heavy cruiser Haguro

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Heavy cruiser Haguro was an Imperial Japanese Navy Myōkō-class warship that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk by British destroyers in 1945.

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instanceOf Myōkō-class cruiser
heavy cruiser
warship
armamentAA various anti-aircraft guns
armamentMain 10 × 203 mm guns
armamentTorpedo 610 mm torpedo tubes
battle Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of the Java Sea
Battle of the Malacca Strait
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of the Sunda Strait
Indian Ocean raid
beam 20.4 metres
builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
causeOfLoss gunfire
torpedoes
commissioned 1929-04-25
conflict World War II
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
crewComplement about 770
dateOfSinking 1945-05-16
displacementFullLoad about 15,900 tons
displacementStandard about 13,300 tons
draft 6.32 metres
era World War II
interwar period
laidDown 1925-03-16
launched 1928-03-24
length 203.8 metres
maximumSpeed 35.5 knots
namedAfter Mount Haguro
linked to: Mt. Haguro
navalFleet Imperial Japanese Navy
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
placeOfSinking Strait of Malacca
powerOutput about 130,000 shaft horsepower
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range about 8,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
role escort for troop convoys
surface combatant
shipClass Myōkō-class cruiser
linked to: Myoko-class cruiser
shipyard Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
sisterShip Japanese cruiser Ashigara
Japanese cruiser Myōkō
Japanese cruiser Nachi
status shipwreck
sunkBy British destroyers
Royal Navy
theatre Pacific War

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Japanese Center Force component heavy cruiser Haguro