Kumano

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Kumano was a Mogami-class heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser
Mogami-class heavy cruiser
warship
aircraftFacilities seaplane catapults
armamentMain 15.5 cm guns (as built)
20.3 cm guns (after reconstruction)
armamentSecondary anti-aircraft guns
torpedo tubes
armedForceBranch Imperial Japanese Navy
surface form: Japanese Navy
belligerent Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers
builder Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard
surface form: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard
builtAt Nagasaki
surface form: Nagasaki, Japan
causeOfSinking air attack by U.S. carrier aircraft
commissioned 1937-10-31
conflict World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
damagedIn Battle off Samar
designedFor treaty-limited displacement
displacementFullLoad approximately 15,000 tons
displacementStandard approximately 11,200 tons
fate sunk
hasSisterShip Mikuma
Mogami
Suzuya
hullMaterial steel
laidDown 1934-04-05
launched 1936-10-15
length approximately 200 meters
maximumSpeed approximately 35 knots
navalFleet Imperial Japanese Navy
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of Coral Sea
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Java Sea
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle off Samar
Solomon Islands campaign
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
reconstructedAs heavy cruiser from light cruiser configuration
serviceEntryEra interwar period
serviceEra World War II
shipClass Mogami-class cruiser
shipType cruiser
heavy cruiser
sunkAt off Santa Cruz, Philippines
sunkOn 1944-11-25

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heavy cruiser Mikuma sisterShip Kumano
subject surface form: Mikuma
Center Force ship Kumano