 Japanese light cruiser Nagara
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Nagara |
| Ordered | 1919 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 9 September 1920 |
| Launched | 25 April 1921 |
| Commissioned | 21 April 1922 |
| Stricken | 10 October 1944 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Croaker, 7 August 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Nagara-class light cruiser |
| Displacement | 5,570 long tons (5,659 t) |
| Length | 162.1 m (531 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 4 shafts; geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 450 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × floatplane |
| Aviation facilities | 1 aircraft catapult |
Nagara (長良) was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan.
- ^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 107