Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943)

Ibuki was a light aircraft carrier of the Ibuki-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1943. The ship was named after Mount Ibuki. Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure laid her keel on 24 April 1942. She was launched on 21 May 1943.

She was the only ship of her class. The class followed the Tone-class cruiser and was succeeded by the None.

Displacement was 14,566 long tons. She measured 200.6 m (658 ft) long with a beam of 21.2 m (70 ft). Her designed speed was 29 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,015.

Her main battery was four 80 mm (3.1 in) guns in two twin mountings. She carried 27 aircraft. Her machinery developed 72,000 shp.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap on 22 November 1946.

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