IJN Yūbari

Sunk

Type	Light cruiser
War	Second World War
Main guns	2 × twin, 2 × single 14 cm (5.5 in) guns

Small experimental cruiser. With Tenryū she led the western column at Savo Island that sank Quincy and Vincennes.

(Japanese Light Cruiser, 1923) Photograph apparently taken on 15 November 1924. Inscription in lower left reads: Warship Yubari Taisho 13-11-15. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

2 × twin, 2 × single 14 cm (5.5 in) guns
1 × single 76 mm (3 in) AA gun
2 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
48 × mines

1944

2 × twin 14 cm guns
1 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) AA gun
6 × twin, 1 triple × 25 mm (1 in) AA guns
2 × twin 61 cm torpedo tubes
2 × depth charge launchers

Armour

Belt: 38 mm (1.5 in)
Deck: 25 mm (1 in)
Turrets: 25 mm (1 in)

Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	5 June 1922
Launched	5 March 1923
Commissioned	23 July 1923
Displacement	3,560 long tons (3,620 t) (normal)
Length	139.45 m (457 ft 6 in) (o/a)
Speed	34.8 knots (64.4 km/h; 40.0 mph)
Complement	328

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

Career

Launched

5 March 1923

Battle of Wake Island

Damaged

11 December 1941

Kajioka's flagship

Battle of Savo Island

Survived

8–9 August 1942

Fate

Sunk

Torpedoed and sunk, 28 April 1944