Akagi, 赤城		Kaga, 加賀		Sōryū, 蒼龍		Hiryū, 飛龍		Yorktown class
	Displacement:	41,300 t  (36,500 t Std)		42,541 t  (38,200 t Std)		18,800 t  (15,900 t Std)		20,250 t  (17,300 t Std)		25,500 t  (19,800 t Std)
	Max Length:	855 ft 3 in	260.7 m	812 ft 6 in	247.7 m	746 ft 5 in	227.5 m	745 ft 11 in	227.3 m	809 ft 6 in	246.7 m
	Beam:	102 ft 9 in	31.3 m	106 ft 8 in	32.5 m	69 ft 11 in	21.3 m	73 ft 3 in	22.3 m	109 ft 6 in	33.4 m
	Draght:	28 ft 7 in	8.7 m	31 ft 1 in	9.5 m	25 ft 0 in	7.6 m	25 ft 9 in	7.7 m	25 ft 11 in	7.9 m
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	Machinery:	19 boilers, 4 shafts		8 boilers, 4 shafts		8 boilers, 4 shafts		8 boilers, 4 shafts		9 boilers, 4 shafts
	Max Power:	133,000 hp	97 821 kW	127,400 hp	95 000 kW	152,000 hp	113 336 kW	153,000 hp	114 092 kW	120,000 hp	89 483 kW
	Max Speed:	31.25 kts	57.88 km/h	28.5 kts	52.78 km/h	34.5 kts	63.89 km/h	34.5 kts	63.89 km/h	32.5 kts	60.2 km/h
	Range:	8,200 nm	15 186 km	10,000 nm	18 520 km	7,750 nm	14 353 km	10,330 nm	19 131 km	12,500 nm	23 150 km
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	Flight Deck:	817 ft 6 in	249 m	815 ft 6 in	248.5 m	711 ft 6 in	216.8 m	711 ft 6 in	216.8 m	802 ft	244.5 m
	Fighters:	27 × A6M2 Type 0		27 × A6M2 Type 0		27 × A6M2 Type 0		27 × A6M2 Type 0		27 × F4F-4 Wildcat
	Bombers:	18 × D3A1 Type 99		27 × D3A1 Type 99		18 × D3A1 Type 99		18 × D3A1 Type 99		36 × SBD-3 Dauntless
	Attack:	27 × B5N2 Type 97		27 × B5N2 Type 97		18 × B5N2 Type 97		18 × B5N2 Type 97		15 × TBD-1 Devastator
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	Armor (belt):	6 in	154 mm	6 in	154 mm	1.8 in	46 mm	1.8 in	46 mm	4 in	104 mm
	SP Guns:	6 × 1 × 8 in (203 mm)/50		10 × 1 × 8 in (203 mm)/50		—		—		—
	DP Guns:	6 × 2 × 4.7 in (120 mm)/45		8 × 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/40		6 × 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/40		6 × 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/40		8 × 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38
	AA Guns:	14 × 2 × 0.98 in (25 mm)		11 × 2 × 0.98 in (25 mm)		14 × 2 × 0.98 in (25 mm)		9 × 3 × 0.98 in (25 mm) 3 × 2 × 0.98 in (25 mm)		4 × 4 × 1.1 in (28 mm) 24/32 × 1 × 0.79 in (20 mm)

    * Akagi and Kaga specifications as reconstructed at 1934-38.
  ** IJN carriers aircraft as in the largest known Air Groups ever carried (during the Pearl Harbor raid).
*** Yorktown class carriers light anti-aircraft armament: CV-5 - 24, CV-6 - 32, CV-8 - 30×1×0.79 in (20 mm)