heavy cruiser Myōkō
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Heavy cruiser Myōkō was an Imperial Japanese Navy warship of the Myōkō class that saw extensive service in World War II, including major Pacific naval battles.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| heavy cruiser Myōkō canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
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Myōkō-class cruiser ⓘ heavy cruiser ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armamentMainBattery | 10 × 203 mm guns ⓘ |
| armamentTorpedoes |
610 mm torpedo tubes
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Type 93 Long Lance torpedoes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | about 19.5 m ⓘ |
| builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Myōkō class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1929-07-31 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 800–900 ⓘ |
| damagedBy | submarine torpedoes ⓘ |
| damagedIn | Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | approximately 15000 tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | approximately 11300 tons ⓘ |
| finalStatus | crippled and unable to return to Japan ⓘ |
| fleetAssignment |
Cruiser Division 5
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Japanese 2nd Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Takao-class cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1924-10-25 ⓘ |
| launched | 1927-04-16 ⓘ |
| length | about 203.8 m ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 35.5 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mount Myōkō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalTreatyContext | designed under Washington Naval Treaty limitations ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
heavy torpedo armament
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powerful 8-inch gun battery ⓘ |
| operator | Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of Midway NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Surigao Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Coral Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Eastern Solomons NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Guadalcanal Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Furutaka-class cruiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkBy | United States Navy submarines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkIn | 1945 ⓘ |
| sunkNear | off the coast of Indochina ⓘ |
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