Nara-class battlecruiser

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:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 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

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