Japanese cruiser Noshiro

	Noshiro in Tokyo Bay, July 1943
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Noshiro
Ordered	1939 Fiscal Year
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	4 September 1941
Launched	19 July 1942
Commissioned	30 June 1943
Stricken	20 December 1944
Fate	Sunk 26 October 1944 by USN aircraft south of Mindoro Sulu Sea; 11°42′N 121°41′E / 11.700°N 121.683°E;
General characteristics
Class and type	Agano-class cruiser
Displacement	6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded)
Length	162 m (531 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught	5.6 m (18 ft)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines; 6 Kampon boilers; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW);
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	6,300 nautical miles (11,670 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	726
Armament	6 × 152 mm Type 41 guns (3×2); 4 × 76 mm Type 98 DP guns (2x2),; 2 × triple Type 96 25 mm AA guns,; 2 × twin 13 mm machine guns; 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (2x4); 48 naval mines;
Armor	Belt 60 mm (2.4 in); Deck 20 mm (0.79 in);
Aircraft carried	2 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

Noshiro (能代) was an Agano-class cruiser which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.^[2] She was named after the Noshiro River in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan.

^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.
^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 111-112

History
Noshiro in Tokyo Bay, July 1943
Empire of Japan
Name	Noshiro
Ordered	1939 Fiscal Year
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	4 September 1941
Launched	19 July 1942
Commissioned	30 June 1943^[1]
Stricken	20 December 1944
Fate	Sunk 26 October 1944 by USN aircraft south of Mindoro Sulu Sea 11°42′N 121°41′E / 11.700°N 121.683°E / 11.700; 121.683
General characteristics
Class and type	Agano-class cruiser
Displacement	6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded)
Length	162 m (531 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught	5.6 m (18 ft)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines 6 Kampon boilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	6,300 nautical miles (11,670 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	726
Armament	6 × 152 mm Type 41 guns (3×2) 4 × 76 mm Type 98 DP guns (2x2), 2 × triple Type 96 25 mm AA guns, 2 × twin 13 mm machine guns 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (2x4) 48 naval mines
Armor	Belt 60 mm (2.4 in) Deck 20 mm (0.79 in)
Aircraft carried	2 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult