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===Machinery=== ''Hiryū'' was fitted with four geared [[steam turbine]] sets with a total of {{convert|153000|shp|kW|lk=on}}, each driving one [[propeller shaft (ship)|propeller shaft]] using steam provided by eight Kampon [[water-tube boiler]]s.<ref name=j5/> The turbines and boilers were the same as those used in the {{sclass|Mogami|cruiser}}s. The ship's power and slim, [[cruiser]]-type hull with a length-to-beam ratio of 10:1 gave her a speed of {{convert|34.3|kn|lk=in}}<ref>Brown 1977, pp. 18–19</ref> and made her the fastest carrier in the world at the time of her commissioning.<ref>Parshall & Tully, p. 9</ref> ''Hiryū'' carried {{convert|4400|LT|t|order=flip|sp=us}} of [[fuel oil]] which gave her a range of {{convert|10330|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|18|kn}}. The boiler uptakes were trunked to the ship's starboard side amidships and exhausted just below [[flight deck]] level through two [[funnel (ship)|funnel]]s curved downward.<ref name=p9>Peattie, p. 241</ref>
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