 Yura anchored in Tateyama Bay in early August 1923
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Yura |
| Namesake | Yura River |
| Ordered | 1920 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 21 May 1921 |
| Launched | 15 February 1922 |
| Commissioned | 20 March 1923 |
| Stricken | 20 November 1942 |
| Fate | Scuttled, 25 October 1942 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Nagara-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 5,170 long tons (5,253 t) (standard) |
| Length | 162.15 m (532 ft) (o/a) |
| Beam | 14.17 m (46 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 450 |
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| Armor | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × Floatplane |
| Aviation facilities | 1 × Flying-off platform |
Yura (由良) was the fourth of the six ships completed in the Nagara class of light cruisers for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla. She served in the early stages of World War II.