Japanese cruiser Naka
Service
- as Naka30 November 1925 — 31 March 19441,670 days of the war
- Name
- Naka
- Namesake
- Naka River
- Builder
- Mitsubishi
- Ordered
- 1920
- Laid down
- 10 June 1922
- Launched
- 24 March 1925
- Commissioned
- 30 November 1925
- Struck
- 31 March 1944
- Fate
- sunk 18 February 1944
bombed by USN carrier aircraft near Truk
151.
By aircraft (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 5,195 long tons (5,278 t)
- Length
- 152.4 m (500 ft)
- Beam
- 14.2 m (46.6 ft)
- Draught
- 4.9 m (16.1 ft)
- Speed
- 35.3 knots (65.4 km/h, 40.6 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 452
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
Naka was a Sendai-class cruiser light cruiser, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Naka River. Her keel was laid at Mitsubishi on 10 June 1922. She entered service on 30 November 1925, having been launched on 24 March 1925.
Three ships of the class were built. The class followed the Nagara-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Agano-class cruiser.
Displacement was 5,195 long tons. She measured 152.4 m (500 ft) long with a beam of 14.2 m (47 ft). Her designed speed was 35.3 knots, and she carried a complement of 452.
Her main battery was seven 140 mm (5.5 in) guns. Her belt armour was 64 mm (2.5 in) and her deck 29 mm. She carried one aircraft. Her machinery developed 90,000 shp.
She was in commission for 1,670 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 31 March 1944.
She was sunk on 18 February 1944 by aircraft, at 7°15′N 151°15′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 × Parsons geared turbines
- 10 × Kampon boilers
- 4 × shafts
- Power
- 90000 shp
- Armament
- 7 × 140 mm/50 guns (7x1)
- 2 × 80 mm/40 anti-aircraft guns
- 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (4x2)
- 48 × mines
- Armour
- Belt: 64 mm
- Deck: 29 mm
- Aircraft
- 1 × floatplane
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese cruiser Naka on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Imperial Japanese Navy official photograph per naval achives kept at museum — Mikasa Memorial Museum, Yokosuka, Japan — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons