Japanese cruiser Myōkō
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Myōkō (妙高) was the lead ship of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II.[2] She was named after Mount Myōkō in Niigata Prefecture. The other ships of the class were Nachi, Ashigara, and Haguro.
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Name | Myōkō |
Namesake | Mount Myōkō |
Ordered | 1924 |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 25 October 1924 |
Launched | 16 April 1927 |
Commissioned | 31 July 1929 |
Stricken | 10 August 1946 |
Fate | Scuttled in the Strait of Malacca, 8 July 1946; 3°5′N 100°40′E |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Myōkō-class cruiser |
Displacement | 13,500 t (13,300 long tons) |
Length | 201.7 m (661 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 20.73 m (68 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
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Speed | 36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 773 |
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Aircraft carried | 3 |
Aviation facilities | 2 aircraft catapults |
Service record | |
Part of: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
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