Takao-class cruiser

The cruiser Takao in 1939
Class overview
NameTakao class
Builders
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byMyōkō class
Succeeded byMogami class
Completed4
Lost3
Scrapped1
General characteristics
TypeHeavy cruiser
Displacement
  • 11,350 long tons (11,532 t) (Standard as built)
  • 15,490 t (15,250 long tons) (full load)
Length
  • 192.5 m (632 ft) p/p
  • 203.76 m (668.5 ft) overall
Beam
  • 19 m (62 ft)
  • 20.4 m (67 ft)
Draft
  • 6.11 m (20.0 ft)
  • 6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Propulsion
  • 4 shaft geared turbine
  • 12 Kampon boilers
  • 132,000 shp (98,000 kW)
Speed34.2–35.5 knots (63.3–65.7 km/h; 39.4–40.9 mph)
Range8,500 nautical miles (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement773
Armament
Armor
  • Machinery belts: 102mm
  • Magazine belts: 127 mm tapered to 38mm
  • Main deck: 37 mm (max)
  • Upper deck: 12.7 to 25 mm
  • Bulkheads: 76 to 100 mm
  • Turrets: 25 mm
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities2 catapults

The Takao-class cruiser (高雄型) was a class of four heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched between May 1930 and April 1931. All served during World War II.

  1. ^ Lacroix and Wells. pp. 132-137.
  2. ^ Lacroix and Wells. pp. 342-345.
  3. ^ Lacroix and Wells. pp. 328-333 and p. 342.