Japanese cruiser Takao (1930)
Service
- as Takao31 May 1932 — 3 May 19472,193 days of the war
- Name
- Takao
- Pennant / hull number
- 1930
- Namesake
- Mount Takao
- Builder
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1927
- Laid down
- 28 April 1927
- Launched
- 12 May 1930
- Commissioned
- 31 May 1932
- Struck
- 3 May 1947
- Fate
- Surrendered to British forces on 21 September 1945, then sunk as a target ship on 29 October 1946 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 9,694 long tons (9,850 t)
- Length
- 203.76 m (668.5 ft) OA
- Beam
- 19 m (62.3 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)
Takao was a Takao-class cruiser in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1930. She was named for Mount Takao. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 28 April 1927. Launched on 12 May 1930, she entered service on 31 May 1932.
Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the Myōkō-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Mogami-class cruiser.
She displaced 9,694 long tons. She measured 203.8 m (669 ft) long with a beam of 19 m (62 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.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 3 May 1947.
She was expended as a target on 21 September 1945. 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 turbine, 12 Kampon boilers, 132000 shp
- Armament
- Original Layout:
- 10 × 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type No.2 naval guns (5x2)
- 4 × Type 10 12 cm high angle guns (4x1)
- 8 × 61 cm torpedo tubes (4×2, 24 Type 90 torpedoes)
- 2 × 40 mm AA guns (2x1)
- 2 x 7.7 mm Type 92 MG (2x1)
- Final Layout:
- 10 × 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type No.2 naval guns (5x2)
- 8 × Type 89 12.7 cm dual purpose guns (4x2)
- 60 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns (30x1, 6x2, 6x3)
- 16 torpedo tubes (4×4, plus 8 reloads; 24 Type 93 torpedoes)
- Depth charges
- Armour
- main belt: 38 to 127 mm
- main deck: 37 mm (max)
- upper deck: 12.7 to 25 mm
- bulkheads: 76 to 100 mm
- turrets: 25 mm
- Aircraft
- 3 floatplanes (1 Aichi E13A1 "Jake" & 2 F1M2 "Pete")
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese cruiser Takao (1930) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown, maybe the Imperial Japanese Navy official photo. — Kure Maritime Museum editing "Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album, Cruisers." Diamond Co., 2005; also published in Shizuo Fukui, Nihon No Gunkan: Shashinshu , published 1970 , p.64 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons