Japanese cruiser Nagara
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 1919 |
| Laid down: | 9 September 1920 |
| Launched: | 25 April 1922 |
| Commissioned: | 21 April 1922[1] |
| Fate: | Sunk 7 August 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 October 1944 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5,570 tons |
| Length: | 534 ft 9 in (163 m) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 5 in (14.8 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
| Complement: | 438 |
| Aircraft: | 1 |
| Armament: | 7 × 5.5 in (140 mm) guns, up to 36 × 25 mm AA guns, 6 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24" torpedo tubes |
Nagara was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the Nagara River.
Nagara was completed at Sasebo Navy Yard, and commissioned on 21 April 1922. In 1941–42, she participated in the invasions of the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies. As flagship of Rear Admiral Kimura Susumu's DesRon 10 she participated in the Solomon Islands campaign, including the battles of the Eastern Solomons and Guadalcanal. As flagship of Rear Admiral Takama Tamotsu's DesRon 4, Nagara took part in Operation KE, the evacuation of surviving Japanese troops from Guadalcanal.
In July 1943, Nagara became the flagship of Rear Admiral Isaki Shunji's DesRon 2. In November, she became flagship of Vice Admiral Kobayashi Masami's Fourth Fleet.
In May 1944, Nagara became flagship of DesRon 11, Combined Fleet, in Hashirajima. On 7 August 1944, while underway from Kagoshima to Sasebo, Nagara was spotted by USS Croaker (SS-246). The submarine fired a spread of torpedoes, scoring one hit. Nagara sank off Amakusa Shoto at . Captain Nakahara Giichiro and 348 crewmen were killed.
Nagara was removed from the Navy List on 10 October 1944.
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[edit] References
[edit] Books
- Brown, David (1990). Warship Losses of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 155750914X.
- D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 081595302X.
- Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-097-1.
- Lacroix, Eric, Linton Wells (1997). Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0870213113.
[edit] External links
- Parshall, Jon; Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp, & Allyn Nevitt. CombinedFleet.com: Nagara class Imperial Japanese Navy Page (Combinedfleet.com). Retrieved on 2006-06-14. tabular record: CombinedFleet.com: Nagara history
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.
[edit] See also
| Nagara-class cruiser |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
