Kuma-class cruiser
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The Kuma-class light cruisers (球磨型軽巡洋艦, Kuma-gata keijun'yōkan) were a class of five light cruisers built for and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The Kuma-class cruisers proved useful in combat operations ranging from the Aleutian Islands to the Indian Ocean throughout World War II.
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Kuma off Tsingtao, 1930 | |
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Name | Kuma class |
Builders | |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Tenryū class |
Succeeded by | Nagara class |
Built | 1917–1921 |
In commission | 1920–1946 |
Planned | 5 |
Completed | 5 |
Lost | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Light cruiser |
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Length | |
Beam | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
Installed power | 154kW 110V electrical[1] |
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Speed | 36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Complement | 450 |
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The Kuma-class was followed by the very similar Nagara class.