Japanese cruiser Isuzu

Isuzu after modification at Mitsubishi Yokohama in 1944
History
Empire of Japan
NameIsuzu
Ordered1920 Fiscal Year (1918 "8-6 Fleet" Plan)
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Laid down10 August 1920
Launched29 October 1921
Commissioned15 August 1923[1]
Stricken20 June 1945
Fate
General characteristics
Class and typeNagara-class cruiser
Displacement5,570 long tons (5,659 t) normal
Length
  • 162.1 m (531 ft 10 in) o/a
  • 158.6 m (520 ft 4 in) w/l
Beam14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 shaft Gihon geared turbines
  • 12 Kampon boilers
  • 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement450
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in)
  • Deck: 30 mm (1.2 in)
Aircraft carried1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities1 × aircraft catapult

Isuzu (五十鈴) was the second of six vessels in the Nagara class of light cruisers, and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla. She was named after the Isuzu River, near Ise Shrine in the Chūbu region of Japan. She saw action during World War II in the Battle of Hong Kong and in the Solomon Islands campaign, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf before being sunk by American submarines in the Netherlands East Indies in April 1945.

  1. ^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.