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
DFO
Cruisers: Agano Class
Add your posts about the Imperial Japanese Navy in this section
-
- Posts: 2905
- Joined: Fri Aug 10, 2018 7:08 pm
Cruisers: Agano Class
Unread post by designeraccd »
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Return to “Imperial Japanese Navy”
Jump to
- The T.T. Lewin Legacy
- ↳ Posts Dedicated to T.T. Lewin
- Introductions and Forum Policies
- ↳ Using the Forum: Guidance and Tips
- ↳ Introductions
- World Navies
- ↳ Royal Navy
- ↳ RN Submarines
- ↳ United States Navy
- ↳ Russian Navy
- ↳ Chinese Navy (PLAN)
- ↳ Australian Navy
- ↳ Canadian Navy
- ↳ German Navy
- ↳ Imperial Japanese Navy
- ↳ Indian Navy
- ↳ Republic of China (ROC) Taiwan Navy
- ↳ Dutch Navy
- ↳ Polish Navy
- ↳ French Navy
- ↳ Italian Navy
- ↳ New Zealand Navy
- ↳ Irish Navy
- ↳ Other Navies
- ↳ Aircraft and Aircraft Squadrons of the Fleets
- ↳ Coastal Command and Maritime Patrol Aircraft
- ↳ International Developments and Joint Service Exercises
- Naval Shore Bases and Training Establishments
- ↳ Overseas Shore Bases - Royal Navy
- ↳ UK Naval Bases Past and Present - Royal Navy
- ↳ Royal Naval Air Stations (RNAS)
- Fleet Support Vessels
- ↳ The Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- ↳ Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
- ↳ Port Auxiliary Service
- ↳ United States Navy Fleet Auxiliary Force
- ↳ Marine Support Vessels
- Merchant Navy
- ↳ Posts Dedicated to the Merchant Navy, Maritime Safety and Shipbuilding
- General Naval, Military, Air Force and Civilian Topics
- ↳ The Remembrance Thread
- ↳ Coastguard and Border Force
- ↳ Ships/Boats Equipment
- ↳ Communications
- ↳ The Stokers Thread
- ↳ Weapons Engineering
- ↳ Electrical Engineering
- ↳ Naval Obituaries
- ↳ Ship and Boat Contstruction Methods
- ↳ Battles, other Actions and Naval History
- ↳ Non Naval and Civilian topics
- Modellers Section
- ↳ Model Makers Section
- Events, Arts and Culture
- ↳ Jims Paintings
- ↳ The Funny Thread
- ↳ The Book Club
- ↳ Forthcoming Films, TV Shows, Exhibitions and Events
- ↳ Naval Poetry
- ↳ Naval songs and sea shanties
- ↳ Diary of Events
- ↳ General Information
- ↳ Marine Artwork
- Photo Galleries
- ↳ Ships Crests and Badges
- ↳ Ship, other Photographs and Videos
- ↳ Fleet Air Arm
- ↳ Ships Crew Photos
- Preserved and Historic Ships and Naval Museums
- ↳ The Imperial War Museum - HMS Belfast: RAF Duxford
- ↳ Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and Off Site Attractions
- ↳ Chatham Historic Dockyard
- ↳ Devonport Cold War and Maritime Heritage Museum
- ↳ Greenwich Royal Naval College and Museum
- ↳ HMS Ganges Museum
- ↳ FAA Museums and Historical Aircraft
- ↳ HMY Britannia
- ↳ HMS Elfin
- ↳ HMS Unicorn
- ↳ The Womens Royal Naval Service (WRNS)
- ↳ Museum Ships Around the World
- Service Records
- ↳ Posts Dedicated to Service Records
- Fleet Club Bar
- ↳ The Wardroom
- ↳ The Football Thread