Japanese cruiser Yubari

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship light cruiser warship

Japanese cruiser Yubari was an experimental light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notable for its innovative design that influenced later Japanese warships and for its active service in several major Pacific War engagements.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yubari-class cruiser	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ light cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ
armamentAA	25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMain	6 × 140 mm guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedo	610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ
attacker	USS Bluegill ⓘ
battle	Battle of Wake Island ⓘ Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ operations in the Solomon Islands ⓘ
beam	12.04 m ⓘ
builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal ⓘ
causeOfSinking	torpedoed by US submarine ⓘ
commissioned	1923-07-23 ⓘ
conflict	Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
crewComplement	approximately 368 ⓘ
dateOfSinking	1944-04-27 ⓘ
designer	Yuzuru Hiraga ⓘ
designFeature	compact superstructure ⓘ integrated armor and hull structure ⓘ
designInfluenceOn	Furutaka-class cruisers ⓘ surface form: Aoba-class cruisers Furutaka-class cruisers ⓘ subsequent Japanese light cruisers ⓘ
displacementFullLoad	approximately 3650 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard	approximately 2890 tons ⓘ
draft	4.17 m ⓘ
fate	sunk ⓘ
isFlagshipOfClass	Japanese cruiser Yubari self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yubari-class cruiser
laidDown	1922-06-05 ⓘ
launched	1923-03-05 ⓘ
lengthOverall	139.2 m ⓘ
maximumSpeed	35.5 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Yūbari River ⓘ
navalTheater	Pacific War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
notableFor	influencing later Japanese warship design ⓘ innovative weight-saving design ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
placeOfSinking	off New Guinea ⓘ
powerOutput	57000 shp ⓘ
propulsion	oil-fired boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
range	5800 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ
role	experimental cruiser ⓘ scout cruiser ⓘ
serviceEntryEra	interwar period ⓘ
shaftCount	2 ⓘ
shipClass	Japanese cruiser Yubari self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yubari-class cruiser

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Japanese cruiser Yubari → isFlagshipOfClass → Japanese cruiser Yubari self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yubari-class cruiser

Battle of Savo Island → notableShip → Japanese cruiser Yubari ⓘ

Japanese cruiser Yubari → shipClass → Japanese cruiser Yubari self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yubari-class cruiser