The First Carrier Division was an aircraft carrier unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy's First Air Fleet. At the beginning of the Pacific Campaign of World War II, the First Carrier Division consisted
The First Carrier Division's Zuikaku (center) and two destroyers under attack by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft during the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Akagi was an aircraft carrier built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Though she was laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, Akagi was converted to an aircraft carrier while still under construction
Akagi conducting flight operations, April 1942
Akagi on 6 April 1925, prior to her launch at Kure
Akagi on trials off the coast of Iyo, 17 June 1927, with all three flight decks visible
Akagi underway in 1929 with aircraft on the upper flight deck and two 20 cm gun turrets on the middle flight deck