Tone

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Tone is a prominent warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known as the lead vessel of the Tone-class heavy cruisers that saw extensive action during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heavy cruiser
warship
aircraftCarried floatplanes
aircraftFacilities stern flight deck and catapults
armamentAA 25 mm anti-aircraft guns
armamentMain 8 × 203 mm guns in four twin turrets
armamentSecondary 127 mm dual-purpose guns
beam approximately 18.5 m
builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
category World War II cruiser of Japan
causeOfSinking air attack by U.S. carrier aircraft
class Tone-class heavy cruiser
linked to: Tone-class cruiser
commissioned 1938-11-20
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
designedRole carrier task force reconnaissance support
scout cruiser
displacementFullLoad approximately 15,200 tons
displacementStandard approximately 11,200 tons
draft approximately 6.9 m
fate sunk
laidDown 1934-12-01
launched 1937-11-21
leadShipOf Tone-class heavy cruiser
linked to: Tone-class cruiser
length approximately 201.7 m
MidwayRole launched reconnaissance aircraft that sighted elements of the U.S. fleet
navalEnsign Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan
notableFeature all main gun turrets mounted forward
large seaplane handling area aft
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Indian Ocean Raid
linked to: Indian Ocean raid
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range 8000 nautical miles at 18 knots
servicePeriod World War II
shaftCount 4
shipyard Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
sisterShip Chikuma
sunkAt Kure, Japan
sunkOn 1945-07-24
topSpeed 35 knots

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