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Tama

IJN Tama

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeLight cruiser
ClassKuma
WarSecond World War
Main guns7 × 5.5″ guns

Fought at the Komandorski Islands. Damaged by aircraft at Cape Engaño and sunk that night, 25 October 1944, by USS Jallao.

Japanese light cruiser Tama showing arctic camouflage during the Aleutians Campaign, 1942. Photo: Imperial Japanese Navy official photograph per naval achives kept at museum, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns
  • 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns
  • 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes
  • 48 × naval mines

Armour

  • Belt: 64 mm (3 in)
  • Deck: 29 mm (1 in)
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down10 August 1918
Launched10 February 1920
Commissioned29 January 1921
Displacement5,100 long tons (5,182 t) (standard)
Length152.4 m (500 ft)
Speed36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement450

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

10 February 1920