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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.'
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
The Akizuki-class destroyers (秋月型駆逐艦, Akizuki-gata Kuchikukan) was a class of destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) built during World War II to complement the Kagerō class, primarily for the role of anti-aircraft screening for carrier battle groups. [4]
She was however caught on video by US dive bombers, and was shown in a news reel of the bombing of Rabaul. The US mistook Wakatsuki for a cruiser and claimed to sink her. [7] [9] [10] Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku during the battle of the Philippine Sea 20 June 1944. Wakatsuki (left) and Akizuki (right) are the two destroyers besides her.
Destroyers: Selected Photos from the Archives of the Kure Maritime Museum; the Best from the Collection of Shizuo Fukui's Photos of Japanese Warships. Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-630-8. Watts, Anthony J. (1971). The Imperial Japanese Navy. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-01268-3.
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]
On paper, the difference between cruiser shells and battleship shells should have been apparent, but Yamato, having mistaken Gambier Bay for a full-sized fleet carrier, fired armor piercing shells from her 46 cm (18.1-inch) main guns that over penetrated Gambier Bay's unarmored hull without exploding. [7]
The Myōkō class displaced 13,500 t (13,300 long tons), with a hull design based on an enlarged version of the Aoba-class cruiser. Ashigara was 203.8 metres (669 ft) long, with a beam of 19.5 metres (64 ft), draft of 6.36 metres (20.9 ft) and were capable of 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph). [5]