IJN Warships

TONE CLASS HEAVY CRUISER

NAME

BUILDER

LAUNCHED

COMPLETED

LENGTH
(feet/inch)

BEAM
(feet/inch)

DRAFT
(feet/inch)

TONE

CHIKUMA


Mitsubishi, Nagasaki

Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
 

21 November 1937

19 March 1938

20 November 1938

20 May 1939

649 07 wl
620 05 pp
60 08 21 03

DISPLACEMENT

ARMAMENT

COMPLEMENT

SHAFT
HORSEPOWER

SPEED
(knots)

FUEL
(tons)

RANGE
(NM)

15200 F
13320 N
11215 S

8 x 203mm (8in) 50 cal

8 x 127mm (5in) DP

57 x 25mm AA

4 x 3 610mm TT

5 aircraft

2 catapults
 

850 152000 35.2 2950
oil
9000
@ 18
ABBREVIATIONS USED ABOVE

NOTES


TONE
was practically unscathed during the Battle Off Samar and was subsequently sunk on 24 July 1945 by aircraft of TF 38 in shallow water near Kure Naval Base.

CHIKUMA was heavily damaged on 25 October 1944 during the Battle Off Samar by aircraft of TU 77.4.3 and 77.4.2. Scuttled same day by HIJMS NOWAKI.

PHOTOGRAPHS


HIJMS TONE

HIJMS CHIKUMA


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