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Akagi under consturction: 1922

Akagi immideatly following competion, possibly on trials: 1923
(Note the short flying off decks at the bow, and the exposed hangar areas)

Akagi following first reconsturction; sometime in the mid-1930s

Akagi following reconstruction (Note the biplanes on deck): Late 1930s

Akagi in her final guise; belived to be just before Pearl Harbor

Plans for Akagi as a battlecruiser