IJN Naka

Sunk

Type	Light cruiser
Class	Sendai
War	Second World War
Main guns	7 × 5.5″ guns

Admiral Nishimura's flagship at Balikpapan and leader of a destroyer squadron at the Java Sea. Sunk by US carrier aircraft at Truk in 1944.

Japanese cruiser Naka prior to commissioning at Yokohama, November 1925 Photo: Imperial Japanese Navy official photograph per naval achives kept at museum, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

7 × 140 mm (5.5 in)/50 guns (7x1)
2 × 80 mm (3 in)/40 anti-aircraft guns
8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (4x2)
48 × mines

Armour

Belt: 64 mm (2.5 in)
Deck: 29 mm (1.1 in)

Builder	Mitsubishi
Laid down	10 June 1922
Launched	24 March 1925
Commissioned	30 November 1925
Displacement	5,195 long tons (5,278 t) (standard)
Length	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Speed	35.3 kn (65.4 km/h; 40.6 mph)
Complement	452

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

Career

Launched

24 March 1925

Battle of Balikpapan

Survived

24 January 1942

Nishimura's flagship

Battle of the Java Sea

Survived

27 February 1942

Led Destroyer Squadron 4

Fate

Sunk

sunk 18 February 1944

bombed by USN carrier aircraft near Truk

07°15′N 151°15′E / 7.250°N 151.250°E / 7.250; 151.250.