IJN Furutaka

Sunk

Type	Heavy cruiser
Class	Furutaka
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 × single 20 cm (7.9 in) guns

Refits

1937–1939

Her six single 8-inch guns replaced by three twin turrets, and torpedo bulges added.

Fought at Savo Island. Sunk at Cape Esperance, the first Japanese cruiser lost to American surface ships.

Title: Furutaka Description: (Japanese Heavy Cruiser, 1926) At anchor off Shinagawa, Japan, on 4-10 October 1935. The three bands painted on her after smokestack signify that she is the third ship of the 6th Sentai (squadron). The cruisers Aoba and Kinugasa, also members of Sentai 6, are in the left Photo: Presumed official USN or IJN photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

(initial)
6 × single 20 cm (7.9 in) guns
4 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns
6 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
(final)
3 × twin 20.3 cm (8 in) guns
4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) AA guns
4 × twin 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns
2 × quad 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 76 mm (3.0 in)
Deck: 36 mm (1.4 in)

Builder	Mitsubishi shipyards, Nagasaki
Laid down	5 December 1922
Launched	25 February 1925
Commissioned	31 March 1926
Displacement	7,950 long tons (8,078 t) (standard) 9,150 long tons (9,297 t) (after modification)
Length	185.1 m (607 ft 3.4 in) (o/a)
Speed	34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement	625

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

Career

Launched

25 February 1925

Battle of the Coral Sea

Survived

4–8 May 1942

Battle of Savo Island

Survived

8–9 August 1942

Battle of Cape Esperance

Sunk

11–12 October 1942