IJN Yahagi

Sunk

Type	Light cruiser
Class	Agano
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 x 152 mm Type 41 guns (3 x 2)

Fought off Samar. Led the escort of Yamato on her last sortie and was sunk by US carrier aircraft on 7 April 1945, two hours before her.

The Japanese light cruiser Yahagi underway off Sasebo, Japan, in December 1943. Photo: Imperial Japanese Navy official photograph per naval achives kept at museum, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

6 x 152 mm Type 41 guns (3 x 2)
4 × 8cm/60 Type 98 naval guns (2x2)
2 × triple Type 96 25 mm AA guns
2 × twin 13 mm machine guns
8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (4x2)
48 naval mines

Armour

Belt 60 mm (2.4 in)
Deck 20 mm (0.79 in)

Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	11 November 1941
Launched	25 October 1942
Commissioned	29 December 1943
Displacement	6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded)
Length	174.5 m (573 ft)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	736

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

25 October 1942