I didn't understand what she was talking about... someone care to explain?
Not sure why I made an account for this but it was gonna happen eventually I guess..
According to Wikipedia the Akagi was originally a large cruiser of the Amagi class, but during it's construction a treaty lowered the allowed ship displacement down to 22 000 tonnes.(she was intended to displace 47 000 tonnes)
Because this caused problems for multiple countries they added an amendment allowing each nation two 33 000 tonne carriers. Japan chose the Akagi and the Amagi cruisers for this as they were closest to being finished. Then during conversion an earthquake fatally damaged the hull of the Amagi so they opted to convert the Kaga (originally a Tosa class Battleship) instead.
Which ultimately led to Akagi and Kaga being somewhat sister ships as they shared their carrier design and were built toward the same specs.(and they're the only two carriers with 3 superimposed flight decks ever built to boot.)
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