Imperial Japanese Navy — Cruiser class
Ning Hai-class cruiser
Ioshima class cruiser
The class in numbers
- 2 Planned
- 2 Completed
- 2 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Cruiser
- Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Builders
- Harima Dock Co., Ltd. (Ioshima), Jiangnan Shipyard (Yasoshima)
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Length
- 109.73 m (360 ft)
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
- Armament
- 2 × 12 cm/45 10th Year Type
- 5 × triple 25 mm/60 Type 96 AA guns
- Several machine guns
- 2 × depth charge racks
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese cruiser Ping Hai | 1935 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese cruiser Ioshima | 1932 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese cruiser Yasoshima | 1935 | Sunk 1944 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Ning Hai-class cruiser on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.