Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942)
Service
- as Yahagi29 December 1943 — 20 June 1945540 days of the war
- Name
- Yahagi
- Pennant / hull number
- 1942
- Namesake
- Yahagi River
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1939
- Laid down
- 11 November 1941
- Launched
- 25 October 1942
- Commissioned
- 29 December 1943
- Struck
- 20 June 1945
- Fate
- Sunk 7 April 1945 by USN aircraft south of Kyūshū
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By aircraft (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 6,547 long tons (6,652 t)
- Length
- 174.5 m (572.5 ft)
- Beam
- 15.2 m (49.9 ft)
- Draught
- 5.63 m (18.5 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 6,300 nmi (11,668 km)
- Complement
- 736
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
Yahagi was a Agano-class cruiser in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1942. The ship was named after Yahagi River. Her keel was laid at Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 11 November 1941. She entered service on 29 December 1943, having been launched on 25 October 1942.
Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Sendai-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Ōyodo-class cruiser.
She displaced 6,547 long tons. She measured 174.5 m (573 ft) long with a beam of 15.2 m (50 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 736.
Her main battery was six 152 mm (6.0 in) guns. She carried two aircraft.
She was in commission for 540 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 20 June 1945.
She was sunk on 7 April 1945 by aircraft, at 30°47′N 128°08′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 shaft Gihon geared turbines
- 6 Kampon boilers
- 100,000 shp
- Armament
- 6 x 152 mm Type 41 guns (3 x 2)
- 4 × 8cm/60 Type 98 naval guns (2x2)
- 2 × triple Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- 2 × twin 13 mm machine guns
- 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (4x2)
- 48 naval mines
- Armour
- Belt 60 mm
- Deck 20 mm
- Aircraft
- 2 x floatplanes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942) 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