlecruiser
designs, these ships remained in front line
service until
being sunk in WWII. Kongo was built in Britain,
the other three in Japan.
Due to the Washington Treaty, all were cancelled
on Feb 5, 1922.
Akagi was completed as a carrier and was
sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
Designed to match the USS Alaska Class, these
battlecruisers were fast, well armed, and
well protected.
But they never got off the drawing board.
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