Takao-class cruiser
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The cruiser Takao
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Name: | Takao class |
Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by: | Myōkō class |
Succeeded by: | Mogami class |
Completed: | 4 |
Laid up: | 1 |
Lost: | 3 |
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Type: | Heavy cruiser |
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Speed: | 35.5–34.2 knots (65.7–63.3 km/h; 40.9–39.4 mph) |
Range: | 8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement: | 773 |
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Aviation facilities: | 2 catapults |
The Takao-class cruiser (高雄型) was a class of four heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched between May 1930 and April 1931. They all served during World War II.
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Description
They were an evolution from the preceding Myōkō class, with heavier torpedo armament and had an almost battleship-like, large bridge structure.
Their main gun armament was ten 20.3-centimetre (8.0 in) guns in twin mounts and they were also armed with sixteen 24 inch Long Lance torpedoes (carrying more than the Myōkō or Mogami-class ships), making the Takaos the most heavily armed cruisers of the IJN. The only flaw was that they were considered top-heavy and thus prone to capsizing, while Turret #3 had a poor firing arc. These two problems were rectified in the follow-up Mogamis; nonetheless the Takaos were considered the best cruisers that the IJN ever built.[citation needed]
Ships
Four ships of the class were launched. All served in World War II and all were sunk or disabled as a result of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.
Name | Builder | Laid | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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Takao (高雄) | Yokosuka Navy Yard | 28 Apr 1927 | 12 May 1930 | 31 May 1932 | Scuttled 27 October 1946 by British Forces |
Atago (愛宕) | Kure Navy Yard | 28 Apr 1927 | 16 June 1930 | 30 Mar 1932 | Sunk 23 October 1944 by the submarine USS Darter. |
Maya (摩耶) | Kōbe-Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard | 4 Dec 1928 | 8 Nov 1930 | 30 June 1932 | Sunk 23 October 1944 by the submarine USS Dace. |
Chōkai (鳥海) | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard | 26 Mar 1928 | 5 Apr 1931 | 30 June 1932 | Disabled 25 October 1944 at the Battle off Samar and scuttled by the destroyer Fujinami |
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