Naval
Historical Center #NH 51973. Cropped by author
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Tonnage |
6652 tons standard displacement |
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Dimensions |
571'1" by 49'10" by 18'5" 174.1m by 15.20m by 5.63m |
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Maximum speed |
35 knots |
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Complement |
730 |
| 1 catapult 2 seaplanes |
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Armament |
3x2 6"/50
guns 2x2 3.1"/60 AA guns 32 25mm/60 machine guns 2x4 Long Lance torpedo tubes Depth charges |
| 2.25" (56mm) machinery belt 2" (50mm) magazine belt 0.75" (18mm) deck 1" (25mm) turret |
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Bunkerage |
1405 tons fuel oil |
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Range |
7250 nautical miles (11,670 kilometers) at 18 knots |
| Sensors | All except possibly Agano were fitted with radar at completion. This most likely was Type 22 radar |
| Modifications | An
additional 14 25mm/60 machine guns were shipped by 1944-1. An additional 15 26mm/60 machine guns were shipped by 1944-7. |
The Aganos were built between 1942 and 1944. They were designed as fast scouts but were typically employed as destroyer flotilla leaders. They were rather poorly protected, with less than 10% of their displacement in armor, leaving them vulnerably to 6” shell hits. Their 6” guns were given a 55º elevation, but this failed to give them any meaningful antiaircraft capability. However, the Aganos were good sea boats with significant anti-submarine capability.
| completed 1942-10-31 (Sasebo) | Torpedoed 1944-2-17 near Truk by Skate. | |
| completed 1943-6-30 (Yokosuka) | Sunk by carrier aircraft 1944-10-26 during the Leyte campaign. | |
| completed 1943-12-29 (Sasebo) | Sunk by carrier aircraft 1945-4-7 in company with Yamato. | |
| Sakawa | completed 1944-11-30 (Sasebo) |
References
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia (c) 2007 by Kent G. Budge. Index
