Furutaka-class cruiser
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 Heavy cruiser Furutaka in 1926
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Furutaka |
| Operators |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Aoba class |
| In commission | 25 Feb 1925 - 11 October 1942 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 2 |
| General characteristics (as per Whitley[1]) | |
| Type | Heavy cruiser |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 7,100 tons standard; 9,540 tons full load |
| Length | 607 ft (185 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines 12 Kampon boilers 102,000 shp |
| Speed | 34½ knots |
| Range | 6,000nm at 14kts |
| Complement | 625 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) (initial) 6 × 20-cm (7.9 inch)/50-cal guns (6x1) |
| Aircraft carried | (initial) 1, (final) 2 |
| Aviation facilities | 1 catapult |
The Furutaka class cruisers (古鷹型巡洋艦, Furutaka-gata junyōkan) were a class of two Japanese heavy cruisers which saw service during World War II, both were sunk in 1942.
Description
The Furutaka class cruisers were the first heavy cruisers in the Japanese Imperial Navy.
They were very similar to the later Aoba class cruisers.
Ships in class
| Ship | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Furutaka (古鷹) | 5 December 1922 | 25 Feb 1925 | 31 March 1926 | Sunk 11 Oct 1942 |
| Kako (加古) | 17 November 1922 | 4 April 1925 | 20 July 1926 | Sunk 10 Aug 1942 |
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