Aircraft Carrier Hiryu (You Tube)

Hiryu was also called 'Flying Dragon.' The ship had its bridge on the port side. Pilots tend to turn left in an emergency, and this caused more landing accidents on the Hiryu and Akagi since they both had the bridges on the port side of the ship.

It carried 63 aircraft.

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