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| Class | Hiryu |
| Type | Fleet Carrier |
| Year | 1939 |
| Crew | 1101 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 210 m (pp) 222.9 m |
| Beam | 22.3 m |
| Draught | 7.8 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 17,300 t |
| Loaded | 19,930 t |
| Maximum | 21,900 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 64 km/h |
| Range | 19,131 km @ 33 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 153,000 hp Kampon |
| Boilers | 8 x Kampon |
| Fuel | Oil: 4,400 t |
| Armament | |
| Main | 12 x 127-mm/40 (6 x 2) 12.7cm/40 Type 89 -7° / +90° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 31 x 25-mm (7 x 3, 5 x 2) 25mm/60 Type 96 |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 89 - 150 mm |
| Deck | 25 - 56 mm |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 64-73 |
| Production | |
| Built | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Hiryu † | Yokosuka K K | 08/07/1936 | 16/11/1937 | 05/07/1939 | 04/06/1942 | † | Loss by aircraft |