Japanese cruiser Kuma
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Kuma (球磨) was a Kuma-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy.[2] The lead vessel of the five ship class, she was named after the Kuma River in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.
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Kuma in 1935 off Qingdao | |
History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Kuma |
Namesake | Kuma River |
Ordered | 1917 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 29 August 1918 |
Launched | 14 July 1919 |
Commissioned | 31 August 1920[1] |
Out of service | 11 January 1944 |
Stricken | 10 March 1944 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kuma-class cruiser |
Displacement | 5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard |
Length | 152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a |
Beam | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Complement | 450 |
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Armor | |
Aircraft carried | 1 x floatplane |
Aviation facilities | 1 aircraft catapult (from 1934) |
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