Last update: 22.02.2001
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Hirju class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1939 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1100

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
227,40
Beam overall / wl.:
22,30  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
7,8  /  
Air deck
216,9x27
Hangar decks
2: 171,3x18; 142,4x18
Elevators
3: 13x16

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
17300
Full loaded
21900
Underwater
0

Armament
Main guns
12x127/40
Secondary guns
31x25/60
Planes
73

Engines
Boilers
8 x Kanpon
Turbines
4
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
34,3
endurance
10330 miles @ 18 kts
Engines load
153000 HP
Fuel
4400 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
86,36-50,8
Decks
38,1(Flight); 58,4-1
Main Battery turrets
Hirju,