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Agano

IJN Agano

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassAgano
WarSecond World War
Main guns3 × twin 15 cm (6 in) guns

Fought at Empress Augusta Bay and was torpedoed in the carrier raid on Rabaul in November 1943. Sunk by USS Skate north of Truk on 16 February 1944.

Japanese light cruiser Agano off Sasebo in October 1942. Photo: Imperial Japanese Navy official photograph, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 3 × twin 15 cm (6 in) guns
  • 2 × twin 8 cm (3 in) AA guns
  • 2 × triple 2.5 cm (1 in) AA guns
  • 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.5 in) AA MGs
  • 2 × quadruple 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × depth charge chutes, 18 depth charges
  • 3 × mines

Armour

  • Belt 60 mm (2.4 in)
  • Deck 20 mm (0.8 in)
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down18 June 1940
Launched22 October 1941
Commissioned31 October 1942
Displacement6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard) 8,534 t (8,399 long tons) (full load)
Length174.1 m (571 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement51 officers, 649 sailors; 57 and 669 when serving as a flagship

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

22 October 1941