IJN Nagara

Sunk

Type	Light cruiser
Class	Nagara
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5.5″ guns

Led Admiral Abe's destroyers on 13 November 1942 and Kondō's screen two nights later.

De lichte Japanse kruiser Nagara in Sasebo, Japan in de lente van 1932 Photo: Patton Wayne (2005) Japanese light Cruisers of World War II in action Original uploader was Renegade at nl.wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As built

7 × single 14 cm (5.5 in) guns
2 × single 7.62 cm (3 in) AA guns
2 x twin, 4 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns
5 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns
2 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
July 1944
5 × single 14 cm guns
1 × twin 12.7 cm (5 in) DP guns
2 × single 7.62 cm AA guns
2 × triple, 6 × twin, 14 × single 25 mm AA guns
10 × 13.2 mm machine guns
2 × quadruple 61 cm torpedo tubes

Armour

62 mm (2.4 in) (belt)
30 mm (1.2 in) (deck)

Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	9 September 1920
Launched	25 April 1921
Commissioned	21 April 1922
Displacement	5,570 long tons (5,659 t)
Length	162.1 m (531 ft 10 in)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	450

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

Career

Launched

25 April 1921

Battle of Midway

Survived

4–7 June 1942

Took Nagumo aboard from Akagi

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: first night

Survived

13 November 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: second night

Survived

14–15 November 1942

Fate

Sunk

Torpedoed and sunk, 7 August 1944