Imperial Japanese Navy — Cruiser class
Myōkō-class cruiser
Myōkō class
The class in numbers
- 4 Completed
- 3 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Cruiser
- Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Built
- 1924–1929
- In commission
- 1928–1946
- Preceded by
- Aoba-class cruiser
- Succeeded by
- Takao-class cruiser
- Builders
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
- Kure Naval Arsenal
- Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Nagasaki
- Kawasaki Dockyard, Kobe
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, full load
- 11,633 long tons (11,820 t)
- Length
- 204 m (669.3 ft) OA
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 773
- Main gun
- 200 mm (7.9 in)
- Armament
- 10 × 20 cm guns (5×2)
- 6 × 4.7 in/45 guns (6×1)
- 12 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese cruiser Ashigara | 1929 | Sunk 1945 | |
| Japanese cruiser Haguro | 1929 | Sunk 1945 | |
| Japanese cruiser Myōkō | 1929 | Scuttled 1946 | |
| Japanese cruiser Nachi | 1928 | Sunk 1944 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Myōkō-class cruiser on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.