Shikaori Class Aircraft Carrier

Shikaori-class (鹿折型航空母艦) aircraft carriers is a class of aircraft carrier constructed for the Imperial Nakama Navy. Two ships were constructed, NS Shikaori and NS Shibasaki. These vessel created to replace the aging WW2 era repatriation NS Misaka (formerly IJN Katsuragi) and as additional aircraft carrier for navy. The second ship NS Shibasaki actually made from the recycled part of NS Misaka which reduced its cost by 40% compared to the NS Shikaori.

As for 2018, NS Shikaori currently decommissioned as reserve fleet of Nakama after the commissioning of NS Zuikaku in 2017.

Naming
Shikaori class named after the ancient province of Nakama. Shikaori Province was a province covering the modern day Suzukake Prefecture and Shibasaki Province was a province in modern day Shimazaki Prefecture