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Nachi (那智) was the second vessel completed of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. [2] The other ships of the class were Myōkō , Ashigara , and Haguro .
Nachi: Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan Myōkō-class heavy cruiser 13,300 28 November 1928 5 November 1944; Sunk by USN aircraft at Manila Bay: Ashigara: Kawasaki, Kobe: Myōkō-class heavy cruiser 13,300 8 February 1929 8 June 1945; Sunk by HMS Trenchant in Bangka Strait: Haguro: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Myōkō-class heavy cruiser 13,300 25 April 1929
Haguro damaged the light cruiser De Ruyter with two shell hits, while Nachi damaged the heavy cruiser USS Houston with two shell hits. Haguro then switched fire to the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter at 22,000 yards, hitting her with two 20.3 cm (8 in) shells. One was a dud, but the other destroyed half of her boilers and cut her speed to 5 knots ...
Haguro, and her three sister ships, Myōkō, Nachi, and Ashigara, anchored off Beppu in 1930. Haguro was the third of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers (sometimes referred to as the Nachi class due to the second ship, Nachi, being completed before Myōkō, despite starting construction after); [4] the other ships were Myōkō (妙高), Nachi (那智), and Ashigara (足柄). [5]
This force also included the battleships Kongō and Haruna, the heavy cruisers Atago, Chōkai, and Nachi, the light cruiser Isuzu, and 12 destroyers. They were followed by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's carrier strike force.
The main Japanese group consisted of the heavy cruisers Haguro and Nachi (the latter, Takagi's flagship, having launched the floatplane), and the destroyers Kawakaze, Yamakaze, Ushio, and Sazanami. This was supported by second group led by Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura , consisting of the light cruisers Naka and Jintsū and the destroyers ...
Heavy cruiser: Takao Atago Maya Chōkai: 11,633 tonnes Variation of the Myōkō class Mogami-class: Heavy cruiser: Mogami Mikuma Suzuya Kumano: 8,500 tonnes Suzuya and Kumano were considered to be a sub-class. Mogami was considered to be an Aviation Cruiser by the IJN (1943). Tone-class: Heavy cruiser: Tone Chikuma: 11,213 tonnes Considered as ...
However, the Japanese 5th Fleet had been reinforced by two more cruisers, so that the Japanese escort force actually consisted of the heavy cruisers Nachi and Maya, the light cruisers Tama and Abukuma, and the destroyers Wakaba, Hatsushimo, Ikazuchi, and Inazuma. Vice Admiral Boshirō Hosogaya hoisted his flag on Nachi. [3]