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29 October 1946; Sunk as a target ship in the Strait of Malacca after surrender to the Royal Navy. Atago. Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan. Takao -class heavy cruiser. 15,490. 30 March 1932. 23 October 1944; Sunk by USS Darter at in Palawan Passage during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Chōkai. Mitsubishi, Nagasaki.
When Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan in 1853, using naval pressure to open up Japan to foreign trade, Yokosuka was a quaint, native fishing village. In 1860, Lord Oguri Kozukenosuke, Minister of Finance to the Tokugawa Shogunate Government, decided that "If Japan is to assume an active role in world trade, she must have proper facilities to build and maintain large seagoing vessels."
Mogami -class cruiser. Mogami. -class cruiser. The Mogami class (最上型) was a ship class of four cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1930s. They were initially classified as light cruisers under the weight and armament restrictions of the London Naval Treaty. After Japan abrogated that agreement, all four ships ...
Belt 100–125 mm (3.9–4.9 in) Deck 35–60 mm (1.4–2.4 in) Turret 25 mm (0.98 in) Aircraft carried. 3 x floatplanes. Mikuma (三隈, Mikuma) was a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The second vessel in the four-ship Mogami class, [3] she was laid down in 1931 and commissioned in 1935. During World War II she participated in the ...
Japanese cruiser Takao (1888) Takao-class cruiser. Japanese cruiser Takasago. Japanese cruiser Tatsuta (1894) Japanese cruiser Tone (1907) Japanese cruiser Tsugaru. Japanese cruiser Tsukuba.
Long Beach. (CGN-9) A 423 ft (129 m) section of the hull (propulsion block) remain at PSNS as of May 2018. USS Long Beach (CLGN-160/CGN-160/CGN-9) was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the United States Navy and the world's first nuclear-powered surface combatant. [3] She was the third Navy ship named after the city of Long Beach ...
Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944) Myōkō (妙高) was the lead ship of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. [2] She was named after Mount Myōkō in Niigata Prefecture. The other ships of the class were Nachi, Ashigara, and Haguro.
Battle of the Java Sea (1942) Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944) Ashigara (足柄) was the final vessel of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which were active in World War II. [2] The other ships of the class were Nachi, Myōkō, and Haguro. [3] Ashigara was named after Mount Ashigara on the border of ...