Myōkō-class cruiser

Haguro
Class overview
Name	Myōkō-class
Operators	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)
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 × 7.9 in (200 mm) 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 junyōkan) 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 203 mm (8 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.

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

• 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. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• CombinedFleet.com: Myōkō class cruisers