Japanese cruiser Nachi
Service
- as Nachi28 November 1928 — 20 January 19451,968 days of the war
- Name
- Nachi
- Namesake
- Mount Nachi, Wakayama, Japan
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1923
- Laid down
- 26 November 1924
- Launched
- 15 June 1927
- Commissioned
- 28 November 1928
- Struck
- 20 January 1945
- Fate
- Sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft in Manila Bay, 5 November 1944
By aircraft (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 13,300 long tons (13,513 t)
- Length
- 201.7 m (661.7 ft)
- Beam
- 20.73 m (68 ft)
- Draught
- 6.32 m (20.7 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 8,000 nmi (14,816 km)
- Complement
- 773
- Main gun
- 203 mm (8 in)
Nachi was a Myōkō-class cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Mount Nachi. Kure Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 26 November 1924. She entered service on 28 November 1928, having been launched on 15 June 1927.
Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Aoba-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Takao-class cruiser.
Displacement was 13,300 long tons. She measured 201.7 m (662 ft) long with a beam of 20.7 m (68 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 773.
Her main battery was ten 203 mm (8.0 in) guns. Her belt armour was 100 mm (3.9 in) and her deck 37 mm. She carried two aircraft. Her machinery developed 130,000 shp.
She was in commission for 1,968 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 20 January 1945.
She was sunk on 5 November 1944 by aircraft, at 14°31′N 120°44′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 × boilers
- 4 × shafts
- Power
- 130000 shp
- Armament
- 10 × 203 mm guns (5x2)
- 6 × 120 mm guns (to 1934) or 8 × 127 mm guns (from 1935)
- 2 × 13.2 mm machine guns
- 12 × 610 mm torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Main belt: 100 mm
- Main deck: 37 mm
- Turrets: 25 mm
- Barbettes: 75 mm
- Aircraft
- 2 × floatplanes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese cruiser Nachi on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Presumed official USN or IJN photographer — Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons