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| 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[1]) | |
| 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 × 20 cm (7.9 in) guns (5×2) |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 |
| Aviation facilities: | 1 catapult |
The four Myōkō class cruisers (妙高型巡洋艦 Myōkō-gata jun'yōkan) 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 20-centimetre (7.9 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.
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The ships in the class were:
| Ship | Launched | Fate |
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| 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 |
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Myoko_class_cruiser Myoko class cruiser] at Wikimedia Commons
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