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{{Category Ship Classes}}
The Unryū-class Aircraft carriers (雲龍型航空母艦) were built under the Maru Kyū Programme (Ship #302 in 1941) and the Kai-Maru 5 Programme The idea for the IJN was to build more fleet carriers as quickly as possible thus the design for these ships was based on the aircraft carrier [[Hiryuu|Hiryū]] rather than the newer and more sophisticated [[Taihou|Taihō]] or the Shōkaku-class.
The Unryū-class Aircraft carriers (雲龍型航空母艦) were built under the Maru Kyū Programme (Ship #302 in 1941) and the Kai-Maru 5 Programme The idea for the IJN was to build more fleet carriers as quickly as possible thus the design for these ships was based on the aircraft carrier [[Hiryuu|Hiryū]] rather than the newer and more sophisticated [[Taihou|Taihō]] or the Shōkaku-class.
Originally, a total of 15 carriers were planned, but by the end of the Pacific War only three were built and another three were incomplete.
Originally, a total of 15 carriers were planned, but by the end of the Pacific War only three were built and another three were incomplete.
[[Category:Standard Aircraft Carriers]]
[[Category:Standard Aircraft Carriers]]