Japanese cruiser Sakawa

Sakawa in November 1944 at Sasebo, shortly before commissioning
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Sakawa
Namesake	Sakawa River
Ordered	1939
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	21 November 1942
Launched	9 April 1944
Completed	30 November 1944
Stricken	5 October 1945
Fate	Sunk as a target in Operation Crossroads, 2 July 1946
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Agano-class light cruiser
Displacement	6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard) 8,534 t (8,399 long tons) (full load)
Length	174.1 m (571 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draft	5.63 m (18 ft 6 in)
Installed power	6 water-tube boilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbine sets
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,300 nmi (11,700 km; 7,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	805; 824 when serving as a flagship
Sensors and processing systems	Type 93 Model 2 hydrophone Type 3 Model 1 sonar Type 13 early-warning radar Type 21 early-warning radar Type 22 surface-search radar
Armament	3 × twin 15 cm (6 in) guns 2 × twin 8 cm (3 in) AA guns 10 × triple, 18 × single 2.5 cm (1 in) AA guns 2 × quadruple 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes 2 × depth charge chutes, 18 depth charges 3 × mines
Armor	Belt 60 mm (2.4 in) Deck 20 mm (0.79 in)
Aircraft carried	2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × aircraft catapult

Sakawa (酒匂) was the last of four Agano-class light cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Fuel shortages crippled the IJN's operations by the time the ship was completed in late 1944 and she never left Japanese waters. After the war, Sakawa was used to ferry Japanese troops home until she was selected in early 1946 to be expended for nuclear weapon tests during Operation Crossroads. The ship was used as a target during the first bomb test on 1 July and sank the following day.