Yari-class cruiser

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IJN Kuma in 1930 off Tsingtao.jpg
Yari in 1930
Class overview
Builders: Ein Shipbuilding Co.
Operators:  Imperial Taoist Navy
Preceded by: none
Succeeded by: Katana class
Built: 1916-1927
In commission: 1918-1947
Planned: 10
Completed: 6
Lost: tbd
Scrapped: tbd
General characteristics
Type: Light cruiser
Displacement: 5,588
Length: 162.1 m (532 ft)
Beam: 14.2 m (47 ft)
Draught: 4.8 m (16 ft)
Installed power: 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range: 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)
Complement: 452 enlisted and officers
Armament:
  • 7 × 140 mm (4 in) guns (7×1)
  • 2 x 80 mm (3.1 in) guns (2x1)
  • 2 x 13.2 mm (.5 in) guns (2x1)
  • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) Torpedo tubes (4×2)
Armor:
  • 60 mm (2.4 in) (belt)
  • 30 mm (1.2 in) (deck)

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

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Construction

Ships in the class

Name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate Notes
Yari Ein Shipbuilding Co. 9 October 1936 24 November 1937 2 December 1938 Sunk at TBD
Ōdachi Ein Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Scrapped in 1947
Kodachi Ein Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD
Kogatana Ein Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD
Tsurugi Ein Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD
Ken Ein Shipbuilding Co. 12 December 1938 12 December 1939 4 February 1941 Sunk at TBD
Ship 2107 Cancelled
Ship 2108 Cancelled
Ship 2109 Cancelled
Ship 2110 Cancelled