PJSA017 Hakuryu 1942

Performance

Rightly dubbed as the "Sky Hammer" due to the notion that she can have a lot of squadrons in the air at any given time, the Hakuryu is a battleship's worst nightmare, with special mention to the Yamato which was sunk by aircraft during her very last sortie, as she can field a large number of squadrons, one particular loadout having six strike aircraft at her disposal, to destroy any capital ship or a standard ship in the water. The cost of having a large number of squadrons in the air however is the fact that each squadron has a small air wing than their US counterparts and can be easily destroyed by a very solid AA screen or good fighters that can intercept the planes. The carrier is no slouch when it comes to visibility as being large as she is, she has a rather reasonable concealment value, better than her counterpart the Midway.

Pros

• Can put several squadrons into the air at any given time, especially strike aircraft
• Carrier itself has good concealment values
• Deck does not burn easily
• A daunting thing to be wary of in high tier matches
• Fighters are rather sound at their tier

Cons

• Squadron has a small air wing which makes it a bit easy to have fighters intercept them
• Fighters are still swamped by US fighters in dogfights