IJN Ashigara
Sunk
| Type | Heavy cruiser |
|---|---|
| Class | Myōkō |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 10 × 8″ guns in 5 twin turrets |
Represented Japan at the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead in 1937. Helped sink Exeter and Encounter. Sunk by a British submarine in 1945.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- (as built)
- 10 × 200 mm (7.9 in) guns (5×2)
- 6 × Type 10 120 mm AA Guns
- 2 × 7.7 mm (0.30 in) machine guns
- 12 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
- (final)
- 10 × 203 mm (8.0 in) guns (5×2)
- 8 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns
- 8 × Type 96 25mm AA guns
- 2 × quadruple 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
- 16 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
| Builder | Kawasaki Shipyards, Kobe, Japan |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 11 April 1925 |
| Launched | 22 April 1928 |
| Commissioned | 20 August 1929 |
| Displacement | 13,000 long tons (13,209 t) (design) 14,743 long tons (14,980 t) (actual) |
| Length | 203.76 m (668 ft 6 in) |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)(as built) 33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h) (final) |
| Complement | 920–970 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
22 April 1928
Second Battle of the Java Sea
Survived
1 March 1942
Fate
Sunk
Sunk in Bangka Strait, 8 June 1945