Nara-class battlecruiser: Difference between revisions

	Nara undergoing maintenence in 1939
Class overview
Builders:	Yotota Shipbuilding Co.
Operators:	Imperial Taoist Navy
Preceded by:	Sugi class
Succeeded by:	None
Built:	1937-1939
In commission:	1939-1948
Planned:	2
Completed:	2
Lost:	1
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Battlecruiser
Displacement:	34,300
Length:	240 m (790 ft)
Beam:	33 m (108 ft)
Draught:	10.1 m (33 ft)
Installed power:	180,000 shp (130,000 kW)
Propulsion:	4 x Yotota Heavy Industries steam turbines; 8 x Yotota Heavy Industries water-tube boilers;
Speed:	33.7 knots (62.4 km/h; 38.8 mph)
Range:	7,850 nautical miles (14,540 km; 9,030 mi)
Complement:	1,640 enlisted and officers
Armament:	9 × 410 mm (16.1 in) guns (3x3); 16 × 100 mm (5.5 in) DP guns (8x2); 42 × 25 mm (1 in) AA guns (14x3); 8 x 13.2 mm (.52 in) AA guns (4x2);
Armor:	220 mm (8.7 in) barbettes; 190 mm (7.5 in) main belt; 40 mm (1.6 in) fore and aft; 40 mm (1.6 in) deck;
Aircraft carried:	Up to 3
Aviation facilities:	1 aircraft catapult

Latest revision as of 20:42, 14 February 2020

The Nara-class battlecruiser was a class of battlecruisers build for the Imperial Taoist Navy (ITN) in the years building up to World War II

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
Nara	Yotota Shipbuilding Co.	26 April 1937	12 July 1939	8 December 1940	Sunk at TBD
Momiji	Yotota Shipbuilding Co.	10 August 1937	22 November 1939	4 April 1941	Preserved as a museum ship at the Yotota Museum in Firentsu

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 *4 x [[Yotota Heavy Industries]] {{wp|steam turbine}}s
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 | Ship complement= 1,640 enlisted and officers