Japanese cruiser Furutaka

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Furutaka-class cruiser Imperial Japanese Navy ship heavy cruiser warship

Japanese cruiser Furutaka was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the interwar Furutaka class that saw extensive service in the early Pacific War before being sunk in 1942.

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Label	Occurrences
Japanese cruiser Furutaka canonical	7

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Furutaka-class cruiser ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ
armamentAA	25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMain	6 × 200 mm guns in single turrets (as built) ⓘ 6 × 200 mm guns in twin turrets (after reconstruction) ⓘ
armamentSecondary	120 mm guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedo	610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ
armorBelt	up to 76 mm ⓘ
armorDeck	up to 35 mm ⓘ
beam	16.9 m ⓘ
builder	Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard ⓘ surface form: Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
class	Furutaka-class cruisers ⓘ surface form: Furutaka class
commissioned	1926-03-31 ⓘ
conflict	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement	approximately 600 ⓘ
dateOfSinking	1942-10-12 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad	approximately 9,000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard	approximately 7,100 tons ⓘ
draft	5.6 m ⓘ
era	World War II era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
fate	sunk ⓘ
homeport	Imperial Japanese Navy Kure Naval District ⓘ surface form: Kure Naval District
hullNumber	Furutaka ⓘ
laidDown	1922-12-05 ⓘ
launched	1925-02-25 ⓘ
length	185.17 m ⓘ
maximumSpeed	33 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Furutaka ⓘ
navalEnsign	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (variant as naval ensign) ⓘ surface form: Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	invasion of Guam (1941) ⓘ operations in the Solomon Islands ⓘ
placeOfSinking	off Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal ⓘ
powerOutput	approximately 102,000 shp ⓘ
propulsion	oil-fired boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
range	approximately 7,000 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ
reconstructed	1930s ⓘ
reconstructionFeatures	enlarged bridge ⓘ improved torpedo armament ⓘ new superstructure ⓘ new twin-gun turrets ⓘ
sunkIn	Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Cape Esperance → shipInvolved → Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ

Battle of Cape Esperance → shipSunk → Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Kako → sisterShip → Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ

Second Battle of Savo Island → involvesShip → Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ

Second Battle of Savo Island → shipSunk → Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ

Furutaka-class cruisers → shipInClass → Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ

Furutaka-class cruisers → leadShip → Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ