Last update: 22.02.2001
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Taijo class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Imperial Japanese Navy / Japan Empire In service from: 1941 Complement (officers/enlisted): 747

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
180,20  /   173,54
Beam overall / wl.:
22,50  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
8,0  /  
Air deck
150x23

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
17830
Full loaded
20000

Armament
Main guns
6x127/40
Secondary guns
8x25, 43: 24x25, 64x25
Planes
27
Radars
21 Go

Engines
Boilers
4 Kanpon
Turbines
2
Shafts
2

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
21,1
endurance
6500 miles @ 18 kts
Engines load
25200 HP
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Main Battery turrets
Cujo,