Back Како (тежък крайцер, 1925) Bulgarian Kako (1925) Czech Kako (Schiff) German Kako (1926) Spanish ناو کاکو Persian Kako (1925) Finnish Kako (croiseur) French Kapal penjelajah Jepang Kako ID Kako (incrociatore) Italian 加古 (重巡洋艦) Japanese
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 Kako in 1926
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kako |
| Namesake | Kako River |
| Ordered | 1923 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Kawasaki Shipyards |
| Laid down | 17 November 1922 |
| Launched | 10 April 1925 |
| Commissioned | 20 July 1926[1] |
| Stricken | 15 September 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk 10 August 1942 by USS S-44 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Furutaka-class heavy cruiser |
| Displacement | 7,100 t (7,000 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 185.1 m (607 ft 3.4 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 16.55 m (54 ft 3.6 in) |
| Draught | 5.56 m (18 ft 2.9 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 625 |
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| Armor | |
| Aircraft carried | 1–2 × floatplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 1 catapult |
Kako (加古) was the second vessel in the two-vessel Furutaka class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Kako River in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
- ^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794
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