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

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chuichi Nagumo
commandedShip

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