Japanese cruiser Yahagi
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The Yahagi (矢矧) was an Agano class light cruiser which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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[edit] Description
- Displacement: 6650 tons
- Speed: 35 knots
- Range: 6300 nm at 18 knots
- Main armament: six 6 inch / 50 caliber guns (100 pound shell; 600 pound broadside; 23,000 yard range; rate of fire of 6-10 rounds per minute)
- Secondary armament: four 3 inch (60 or 65 calibers) dual purpose guns (13 pound shell; 14,870 yard range; 29,850 foot ceiling; rate of fire of 40 rounds per minute)
- Antiaircraft armament: sixty one 25 mm antiaircraft guns
- Torpedo armament: eight 24 inch tubes
- Antisubmarine armament: 16 depth charges
- Aircraft: two aircraft carried, launched by a single catapult
- Propulsion: 100,000 shp with 1405 tons of oil
[edit] History
Yahagi was built at Sasebo, being launched 25 October 1942 and completed just over a year later on 29 December 1943.
The Yahagi was sunk in Operation "Ten-Go" on April 7, 1945. After the giant battleship Yamato came under attack by American planes in the northern Pacific Ocean near Okinawa, commander Seiichi Ito commanded the Yahagi to cover the Yamato. The Yahagi was destroyed after a 105-minute battle against torpedoes and bombs dropped from American aircraft. After the Yahagi sank, American planes bombed the Yamato and sank the giant battleship.
From the fleet sent from Tokyo, only 4 destroyers survived operation “Ten-Go”.
[edit] See also
- List of World War II ships
- Other ships of the Agano class
[edit] External links
| Agano-class cruiser |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
