Japanese cruiser Naka
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Japanese cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader and saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk in 1944.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Japanese cruiser Naka canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy warship
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Sendai-class light cruiser ⓘ World War II cruiser ⓘ |
| armament |
2 × 7.6 cm anti-aircraft guns
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4 × twin 61 cm torpedo tubes ⓘ 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns ⓘ depth charges (later in war) ⓘ machine guns ⓘ |
| assignedTo | 4th Destroyer Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | about 14.2 meters ⓘ |
| builder | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfLoss | aerial torpedoes and bombs ⓘ |
| class | Sendai-class cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 30 November 1925 ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| crewComplement | approximately 450 officers and men ⓘ |
| damaged | severely damaged by submarine attack in 1942 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 7,100 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 5,195 tons ⓘ |
| draft | about 4.8 meters ⓘ |
| fate | sunk ⓘ |
| hitBy | submarine torpedoes in early 1942 ⓘ |
| laidDown | 10 June 1920 ⓘ |
| launched | 24 March 1925 ⓘ |
| length | about 162 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 35 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Naka River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operation | U.S. air raid on Truk (Operation Hailstone) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of the Java Sea
NERFINISHED
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invasion of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ invasion of the Philippines (1941) ⓘ operations around Guadalcanal ⓘ |
| placeBuilt | Nagasaki, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerOutput | about 90,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | about 9,000 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ |
| repairedAt | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | destroyer flotilla leader ⓘ |
| scrapped | not applicable (wreck remains on seabed) ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Second Sino-Japanese War
NERFINISHED
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | war grave ⓘ |
| sunkAt | near Truk Lagoon ⓘ |
| sunkBy | U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 18 February 1944 ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
| type | light cruiser ⓘ |
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