Japanese cruiser Suzuya (1934)
Service
- as Suzuya31 October 1937 — 20 December 19441,937 days of the war
- Name
- Suzuya
- Pennant / hull number
- 1934
- Namesake
- Suzuya River in Karafuto
- Builder
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1931
- Laid down
- 11 December 1933
- Launched
- 20 November 1934
- Commissioned
- 31 October 1937
- Struck
- 20 December 1944
- Fate
- Sunk during the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 45.2 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 8,500 long tons (8,636 t)
- Length
- 200.6 m (658.1 ft)
- Beam
- 20.2 m (66.3 ft)
- Draught
- 5.9 m (19.4 ft)
- Speed
- 37 knots (68.5 km/h, 42.6 mph)
- Range
- 8,032 nmi (14,875 km)
- Complement
- 850
- Main gun
- 200 mm (7.9 in)
Suzuya was a Mogami-class cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1934. She was named for Suzuya River in Karafuto. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 11 December 1933. Launched on 20 November 1934, she entered service on 31 October 1937.
She was one of four ships of her class. The class followed the Takao-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Tone-class cruiser.
She displaced 8,500 long tons. She measured 200.6 m (658 ft) long with a beam of 20.2 m (66 ft). Her designed speed was 37 knots, and she carried a complement of 850.
Her main battery was ten 200 mm (7.9 in) guns. She carried three aircraft.
She was in commission for 1,937 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 20 December 1944.
She was sunk on 25 October 1944, at 11°45′N 126°11′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4-shaft geared turbines
- 8 Kampon boilers
- 154000 shp
- Armament
- (initial)
- 15 × 15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type naval gun (5×3)
- 8 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns (4×2)
- 8 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns (4x2)
- 4 × 13.2 mm AA guns (2x2)
- 18 × Type 93 torpedoes
- (final)
- 10 × 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (5×2)
- 8 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun (4×2)
- 50 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun guns (8x3,4x2,18x1)
- 24 × Type 93 torpedoes
- Armour
- 100-125 mm (belt)
- 35-60 mm (deck)
- 25 mm turret
- Aircraft
- 3 x floatplanes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese cruiser Suzuya (1934) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Japanese Imperial Navy — http://blog-imgs-45.fc2.com/k/a/i/kaisho697/ho82ytb.jpg — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons