Nara-class battlecruiser

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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:
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