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Okay, hits all around, i'll end the mystery. Still no winners, but a few guessed the
right class.
It is the Japanese carrier Katsuragi.
Katsuragi was one of the few Japanese carriers to survive WWII, although heavy
damage from the 28 July 1945 raid (in which the japanese navy effectively ceased to
be) is evident. She was the third ship of the Unryu class carriers, being completed in
October 1944. Although she completed her sea trials, she was never employed
operationally for lack of aircraft, pilots, and fuel. Despite her damage she was able
to get underway postwar (for rescue and repatriation of japanese citizens and
soldiers from around the pacific), and was scrapped in 1947. Katsuragi fared much
better than the other ships of her class - Unryu was sunk by submarine torpedoes,
Amagi was bombed and capsized in port (also on 28 July 1945), and the remaining
three ships were never completed.
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