Akagi-san, If you're safe then it's fine... I'm going first... I will be waiting... Kaga's sinking line

Battleship

Pride English

1920.7.19, Kaga laid down as second Tosa-class battleship

I'll be leaving

1942.08.10, Kaga delisted

1935.11.15, 2nd carrier division activated

1928.03.31, Kaga's construction completed

From battleship Kaga to aircraft carrier Kaga

Memories of Tosa and Amagi Kaga and Akagi's elder sister. Tosa is scuttled, Amagi is damaged by Great Kanto Earthquake.

Arashi

Nowaki

Maikaze, the destroyer who lifted Kaga's survivors

Hagikaze, the destroyer who lifted Kaga's survivors

1942.06.05, Battle of Midway

B218, or Boeing P-12. 1932.02.22, Japanese first air-to-air combat victory. The first airplane they shoot down is a P-12 piloted by American volunteer pilot.

Aircraft carrier Kaga, replacement for battleship Amagi Amagi (Akagi's older sister) is supposed to be converted to aircraft carrier. But because of the damage from Great Kanto Earthquake, the plan is cancelled and Kaga is taken as replacement for refitting into aircraft carrier.

Gladiolus flower, meaning "be careful"

Mitsubishi A6M Type Zero model 21 Model 21 is designed for aircraft carrier.

Death

Sink

On 1988, ex-members of the IJN planted a Sugi tree in the Shirayama Hime Shrine. There are two memorials for the crews of Kaga. One is in park near Sasebo naval base. The other one is in Shirayama Hime Shrine, which was the first shrine of the old Kaga province (now Ishikawa prefecture).

11:58:44 (JST) on September 1, 1923, The time of the Great Kanto(u) Earthquake

17 November 1921, The Kaga was launched

Tosa

Aircraft Carrier

Death

Ashes

I'll survive, look ahead and keep winning with others. I'm strong, very strong. I can win. Nobody can defeat me. I must be stronger than anyone. I must become stronger than anyone else.

Fifth The Fifth Carrier Division

"Shi" Shoukaku, Flying Crane

"Su" Zuikaku, Auspicious Crane