Rikō-class cruiser

Mirō in 1941
Class overview
Builders:	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.
Operators:	Imperial Taoist Navy
Preceded by:	Ōarashi class
Succeeded by:	Teke class
Built:	1930-1938
In commission:	1932-1947
Planned:	8
Completed:	8
Lost:	6
Scrapped:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Heavy cruiser
Displacement:	8,509
Length:	201.6 m (661 ft)
Beam:	20.6 m (68 ft)
Draught:	5.5 m (18 ft)
Installed power:	152,000 shp (113,000 kW)
Propulsion:	4 x Dajime Imperial Industries steam turbines 8 boilers
Speed:	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range:	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Complement:	850 enlisted and officers
Armament:	15 × 155 mm (6.1 in) guns (5×3) 8 × 127 mm (5 in) dual-purpose guns (4×2) 4 x 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns (4x1) 12 × 610 mm (24 in) Torpedo tubes (4×3)
Armor:	130 mm (5.1 in) (magazine) 100 mm (3.9 in) (belt) 65-25 mm (2.6-1 in) (deck)
Aircraft carried:	3 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities:	2 catapults

The Rikō-class cruiser was a class of heavy cruisers build for the Imperial Taoist Navy (ITN) in the years building up to World War II.

Ships in the class

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate	Notes
Rikō	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.	9 October 1936	24 November 1937	2 December 1938	Sunk at TBD
Mirō	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.	12 December 1938	12 December 1939	4 February 1941	Scrapped in 1947
Abagi	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.	12 December 1938	12 December 1939	4 February 1941	Sunk at TBD
Entama	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.	12 December 1938	12 December 1939	4 February 1941	Sunk at TBD
Sōkita	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.	12 December 1938	12 December 1939	4 February 1941	Sunk at TBD
Sōdaka	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.	12 December 1938	12 December 1939	4 February 1941	Scrapped in 1948
Enmaki	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.	12 December 1938	12 December 1939	4 February 1941	Sunk at TBD
Okutoro	Imperial Shipbuilding Co.	12 December 1938	12 December 1939	4 February 1941	Sunk at TBD