Ōyodo

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Ōyodo was a Japanese light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, designed as a flagship for submarine operations and later used in major Pacific naval engagements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf light cruiser
warship
aircraftFacilities catapults for seaplanes
large seaplane handling deck aft
antiAircraftArmament 25 mm AA guns
beam 16.6 m
builder Kure Naval Arsenal NERFINISHED
causeOfLoss air attack
commissioned 1943-02-28
conflict World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement approximately 740 officers and men
damagedBy U.S. carrier aircraft
dateOfSinking 1945-07-28
designedAs flagship for submarine operations
designedRole submarine squadron flagship
displacementFullLoad approximately 10,000 tons
displacementStandard approximately 8,100 tons
draft 5.9 m
flagshipFor Combined Fleet (late war) NERFINISHED
homePort Kure NERFINISHED
hullNumber CL-? (light cruiser designation, no formal number used like USN)
laidDown 1941-02-14
laterRole fleet flagship
transport and evacuation duties
launched 1942-04-02
lengthOverall 192.1 m
mainArmament 6 × 155 mm guns in 2 triple turrets
maximumSpeed 35 knots
namesake Ōyodo River NERFINISHED
navalTheater Pacific War NERFINISHED
numberOfScrews 2
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED
Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED
Operation Ten-Go support operations
powerOutput approximately 110,000 shp
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range approximately 10,000 nmi at 18 knots
scrapped post-World War II
secondaryArmament 100 mm dual-purpose guns
shipClass Ōyodo-class cruiser NERFINISHED
status sunk
sunkAt Kure, Japan NERFINISHED

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