I, Kaga, was built as the third ship of the eight-eight fleet. After being played by fate, time after time, I was completed as a large aircraft carrier. Along with Akagi-san, we are main force of the glorious first air carrier division.[1]
Kaga has long brown hair, usually done in a side ponytail. She is typically seen wearing a muneate over white and blue clothes along with a bow and arrow. Usually depicted as constantly serious.
Personality
Kaga is portrayed as emotionless and serious, to contrast with Akagi's playful "spoiled brat" persona.
Also shown to be disapproving of the 5th Car Div (Zuikaku and Shoukaku).
Trivia
Scuttled after being heavily damaged by a US air attack at the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942
Wreckage possibly found in late 1999. Sadly, no further expeditions have been made.
Originally designed as a Tosa-class Battleship, she was converted into a carrier after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1921.
In the 4koma, she is often portrayed as irrationally protective of Akagi from the destroyers that historically scuttled her (who were also their escorts). Historically, all four CarDiv1 and CarDiv2 carriers (Akagi, Hiryuu, Souryuu and herself) were scuttled in the Battle of Midway by Japanese destroyers' torpedoes after being heavily damaged by air attacks. During WW2, scuttling (intentional allied sinking to prevent capture) was very common, and the IJN rarely took prisoners or allowed themselves to be POWs.
In the 4koma, she gives off excessive levels of body heat, which she can be very sensitive about. This is a reflection of one of the historic Kaga's exhaust layouts overheating the flight deck and causing the rear crew quarters to be near uninhabitable.
Beginning in the 1910s, nations all over the world experimented with ship designs & layouts culminating in the aircraft carrier. Issues such as exhaust layout, aircraft elevators, command bridges, ship weaponry, and so forth vastly differed between classes and even within classes.
↑Kaga was originally intended to be built as a battleship, although the construction was halted by Washington treaty in 1921. Kaga was set to be scrapped for metal required to convert Akagi and Amagi from battlecruisers into carriers. During construction Amagi was damaged beyond repair in the great Kanto Earthquake (1923) and Kaga took her place for conversion.
↑This line is shared with expedition selection, resource collection, instant repair and development.
↑By "kids" she refers to their air wings rather than the 5th Division's ships themselves; historically 1st Carrier Div's crew looked down upon 5th Div's (Shoukaku and Zuikaku) as they were newly grouped during the early stage of WW2.
↑Old Japanese terms for timekeeping, roughly means 2~2:30 in the morning.
↑In Japan, it's said that ghost or youkai appear during the hour of the ox.
↑1st CarDiv Air Officer Minoru Genda said this (gaishu isshoku!) after the Midway war games when Yamamoto asked what would happen if American carriers were to appear at Midway on day 1. Both question and answer were empty face-saving gestures.
↑Shoukaku and Zuikaku's strike group ran into fierce American air cover in the Coral sea, leaving many planes damaged and nonoperational.
↑Around the time when the Lexington exploded from uncontrolled fire and had to be scuttled.
↑Niku(meat)jaga(short for jagaimo=potato) is a traditional Japanese stew, which was allegedly invented by chefs of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 19th century.
