Aoba-class cruiser
Cruiser class of the Imperial Japanese Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Aoba-class cruisers (青葉型巡洋艦, Aoba-gata jun'yōkan) were a class of two heavy cruisers constructed for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) which saw service during World War II.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Aoba class |
Builders | |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Furutaka class |
Succeeded by | Myōkō class |
In commission | 20 September 1927 – 28 July 1945 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 2 |
Scrapped | 1 |
General characteristics (as per Whitley[1]) | |
Type | Heavy cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 185 m (607 ft) (overall) |
Beam | 16 m (52 ft) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h) |
Complement | 625 |
Armament |
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Armor | |
Aircraft carried | (initial) 1, (final) 2 |
Aviation facilities | 1 catapult |
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