Last update: 22.02.2001
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Hijuga class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1917 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1463

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
216,55  /   192,15
Beam overall / wl.:
33,80  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
9,45  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
36000
Full loaded
40170

Armament
Main guns
12x356/45
Secondary guns
16x140/50, 8x127/40, 20x25, 42: 57x25, 44?:10
Torpedo tubes
6x533
Planes
3

Engines
Boilers
24 x Kampon
Turbines
Brown Curtiss(Ise),Parson(Hijuga)
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
25,3
endurance
8000 miles @ 16 kts
Engines load
59400 kW
Fuel
5200 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
304-102
Decks
165-96,5
Conning tower
325,1
Main Battery turrets
Faces: 305
Sides: 152
Barbettes: 305
Hijuga,