Last update: 22.02.2001
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Aoba class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1927 Complement (officers/enlisted): 657

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
185,20  /   179,83 		Beam overall / wl.:
17,60  /   		Draft overall / wl.:
5,7  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
9000 		Full loaded
10822

Armament
Main guns
6x203/50 		Secondary guns
4x120/40, 8x25 		Torpedo tubes
8x609 		Planes
2

Engines
Boilers
12xKanpon 		Turbines
geared 		Shafts
2

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
33,4 		endurance
0 miles @ kts 		Engines load
104200 HP 		Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
73,66 		Decks
40,64-50,8 		Conning tower
25,4 		Main Battery turrets
Faces: 38,1
Barbettes: 38,1
Aoba,