Cruisers: Agano Class

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The IJN only built a small handful of modern light cruisers in WW2; 4 of which were the AGANO class: AGANO, YAHAGI, NOSHIRO and SAKAWA. They were small units designed to lead destroyers or submarines and only carried 6-6" plus AAA.

NOSHIRO was lost after Samar and YAHAGI was sunk with the YAMATO force in '45.

Specs from Wiki:

Type: Light cruiser
Displacement: 6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded)
Length: 174 m (571 ft)
Beam: 15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught: 5.6 m (18 ft)
Propulsion: 4 shaft Gihon geared turbines
6 Kampon boilers
100,000 shp (75,000 kW)

Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range: 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 730[1]
Armament: Agano and Noshiro as built:
6 × 152 mm Type 41 guns (3 × 2)
4 × 76.2 mm Type 98 DP guns (2 × 2)
6 × 25 mm AA guns (2 × 3)
4 × 13mm Type 93 AA machine guns (2 × 2)
8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 4)
16 Type 95 or Type 2 depth charges
3 Type 88 mines

Armour: Machinery belt: 60 mm (2.4 in)
Magazine belt: 55 mm (2.2 in)
Armoured deck: 20 mm (0.8 in)
Forward armoured bulkheads: 25 mm (1.0 in) to 20 mm (0.8 in)
Rear armoured bulkheads: 20 mm (0.8 in)

Aircraft carried: 2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities: 1 aircraft catapult
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