NAME

BUILDER

LAUNCHED

COMPLETED

LENGTH
(feet/inch)

BEAM
(feet/inch)

DRAFT
(feet/inch)

CHIKUMA

Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
 

19 March 1938

20 May 1939

DISPLACEMENT

ARMAMENT

COMPLEMENT

SHAFT
HORSEPOWER

SPEED
(knots)

FUEL
(tons)

RANGE
(NM)

2 catapults
 

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

• TONE
• TONE underway
• TONE sunk at Kure, July 24, 1945

HIJMS CHIKUMA

• CHIKUMA at Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942 #1
• CHIKUMA at Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942 #2
• CHIKUMA as seen in November 1943
• CHIKUMA at Battle Off Samar, October 25, 1944
• CHIKUMA at Samar with destroyer, probably DD NOWAKI, October 25, 1944