Nagara class light cruisers



Abukuma(1942)

Displacement5570t normal
Length158.6m wl, 162.1m oa
Width14.2m
Draught4.8m
Machinery4-shaft geared turbine, 12 boilers (oil-burning 10, mixed 2), 90,000shp
Fueloil 1260t, coal 350t
Speed36kt
Range5000nm/36kt
Armourbelt 62mm, deck 30mm
Armament7-14cm/50cal gun, 2-8cm/40cal AA gun, 8-61cm TT (2x4), 48 mines
Complement450



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
NagaraFY1917Sasebo NYd1920. 9. 91921. 4.251922. 4.21C21944. 8. 7 sunk
(torpedoed, East China Sea)
[32.09N, 129.53E]
1944.10.10 disc
IsuzuFY1917Uraga dock1920. 8.101921.10.291923. 8.15C21945. 4. 7 sunk
(torpedoed, Java Sea)
[07.38S, 118.09E]
1945. 6.20 disc
NatoriFY1917Mitsubishi, Nagasaki1920.12.141922. 2.161922. 9.15C21944. 8.18 sunk
(torpedoed, E of Philippines)
[12.29N, 128.49E]
1944.10.10 disc
YuraFY1918Sasebo NYd1920. 5.211922. 2.151923. 3.20C21942.10.25 sunk
(air attack, off Guadalcanal)
[08.40S, 160E]
1942.11.20 disc
KinuFY1918Kawasaki, Kobe1921. 1.171922. 5.291922.11.10C21944.10.26 sunk
(air attack, Sibuyan Sea)
[11.46N, 123.11E]
1944.12.20 disc
AbukumaFY1918Uraga dock1921.12. 81923. 3.161925. 5.26C21944.10.25 sunk
(air attack, Mindanao Sea)
[09.20N, 122.30E]
1944.12.20 disc



Nagara (1944 Spring) - model produced by: TAMIYA Inc., assembled and painted by: Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito)


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Copyright © Hiroshi Nishida (Misohito), 2002.
Illustration by courtesy of Tensho