Myōkō class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Myōkō |
| Operators: |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| In commission: | 26 Nov 1928 - 20 Aug 1929 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Lost: | 4 |
| General characteristics (as per Whitley[1]) | |
| Type: | Heavy cruiser |
| Displacement: | 10,000 tons standard; 11,633 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: | 35½ knots |
| Range: | 8,000nm at 14kts |
| Complement: | 773 |
| Armament: | 10 × 7.9in guns (5x2), 6 × 4.7in (6x1), 12 × 24in torpedotubes (4x3) |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 |
| Aviation facilities: | 1 catapult |
The four Myōkō class cruisers were built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1920s. Three were lost during World War II.
[edit] Ships in class
The ships in the class were:
| Ship | Launched | Fate |
| Myōkō | 16 Apr 1927 | Scuttled 8 Jul 1946 |
| Nachi | 15 Jun 1927 | Sunk 4 Nov 1944 |
| Haguro | 24 Mar 1928 | Sunk 16 May 1945 |
| Ashigara | 20 Aug 1929 | Sunk 8 Jun 1945 |
[edit] References
- ^ Whitley, M J (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press, p.173. ISBN 1-85409-225-1.
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