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NACHI CLASS HEAVY CRUISER

NAME	BUILDER	LAUNCHED	COMPLETED	LENGTH (feet/inch)	BEAM (feet/inch)	DRAFT (feet/inch)
MYOKO HAGURO	Yokosuka NY Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	16 April 1927 24 March 1928	31 July 1929 25 April 1929	661 09 wl 631 02 pp	68 00	20 09
DISPLACEMENT	ARMAMENT	COMPLEMENT	SHAFT HORSEPOWER	SPEED (knots)	FUEL (tons)	RANGE (NM)
14980 N 13000 S	10 x 203mm (8in) 50 cal 8 x127mm (5in) 40 cal 52 x 25mm AA 2 x 4 610mm TT 3 aircraft 2 catapults	773	130250	33.8	2470 oil	8500 @ 14
ABBREVIATIONS USED ABOVE
NOTES
MYOKO was heavily damaged in the Sibuyan Sea on 24 October 1944 by aircraft of TG 38.2 and later dispatched to return to port in Borneo. Heavily damaged by submarine attack on 13 December 1944, she was towed to Singapore. She was scuttled by the Royal Navy in the Strait of Malacca on 8 July 1946. HAGURO was torpedoed by TU 77.4.3 DD HOEL on 25 October 1944 during the Battle Off Samar; surviving the battle. She was sunk by British destroyers on 16 May 1945 55NM WSW of Penang Island.
PHOTOGRAPHS
HIJMS HAGURO HAGURO fitting out at Nagasaki, Japan, 6 April 1929 HAGURO circa 1931-1932 HAGURO near Shanghai, China 1932 HAGURO underway 1936 HAGURO underway 1936 HAGURO 1937

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