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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.'
A line drawing of the plans for the Design B-65 cruisers Main article: Design B-65 cruiser Design B-64 was originally intended to be part of Japan's Night Battle Force, a force that would attack an enemy fleet's outer defence ring of cruisers and destroyers under the cover of darkness.
Commissioned into IJN Fate Furutaka: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Furutaka-class heavy cruiser: 9,150 31 March 1926 12 October 1942; Sunk by USN cruisers, Battle of Cape Esperance: Kako: Kawasaki, Kobe Furutaka-class heavy cruiser 9,150 30 July 1926 10 August 1942; Sunk by USS S-44 off New Ireland (island) Aoba: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki: Aoba-class heavy ...
Type B-65: 32,000 tons 9 × 12.2-in. 16 × 3.9-in. ... List of IJN Patrol Vessels can be found here at ... List of cruiser classes of the Imperial Japanese Navy;
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun ⓘ 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.
The IJN recognized this and proposed in 1909 that two battlecruisers be ordered from British plans, with one to be built in Great Britain and one to be built at home. These two ships became the Kongō class. Another pair of Kongos were later built in Japan. [5] In 1910, there was still authorization for one battleship and four armored cruisers.
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 ...
[18] [36] On 31 December, the cruiser struck a mine in Lingayen Gulf while supporting Japanese forces during the Philippines Campaign. During this period, Iwate was still serving as a training ship in home waters. The sisters were briefly re-classified as 1st-class cruisers on 1 July 1942 [18] [19] before they became training ships in 1943.