IJN cruiser Naka
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IJN cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader in the Pacific War before being sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1944.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
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Sendai-class light cruiser → World War II cruiser → |
| armamentAA |
various 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
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| armamentMainGuns |
7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns
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| armamentTorpedoes |
Type 93 “Long Lance” torpedoes
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| beam |
approximately 14.2 meters
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| builder |
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
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| causeOfLoss |
aerial torpedo and bomb hits
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| class |
Sendai-class cruiser
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| commissioned |
30 November 1925
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| conflict |
World War II
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| country |
Empire of Japan
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| crewComplement |
approximately 450–500 officers and men
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| damagedIn |
air attack at Rabaul in early 1942
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| dateOfSinking |
18 February 1944
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| displacementFullLoad |
approximately 7,100 tons
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| displacementStandard |
approximately 5,200 tons
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| era |
World War II era
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interwar period → |
| fleetAssignment |
Japanese 4th Fleet
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Japanese 8th Fleet → |
| laidDown |
10 June 1920
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| launched |
24 March 1925
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| lengthOverall |
approximately 162 meters
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| maximumSpeed |
approximately 35 knots
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| namedAfter |
Naka River
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| operator |
Imperial Japanese Navy
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| participatedIn |
Battle of the Java Sea
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Dutch East Indies campaign → invasion of the Philippines (1941) → operations around Guadalcanal → |
| placeOfSinking |
near Truk Lagoon
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| powerOutput |
approximately 90,000 shaft horsepower
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| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines → |
| refittedAt |
Japan
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| role |
destroyer flotilla leader
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| scrapped |
not applicable (lost in action)
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| shipType |
light cruiser
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| sisterShip |
IJN Jintsu
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IJN Sendai → |
| status |
wreck
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| sunkBy |
U.S. carrier aircraft
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aircraft from USS Bunker Hill → |
| theater |
Pacific War
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Chuichi Nagumo
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commandedShip |