Myōkō-class cruiser
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Myōkō class |
| Operators: |
 Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by: |
Aoba class |
| Succeeded by: |
Takao class |
| Built: |
1924–1929 |
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In commission: |
1928–1946 |
| Completed: |
4 |
| Lost: |
3 |
| General characteristics [1] |
| Type: |
Heavy cruiser |
| Displacement: |
11,633 tons (standard load) 14,980 tons (full load) |
| Length: |
204 m (669 ft) overall |
| Beam: |
17 m (56 ft) |
| Draught: |
5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
- 4-shaft geared turbines
- 12 Kampon boilers
- 130,000 shp
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| 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: |
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| 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 metres (659 ft) long, and were capable of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). They carried two aircraft and their main armament was ten 20.3-centimetre (8 in) guns in five twin turrets. At the time, 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 by the Washington Naval Treaty.
Ships in class
The ships in the class were:
References
Notes
- ↑ Whitley, Cruisers of WWII, p. 173
Books
- Whitley, M J (1995). Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 1-85409-225-1.
- Lacroix, Eric; Linton Wells (1997). Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-311-3.
External links
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- List of cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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