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*Damaged by US air attack at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway Battle of Midway] and scuttled by Japanese Destroyers from the orders from Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on 5 June 1942.
 
*Damaged by US air attack at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway Battle of Midway] and scuttled by Japanese Destroyers from the orders from Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on 5 June 1942.
 
*Originally designed as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amagi-class_battlecruiser Amagi-class Battlecruiser] she was converted to a carrier after the instigation of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1921.
 
*Originally designed as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amagi-class_battlecruiser Amagi-class Battlecruiser] she was converted to a carrier after the instigation of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1921.
*She was the Japan's first Fleet Carrier.
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*She was the first Fleet Carrier commissioned by Japan.  (Kaga was launched before Akagi, but was commissioned after her).
    
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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