Japanese cruiser Kiso

Japanese cruiser Kiso showing Arctic camouflage during the Aleutians Campaign, 1942
History
Empire of Japan
NameKiso
NamesakeKiso River
Ordered1917 Fiscal Year
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Cost6,915,078 JPY
Laid down10 August 1918
Launched14 December 1920
Commissioned4 May 1921
Stricken20 December 1944
FateSunk 13 November 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeKuma-class cruiser
Displacement5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard
Length152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 shaft Gihon geared turbines
  • 12 Kampon boilers
  • 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Speed36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement450
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 64 mm (3 in)
  • Deck: 29 mm (1 in)
Aircraft carried1 x floatplane, 1 catapult

Kiso (木曾) was the fifth and last of the five Kuma-class light cruisers, which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was named after the Kiso River in central Honshū, Japan.