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NAME	BUILDER	LAUNCHED	COMPLETED	LENGTH (feet/inch)	BEAM (feet/inch)	DRAFT (feet/inch)
TAKAOATAGO MAYA CHOKAI	Yokosuka NY Kure NY Kawasaki, Kobe Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	12 May 1930 16 June 1930 8 November 1930 5 April 1931	31 May 1932 30 March 1932 30 June 1932 30 June 1932	661 09 wl 631 08 pp	68 00	20 09
DISPLACEMENT	ARMAMENT	COMPLEMENT	SHAFT HORSEPOWER	SPEED (knots)	FUEL (tons)	RANGE (NM)
15781 F 14838 N 13400 S	10 x 203mm (8in) 50 cal 4 x 2 127mm (5in) DP 60 x 25mm AA 4 x 13.2mm AA 4 x 4 610mm TT depth charges 3 aircraft 2 catapults	773	133100	34.2	2600 oil	8500 @ 14
ABBREVIATIONS USED ABOVE
NOTES
TAKAO was heavily damaged by US submarine DARTER on 23 October 1944, in Palawan Passage, enroute to the Battle Off Samar. She was dispatched for the return trip to Borneo with two destroyers. ATAGO was sunk by US submarine DARTER on 23 October 1944, in Palawan Passage, enroute to the Battle Off Samar. MAYA was sunk by US submarine DACE on 23 October 1944, in Palawan Passage, enroute to the Battle Off Samar. CHOKAI was torpedoed on 25 October 1944 during the Battle Off Samar by TU 77.4.3 DE ROBERTS and later heavily damaged by aircraft of the TU. Scuttled same day by HIJMS FUJINAMI.
PHOTOGRAPHS
HIJMS CHOKAI CHOKAI firing her 8" guns, 1933 CHOKAI in about 1938 CHOKAI in Ariake Bay, April 1939 CHOKAI underway, 1939