file created: 12/07/02 00:51:08 , last update: 05/03/00
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CL Kuma
Imperial Japanese Navy light cruiser
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Kuma 1918/08/29
Sasebo
1919/07/14 1920/08/31 1944/01/11
sunk
Namesake: "Wounded Valley" ("zranìné údolí"), a river in Higo province
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     CruDiv16    
41/12/12     SoExpFor/NoPhilGrp/SupGrp/CruDiv16 land Lingayen Gulf  
42/04/09       attacked by PT-34, PT-41 off Cape Tanon, Cebu Is. - hit by dud torpedo   85 
44/01/03 44/01/11   SWAreaFlt/CruDiv16 troop transport run (with Uranami) from Singapore to Mergui > Penang   99 
44/01/11     SWAreaFlt/CruDiv16 sunk(Tally Ho) off Penang  

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