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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
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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