Furutaka-class cruiser
Furutaka | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Furutaka class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Aoba class |
| In commission | 1925–1942 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Heavy cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 185.1 m (607 ft 3.4 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 16.55 m (54 ft 3.6 in) |
| Draught | 5.56 m (18 ft 2.9 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 625 |
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| Armor |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 or 2 seaplanes |
| Aviation facilities | 1 catapult |
The Furutaka-class cruisers (古鷹型巡洋艦, Furutaka-gata jun'yōkan) were a class of two heavy cruisers which saw service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Both vessels of this class were sunk in 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign.