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Design B-65 was a class of cruisers planned by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) before and during World War II.The IJN referred to this design as a 'Super Type A' cruiser; It was larger than most heavy cruisers but smaller than most battlecruisers, and as such, has been variously described as a 'super-heavy cruiser,' a 'super cruiser,' or as a 'cruiser-killer.'
Type B-65: 32,000 tons 9 × 12.2-in. ... only Japanese modern destroyer loss to collision Akatsuki-class ... with photo; Materials of IJN; Monograph 144 Chapter II
Takao-class heavy cruiser 15,490 30 March 1932 23 October 1944; Sunk by USS Darter at in Palawan Passage during the Battle of Leyte Gulf: Chōkai: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Takao-class heavy cruiser 15,490 30 June 1932 25 October 1944; Sunk by USN during Battle off Samar: Maya: Kawasaki, Kobe Takao-class heavy cruiser 15,490 30 June 1932
The design diverged from the IJN destroyer standard of six 5 in (127 mm) guns, instead mounting eight 3.9 in (100 mm) high-velocity guns in four twin high angle mountings. Their rapid fire, 90° elevation and excellent AA fire control system provided an effective dual purpose weapon to the Imperial Japanese Navy for the first time.
Chikuma turned her guns to engage, but the "Sammy B" was so close Chikuma could not press down her guns low enough to hit the enemy. However, in exchange, over 200 5-inch (127 mm) shells from the destroyer escort slammed into Chikuma, turning her into a floating inferno, and disabling her no. 3 turret.
The ship was commissioned into the IJN on 28 April 1941, and she was assigned as the third ship of the 4th destroyer division (Arashi, Hagikaze, Nowaki, and Maikaze). In the lead up to the second world war, Nowaki steamed through the Terashima Strait and regrouped with Admiral Kondō's fleet.
Wakatsuki played a minor role in the battle of the Empress Augusta Bay against a US cruiser-destroyer group, before surviving the bombing of Rabaul. After a series of escorting and transport missions, she escorted aircraft carriers at the disastrous battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf , before being sunk by carrier aircraft at the ...
At the beginning of the Pacific War, the strategy of the Imperial Japanese Navy was underpinned by several key assumptions.The most fundamental was that just as the Russo-Japanese War had been decided by a single naval battle at Tsushima (May 27–28, 1905), the war against the United States would also be decided by a single, decisive battle at sea, or Kantai Kessen. [14]