Japanese cruiser Nachi

	Nachi at speed
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Nachi
Namesake	Mount Nachi, Wakayama, Japan
Ordered	1923
Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal
Cost	21.9 million yen
Laid down	26 November 1924
Launched	15 June 1927
Commissioned	28 November 1928
Stricken	20 January 1945
Fate	Sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft in Manila Bay, 5 November 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Myōkō-class cruiser
Displacement	13,300 long tons (13,500 t)
Length	201.7 m (661 ft 9 in)
Beam	20.73 m (68 ft 0 in)
Draft	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in)
Installed power	130,000 shp (97,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × geared steam turbines; 12 × boilers; 4 × shafts;
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	773
Armament	10 × 203 mm (8.0 in) guns (5x2); 6 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (to 1934) or 8 × 127 mm (5.0 in) guns (from 1935); 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 12 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Main belt: 100 mm (3.9 in); Main deck: 37 mm (1.5 in); Turrets: 25 mm (0.98 in); Barbettes: 75 mm (3.0 in);
Aircraft carried	2 × floatplanes
Service record
Part of:	Imperial Japanese Navy
Operations:	Pacific War; Battle of the Java Sea (1942); Second Battle of the Java Sea (1942); Battle of the Komandorski Islands (1943); Battle of Surigao Strait (1944);

Nachi (那智) was the second vessel completed of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II.^[2] The other ships of the class were Myōkō, Ashigara, and Haguro. She was named after a mountain in Wakayama Prefecture.

^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 808–809.
^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 81

History
Nachi at speed
Empire of Japan
Name	Nachi
Namesake	Mount Nachi, Wakayama, Japan
Ordered	1923
Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal
Cost	21.9 million yen
Laid down	26 November 1924
Launched	15 June 1927
Commissioned	28 November 1928
Stricken	20 January 1945
Fate	Sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft in Manila Bay, 5 November 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Myōkō-class cruiser
Displacement	13,300 long tons (13,500 t)
Length	201.7 m (661 ft 9 in)
Beam	20.73 m (68 ft 0 in)
Draft	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in)
Installed power	130,000 shp (97,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × geared steam turbines 12 × boilers 4 × shafts
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	773
Armament	10 × 203 mm (8.0 in) guns (5x2) 6 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns (to 1934) or 8 × 127 mm (5.0 in) guns (from 1935) 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 12 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes^[1]
Armor	Main belt: 100 mm (3.9 in) Main deck: 37 mm (1.5 in) Turrets: 25 mm (0.98 in) Barbettes: 75 mm (3.0 in)
Aircraft carried	2 × floatplanes
Service record
Part of:	Imperial Japanese Navy
Operations:	Pacific War Battle of the Java Sea (1942) Second Battle of the Java Sea (1942) Battle of the Komandorski Islands (1943) Battle of Surigao Strait (1944)