Last update: 22.02.2001
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Sorju class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1937 Complement (officers/enlisted): 1100

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
227,50  /   213,50
Beam overall / wl.:
21,30  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
7,6  /  
Air deck
216,9x26
Hangar decks
2: 171,3x18; 142,4x18
Elevators
3: 11,5x16

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
15900
Full loaded
19800

Armament
Main guns
12x127/40
Secondary guns
28x25/60
Planes
71

Engines
Boilers
8 x Kanpon
Turbines
4
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
34,5
endurance
7750 miles @ 18 kts
Engines load
152000 HP
Fuel
3670 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

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