Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943)

Ibuki at anchor in Sasebo, September 1945
History
Empire of Japan
NameIbuki
NamesakeMount Ibuki
OrderedNovember 1941
BuilderKure Naval Arsenal, Kure
Laid down24 April 1942
Launched21 May 1943
FateScrapped, 22 November 1946
General characteristics (1944)
TypeLight aircraft carrier
Displacement14,800 t (14,600 long tons)
Length200.6 m (658 ft 2 in)
Beam21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draft6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement1,015
Sensors and
processing systems
1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 early-warning radar
Armament
Armor
Aircraft carried27 aircraft

The Japanese cruiser Ibuki (伊吹) was a heavy cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The lead ship of her class of two ships, she was ordered to be converted into a light aircraft carrier in 1943 before completion to help replace the aircraft carriers sunk during the Battle of Midway in mid-1942. The conversion was delayed and finally stopped in March 1945 in order to concentrate on building small submarines. Ibuki was scrapped in the Sasebo Naval Arsenal beginning in 1946.