Takao class cruiser
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| General Characteristics (original) | |
| Displacement: | 9,850 (standard) 15,490 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 631.7 feet (192.54 m) overall: 668.5 feet (203.76 m) |
| Beam: | 59 feet (18.03 m) – 68 feet (20.73 m) |
| Mean draft: | 20 feet (6.11 m) – 20.7 feet (6.32 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4-shaft geared turbine 12 Kampon boilers 132,000 shp |
| Speed: | 35½ knots - 34.2 knots |
| Range: | 8,500 nautical miles @ 14 knots |
| Complement: | 773 |
| Armament: | original layout: ten 8" (20.3 cm) 50 calibre guns (5x2) four 4.7" high angle guns(4x1) eight 24" torpedo tubes (4x2) two 40 mm AA guns (2x1) |
| Protection: | main belt: 1½" to 5" main deck: 1⅜" (max) upper deck: ½" to 1" bulkheads: 3" to 4" turrets: 1" |
| Aircraft: | 3 (1 Aichi E13A1 "Jake" & 2 F1M2 "Pete" seaplanes), 2 catapults |
The Takao class (高雄型) was a class of four heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched between May 1930 and April 1931. They were a modified design from the Myoko class, which they replaced, and had an almost battleship-like, large bridge structure. Their main gun armament was ten 8 inch guns; they were also armed with sixteen 24 inch torpedoes.
Four ships of the class were launched. All served in World War II and all but one sank as a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.
Significant changes were made to the class' armament during their service life.
- Takao was severely damaged on 23 October by the submarine USS Darter and towed to Singapore to serve as a floating anti-aircraft battery. She was sunk in August 1945 as a result of Operation Struggle carried out by British midget submarines XE-1 and X-3.
- Atago was sunk on 23 October by the submarine USS Darter.
- Maya was sunk on 23 October by the submarine USS Dace.
- Chōkai was disabled on 25 October by combined destroyer and air attack, and sunk by Fujinami.
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[edit] References
[edit] Books
- D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 0-8159-5302-X.
- 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 0-87021-311-3.
[edit] External links
- Parshall, Jon; Bob Hackett, Sander Kingsepp, & Allyn Nevitt. Imperial Japanese Navy Page (Combinedfleet.com). Retrieved on June 14, 2006.
