Japanese cruiser Atago
Service
- as Atago30 March 1932 — 23 October 19441,879 days of the war
- Name
- Atago
- Namesake
- Mount Atago
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1927
- Laid down
- 28 April 1927
- Launched
- 16 June 1930
- Commissioned
- 30 March 1932
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 23 October 1944
By torpedo (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 9,850 long tons (10,008 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 14,616 long tons (14,851 t)
- Length
- 203.76 m (668.5 ft)
- Beam
- 20.4 m (66.9 ft)
- Draught
- 6.11 m (20 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Range
- 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
- Complement
- 773
- Main gun
- 200 mm (7.9 in)
Atago was a Takao-class cruiser in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named for Mount Atago. Her keel was laid at Kure Naval Arsenal on 28 April 1927. She entered service on 30 March 1932, having been launched on 16 June 1930.
Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Myōkō-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Mogami-class cruiser.
She displaced 9,850 long tons standard and 14,616 long tons at full load. She measured 203.8 m (669 ft) long with a beam of 20.4 m (67 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 773.
Her main battery was ten 200 mm (7.9 in) guns. She carried three aircraft. Her machinery developed 133,100 shp.
She was in commission for 1,879 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 23 October 1944 by torpedo, at 9°28′N 117°17′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 × geared steam turbines
- 12 × Kampon boilers
- 4 × shafts
- Power
- 133100 shp
- Armament
- Original Layout: 10 × 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (5x2)
- 4 × 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval guns (4x1)
- 2 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns (2x1)
- Type 90 torpedoes (4x2 + 8 reloads)
- Final Layout (June 24, 1944): 10 × 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (5x2)
- 8 × Type 89 12.7 cm dual purpose guns, (4x2)
- 60 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns (4x3, 8x2, 32x1)
- 4 × Type 93 13.2 mm AA machine guns
- Type 93 torpedoes (4x4 + 8 reloads)
- depth charges
- Armour
- Belt: 38 - 127 mm
- Deck: 37 mm (main, max); 127 - 25 mm (upper)
- Bulkheads: 76 - 100 mm
- Turrets: 25 mm
- Aircraft
- 3 × floatplanes (1 × Aichi E13A1 "Jake" and 2 × Mitsubishi F1M2 "Pete"s)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese cruiser Atago on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Japanese Imperial Navy — Eric Lacroix, Linton Wells II Japanese cruisers of the Pacific war. — Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. — 882 с. — ISBN 1-86176-058-2 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons