Myōkō class cruiser

Myōkō class cruiser
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Haguro
Class overview
Name: Myōkō-class
Operators: Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by: Aoba class
Succeeded by: Takao class
Built: 1924–1929
In commission: 1928–1946
Completed: 4
Lost: 4
General characteristics (as per Whitley[1])
Type: Heavy cruiser
Displacement: 11,633 tons (standard load) 14,980 tons (full load)
Length: 668 ft (204 m) overall
Beam: 57 ft (17 m)
Draught: 19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion: 4-shaft geared turbines
12 Kampon boilers
130,000 shp
Speed: 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement: 773
Armament:

• 10 × 20 cm (7.9 in) guns (5×2)
• 6 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns (6×1)

• 12 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes (4×3)
Aircraft carried: 2
Aviation facilities: 1 catapult

The four Myōkō class cruisers (妙高型巡洋艦 Myōkō-gata jun'yōkan?) were built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1920s. Three were lost during World War II.

The ships of this class displaced 11,633 tons (standard), were 201 m (661 ft) long, and were capable of 36 knots (67 km/h). They carried two aircraft and their main armament was ten 20-centimetre (7.9 in) guns in five twin turrets. At the time they were built, this was the heaviest armament of any cruiser class in the world. They were also the first cruisers the Japanese Navy constructed that exceeded the (10,000 ton) limit set at the Washington Naval Treaty.

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Ships in class

The ships in the class were:

Ship Launched Fate
Myōkō (妙高) 16 April 1927 Scuttled, 8 July 1946
Nachi (那智) 15 June 1927 Sunk, 4 November 1944
Haguro (羽黒) 24 March 1928 Sunk, 16 May 1945
Ashigara (足柄) 20 August 1929 Sunk, 8 June 1945


See also

Media related to Myoko class cruiser at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. ^ Whitley, M J (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press. pp. 173. ISBN 1-85409-225-1. 
  • Miller, David (2004). "pp 242". The Illustrated Directory of Warships from 1860 To The Present Day. London: Greenwich Editions, Salamander Books Ltd. ISBN 0-86288-672-5. 

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