Japanese heavy cruiser Atago

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The Japanese heavy cruiser Atago was a Takao-class warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a major surface combatant in numerous Pacific Theater engagements during World War II.

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heavy cruiser Atago 4
Japanese heavy cruiser Atago canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship
Takao-class heavy cruiser
warship
aircraftCarried floatplanes
armamentMain 10 × 20.3 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns
armamentSecondary 12 cm guns (as built)
armamentTorpedo 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes
armourBelt up to 127 mm
armourDeck up to 35 mm
beam 20.4 m
builder Kure Naval Arsenal
causeOfSinking torpedoes
class Takao-class cruiser
commissioned 1932-03-30
conflict World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement approximately 700–800
dateOfSinking 1944-10-23
displacementFullLoad approximately 15000 tons
displacementStandard approximately 9850 tons
draft 6.32 m
fate sunk in World War II
flagshipOf Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita
surface form: Admiral Takeo Kurita
laidDown 1927-04-28
launched 1930-06-16
length 203.76 m
namedAfter Mount Atago
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Battle of the Java Sea
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea
Indian Ocean raid
surface form: Indian Ocean raid (1942)

Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
surface form: Invasion of the Philippines (1941)
placeOfSinking Palawan Passage
powerOutput 130000 shp
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range 12000 nautical miles at 14 knots
role heavy surface combatant
serviceEntryEra interwar period
sisterShip Chōkai
Maya
Takao
speed 35.5 knots
sunkBy USS Darter
theater Pacific War
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II

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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal involvedShip Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
Second Fleet notableShipAssigned Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
this entity surface form: heavy cruiser Atago
Japanese battlecruiser Atago confusedWith Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao sisterShip Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
Japanese Center Force component Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
this entity surface form: heavy cruiser Atago
Japanese Center Force lostShip Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
this entity surface form: heavy cruiser Atago
First Striking Force includedShip Japanese heavy cruiser Atago
this entity surface form: heavy cruiser Atago