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HIRYU gallery

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At the time of her commissioning, IJN Hiryu was the World’s fastest aircraft carrier with a top speed of 34.3 knots, about 63 km/h. This high speed was due to the design of her cruiser-type hull and its powerful 153,000 shp machinery.
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The reason that Hiryu had the command tower to port was due to the plans of using it coupled to her sister ship Soryu, in the so-called “flight deck in central rectangle theory”. This concept was also intended to be done with the Akagi and Kaga carriers, but the concept was totally unsuccessful.
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Hiryu could operate with one more aircraft than Soryu, having 57 operational and 16 in reserve, of similar types to those of the Soryu. It also had 3 lifts for aircrafts and had about 730 tons more fuel, that gave Hiryu 4,700 km more range than Soryu.

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