Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 10 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier VI
Aircraft Carrier
Japan
Ryūjō
The Washington Naval Treaty restrictions did not apply to ships with a displacement of up to 10,000 tons, so Japan started designing small aircraft carriers in addition to large ones. Ryūjō was designed taking the experience of operating Hōshō into account: She received a double-deck hangar, which allowed for increasing the air group size. Ryūjō...
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The Washington Naval Treaty restrictions did not apply to ships with a displacement of up to 10,000 tons, so Japan started designing small aircraft carriers in addition to large ones. Ryūjō was designed taking the experience of operating Hōshō into account: She received a double-deck hangar, which allowed for increasing the air group size. Ryūjō participated in the Sino-Japanese War from 1937 through 1939. During World War II, the aircraft carrier supported landings in the Philippines, covered convoys headed to the Dutch East Indies, and participated in raids in the Indian Ocean and around the Aleutian Islands.
- Credits
- 4,500,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 38,400
- Maximum speed
- 28.0 knots
- Surface detection
- 9.6 km
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 28.0 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 770 m
- Rudder shift time
- 13.4 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 9.6 km
- Air detection
- 6.8 km
- Submarine detection
- 6.8 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 38,400
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 0 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–30 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
- Maximum range
- 4.0 km
- Mount
- 127 mm HE Type2
- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,100
- Fire chance
- 8.0 %
- Rate of fire
- 12.0 rounds/min
- Muzzle velocity
- 725 m/s
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a single mount
- Calibre
- 25 mm
- Mounts
- 5
- Aura
- 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a twin mount
- Calibre
- 25 mm
- Mounts
- 9
- Aura
- 127 mm/40 Type 89 on a Model A1 mount
- Calibre
- 127 mm
- Mounts
- 6
Carrier aviationClass system
The public API still uses legacy aircraft categories and does not expose every modern carrier payload mechanic. Only fields returned by Wargaming are shown.
Dive bombers
D3A Val
- Aircraft tier
- 6
- Squadrons
- 4
- Cruise speed
- 133 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,430
Torpedo bombers
B4Y Jean
- Aircraft tier
- 6
- Squadrons
- 3
- Cruise speed
- 120 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,460
- Maximum damage per torpedo
- 5,000
- Torpedo range
- 3.0 km
- Torpedo speed
- 50 knots
Attack aircraft (legacy API field)
A5M Claude
- Aircraft tier
- 6
- Squadrons
- 4
- Cruise speed
- 134 knots
- Aircraft health
- 1,210
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 38,400
- Secondary barrels
- 6
- AA mounts
- 20
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 28.0 knots
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
A5M Claude
Default- Type
- Fighter
- Purchase
- 300,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
A6M2 Zero
- Type
- Fighter
- Research
- 7,000 XP
- Purchase
- 750,000 credits
D3A Val
Default- Type
- DiveBomber
- Purchase
- 300,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
D4Y2 Suisei
- Type
- DiveBomber
- Research
- 7,000 XP
- Purchase
- 750,000 credits
Ryūjō (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 400,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Ryūjō (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 10,000 XP
- Purchase
- 1,100,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
Propulsion: 65,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 250,000 credits
B4Y Jean
Default- Type
- TorpedoBomber
- Purchase
- 300,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
B5N2 Kate
- Type
- TorpedoBomber
- Research
- 7,000 XP
- Purchase
- 750,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Damage Control System Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Air Groups Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Secondary Battery Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Shōkaku
- Research cost
- 161,000 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 5
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 4
- Published battle levels
- 6–8
Cross-nation comparison
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