Kaga (1941) — Japanese Aircraft Carrier Model, 30 in
Kaga (1941) — Japanese Aircraft Carrier Model, 30 in
How big is it?
Length about 76 cm / 30.0 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 30 in / 76 cm
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Battle Ship Models
- Item no.
- CM476
One of the six carriers that struck Pearl Harbor, at 30 inches.
Specification
- 30 inches
- Handcrafted hull and superstructure
- Flight deck with markings and deck aircraft
- Island, funnel, masts and boats
- Mounted on a display base with nameplate
- Fully assembled
The ship
Kaga was laid down as a battleship and converted after the Washington Treaty, which gave her a broad, heavily built hull and made her the largest-capacity carrier in the Japanese fleet — she could carry more aircraft than Akagi despite being slower.
Her original design was strange even by the standards of early carriers: two extra flying-off decks stepped down from the bow, meant to launch fighters while the main deck handled bombers. It never worked and was removed in a 1930s rebuild.
She flew aircraft against Pearl Harbor, Rabaul and Darwin. At Midway on 4 June 1942 she took four bomb hits in minutes, burned all day and sank that evening with over 800 of her crew.