Japanese cruiser Noshiro

The Noshiro (能代) was an Agano class light cruiser which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

[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 caliber 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

Noshiro was launched at Yokosuka on 19 July 1942 and completed less than a year later on 30 June 1943. She participated in the Battle off Samar, but was sunk on 26 October 1944 by an air strike launched by the USS Hornet and USS Wasp.