Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942)

	Yahagi off of Sasebo, Nagasaki in December 1943
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Yahagi
Ordered	1939 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	11 November 1941
Launched	25 October 1942
Commissioned	29 December 1943
Stricken	20 June 1945
Fate	Sunk 7 April 1945 by USN aircraft south of Kyūshū; 30°47′N 128°08′E / 30.783°N 128.133°E;
General characteristics
Class and type	Agano-class cruiser
Displacement	6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded)
Length	174.5 m (573 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught	5.63 m (18.5 ft)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines; 6 Kampon boilers; 100,000 shp;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	6,300 nautical miles (11,670 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	736
Armament	6 x 152 mm Type 41 guns (3 x 2); 4 × 8cm/60 Type 98 naval guns (2x2),; 2 × triple Type 96 25 mm AA guns,; 2 × twin 13 mm machine guns; 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (4x2); 48 naval mines;
Armor	Belt 60 mm (2.4 in); Deck 20 mm (0.79 in);
Aircraft carried	2 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

Yahagi (矢矧) was an Agano-class cruiser which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.^[2]

^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.
^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 111-112

History
Yahagi off of Sasebo, Nagasaki in December 1943
Empire of Japan
Name	Yahagi
Ordered	1939 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	11 November 1941
Launched	25 October 1942
Commissioned	29 December 1943 ^[1]
Stricken	20 June 1945
Fate	Sunk 7 April 1945 by USN aircraft south of Kyūshū 30°47′N 128°08′E / 30.783°N 128.133°E / 30.783; 128.133
General characteristics
Class and type	Agano-class cruiser
Displacement	6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded)
Length	174.5 m (573 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught	5.63 m (18.5 ft)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines 6 Kampon boilers 100,000 shp
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	6,300 nautical miles (11,670 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	736
Armament	6 x 152 mm Type 41 guns (3 x 2) 4 × 8cm/60 Type 98 naval guns (2x2), 2 × triple Type 96 25 mm AA guns, 2 × twin 13 mm machine guns 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (4x2) 48 naval mines
Armor	Belt 60 mm (2.4 in) Deck 20 mm (0.79 in)
Aircraft carried	2 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult