Last update: 22.02.2001
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Kaijo class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1943 Complement (officers/enlisted): 829

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
166,50  /   159,51
Beam overall / wl.:
21,90  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
8,2  /  
Air deck
150x22
Elevators
2

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
13600
Full loaded
16700

Armament
Main guns
8x127/40
Secondary guns
24x25, 44: 44x25
Planes
24
Radars
21 Go

Engines
Boilers
4xKampon
Turbines
2xKampon
Shafts
2

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
23,8
endurance
0 miles @ kts
Engines load
52510 HP
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Kaijo,