Kuma-class cruiser

IJN Kuma, 1930
Kuma off Tsingtao, 1930
Class overview
NameKuma class
Builders
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded byTenryū class
Succeeded byNagara class
Built1917–1921
In commission1920–1946
Planned5
Completed5
Lost4
General characteristics
TypeLight cruiser
Displacement
  • 5,500 long tons (5,588 t) normal
  • 5,832 long tons (5,926 t) full load
Length
  • 162.1 m (531 ft 10 in) o/a
  • 158.6 m (520 ft 4 in) w/l
Beam14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power154kW 110V electrical[1]
Propulsion
  • 4 shaft Gihon geared turbines
  • 12 Kampon boilers
  • 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Speed36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement450
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in)
  • Deck: 30 mm (1.2 in)
ONI drawing of the Kuma class

The Kuma-class light cruisers (球磨型軽巡洋艦, Kuma-gata keijun'yōkan) were a class of five light cruisers built for and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The Kuma-class cruisers proved useful in combat operations ranging from the Aleutian Islands to the Indian Ocean throughout World War II.

The Kuma-class was followed by the very similar Nagara class.

  1. ^ Lacroix/Wells p. 37