A uniquely detailed study of a Japanese aircraft carrier that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, before being sunk at Midway. Superbly illustrated with li

This book covers the design and construction of the two well-known SÅryÅ" and HiryÅ" carriers, and the lesser-known ships of the UnryÅ" class, and relies on

Soryu meaning "Blue (or Green) Dragon") was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the mid-1930s. A sister ship, Hiryū, was inte

The career of Kaga, which started on the drawing boards of the design bureau as a battleship had capacity for swift development. The first studies on the prelim

"First published in 2005 by Chatham Publishing."