Japanese cruiser Nagara

	Japanese light cruiser Nagara
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Nagara
Ordered	1919 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	9 September 1920
Launched	25 April 1921
Commissioned	21 April 1922
Stricken	10 October 1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Croaker, 7 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Nagara-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,570 long tons (5,659 t)
Length	162.1 m (531 ft 10 in)
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	12 Kampon boilers; 90,000 shp (67,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built; 7 × single 14 cm (5.5 in) guns; 2 × single 7.62 cm (3 in) AA guns; 2 x twin, 4 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns; 5 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes; July 1944; 5 × single 14 cm guns; 1 × twin 12.7 cm (5 in) DP guns; 2 × single 7.62 cm AA guns; 2 × triple, 6 × twin, 14 × single 25 mm AA guns; 10 × 13.2 mm machine guns; 2 × quadruple 61 cm torpedo tubes;
Armor	62 mm (2.4 in) (belt); 30 mm (1.2 in) (deck);
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

Nagara (長良) was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy.^[1] She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan.

^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 107

History
Japanese light cruiser Nagara
Empire of Japan
Name	Nagara
Ordered	1919 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	9 September 1920
Launched	25 April 1921
Commissioned	21 April 1922
Stricken	10 October 1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Croaker, 7 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Nagara-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,570 long tons (5,659 t)
Length	162.1 m (531 ft 10 in)
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	12 Kampon boilers 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built 7 × single 14 cm (5.5 in) guns 2 × single 7.62 cm (3 in) AA guns 2 x twin, 4 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns 5 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 2 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes July 1944 5 × single 14 cm guns 1 × twin 12.7 cm (5 in) DP guns 2 × single 7.62 cm AA guns 2 × triple, 6 × twin, 14 × single 25 mm AA guns 10 × 13.2 mm machine guns 2 × quadruple 61 cm torpedo tubes
Armor	62 mm (2.4 in) (belt) 30 mm (1.2 in) (deck)
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult