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Japanese cruiser Kinugasa
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Kinugasa (衣笠) was the second vessel in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Mount Kinugasa, located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Name | Kinugasa |
Namesake | Mount Kinugasa |
Ordered | 1923 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
Laid down | 24 October 1924 |
Launched | 24 October 1926 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1927[1] |
Stricken | 15 December 1942 |
Fate | Sunk 13 November 1942 by United States Navy and USMC aircraft during Naval Battle of Guadalcanal at 08°45′S 157°00′E |
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Class and type | Aoba-class heavy cruiser |
Displacement | 8,300 long tons (8,433 t) (standard); 9,000 long tons (9,144 t) (final) |
Length | 185.17 m (607 ft 6 in) |
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Installed power | 102,000 shp (76,000 kW) |
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Speed | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) – 33.43 kn (61.91 km/h; 38.47 mph) |
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Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult |
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