Japanese cruiser Ibuki (1943)

Ibuki being scrapped at Sasebo, 14 March 1947
History
Empire of Japan
Name:	Ibuki
Namesake:	Mount Ibuki
Ordered:	November 1941
Builder:	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure
Laid down:	24 April 1942
Launched:	21 May 1943
Fate:	Scrapped, 22 November 1946
General characteristics (1944)
Type:	Light aircraft carrier
Displacement:	14,800 t (14,600 long tons)
Length:	200.6 m (658 ft 2 in)
Beam:	21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draft:	6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power:	72,000 shp (54,000 kW) 4 × water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed:	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range:	7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	1,015
Sensors and processing systems:	1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 air search radar
Armament:	2 × twin Type 98 8 cm dual purpose guns 16 × triple Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft guns 4 × 28-tube 12 cm (4.7 in) rocket launchers
Armor:	Waterline belt: 100–140 mm (3.9–5.5 in) Deck: 35–60 mm (1.4–2.4 in) Bulkheads: 95–140 mm (3.7–5.5 in)
Aircraft carried:	27 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, she was converted into a light aircraft carrier before completion. 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.

As originally designed the ship had a length of 200.6 meters (658 ft 2 in) overall, a beam of 20.2 meters (66 ft 3 in) and a draft of 6.04 meters (19 ft 10 in). Ibuki displaced 12,220 metric tons (12,030 long tons) at standard load and 14,828 metric tons (14,594 long tons) at (full load).

She was fitted with four Kampon geared steam turbine sets with a total of 152,000 shaft horsepower (113,000 kW), each driving a 3.9-meter (13 ft) propeller. Steam was provided by eight Kampon Ro Gō-type three-drum water-tube boilers intended to give the ship a maximum speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). Ibuki carried 2,163 metric tons (2,129 long tons) of fuel oil which gave her an estimated range of 6,300 nautical miles (11,700 km; 7,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).