NAGARA IJN and ISUZU IJN

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NAGARA IJN and ISUZU IJN

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:08 pm

IJN NAGARA
Builder:Sasebo Naval Arsenal, laid down:9 September 1920, launched:25 April 1922,
commissioned:21 April 1922.
Class & type:NAGARA class cruiser.
Displacement:5,570 long tons (5,659 t) Length:162.15 m. (532’) Beam:14.32 m. (47’) Draft:4.88 m. (16’) 4 Gihon geared turbines:90,000 shp. (67,000 kW.) 4 shafts, 12 Kampon boilers (oil-burning) 36 kn. Range: 5,000 nm. at 36 kn. Complement:450.
Armament:(as built) 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns
2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns
8 × 61 cm. torpedo tubes (12 x Type 91 torpedoes) (2x4)
(final) 5 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns
2 × 8 cm./40 3rd Year Type naval guns
22 Type 96 25-mm. AA guns (2 triple + 6 twin + 14 single)
10x 13mm. AA Guns
8 × 61 cm. torpedo tubes (8 x Type 93 torpedos) (2 quad)
Armor:62 mm. (belt) 30 mm. (deck)
Aircraft carried:1 × floatplane, 1 aircraft catapult.

The 'NAGARA' class vessels were essentially identical to the earlier Kuma-class cruisers, using the same hull design, powerplant and layout of armament. The main differences were in the design of the bridge, which was raised to allow for an aircraft hanger and launch platform above the No.2 gun in front of the bridge. Another change was the installation of the new, larger Type 91 torpedos, which required an extension of the main deck.
On 7 August 1944, en route from Kagoshima to Sasebo, NAGARA was spotted by the submarine USS CROAKER (SS-246) on her first war patrol. CROAKER closed to 1,300 yards and fired a salvo of four stern torpedoes, with one hitting NAGARA starboard aft. She sank by the stern off the Amakusa Islands at 32°09′N 129°53′E. The captain and 348 crewmen went down with the ship, but 235 crewmen were rescued, she was removed from the navy list on 10 October 1944.

IJN ISUZU
‘Nagara’ class cruiser, built by Uraga Dock Company, laid down:10 August 1920, launched:29 October 1921, commissioned:15 August 1923.
ISUZU was the second of the six vessels completed in the Nagara-class of light cruisers, and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla.
Sunk 7 April 1945 by United States Navy submarines USS CHARR and USS GABILAN, off Sumbawa, Java Sea, 07°38′S 118°09′E.
(Marshall Islands 1994, 45 c. StG.497; 1996, 32 c. StG.684)
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