Talk:Unryuu/@comment-189.137.144.233-20141012175225/@comment-5046483-20141013072153

Unryuu was a first class carrier (CV/Fleet Carrier to the allies) with the capacity of a second class carrier (CVL/Light or even Escort carrier). She didn't get to do much in the way of Fleet Carrier duties, despite being a member of the Kidou Butai (Mobile Unit/Striking Unit, depending on which translations and sources you read.) She mostly shuttled planes from the mainland to airfields nearer the front. What became her final sortie was to carry a compliment of the absolutely disgusting Ouka 'special attack' rockets (Ouka being an older reading for sakura, cherry blossom, special attack being a euphemism for 'we ran out of adults so we started drafting students over the age of 18, we lack the resources to train them properly so we graciously allow them to volounteer to pilot what amounts to a guided missile with a cockpit and they don't get to say no.') luckily, a US sub sank her before she managed to deliver that payload....not lucky for her crew ofc though but still, the fewer Ouka and Kaiten then got delivered the better *shudder*