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Tonnage |
7700 tons standard displacement |
Dimensions |
607'6" by 57'8" by 18'7" 185.17m by 17.58m by 5.66m |
Maximum speed |
32 knots |
Complement |
680 |
2 seaplanes 1 Kure Type 2 Model 5 catapult |
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Armament |
3x2 8"/50
guns 4x1 4.7"/45 dual-purpose guns 4x2 25mm/60 AA guns 2x2 13mm/76 machine guns 2x4 Long Lance torpedo tubes (1 reload) |
1300 tons 3" (76 mm) NVNC machinery belt inclined 9 degrees 1.4" (35 mm) NVNC middle deck 1.9" (48mm) HT upper deck 1.5" (38mm) NVNC uptakes 2" (51 mm) side/1.4" (35mm) overhead NVNC magazines 0.5" to 1" (13mm to 25mm) HT plates around steering room 1" (25mm) NVNC turret 1.4" (36mm) conning tower Large-type torpedo bulges |
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Machinery |
4-shaft geared turbines (102000 shp) 12 Kanpon boilers |
Bunkerage |
2040 tons fuel oil |
Range |
8223 nautical miles (15,229 km) at 14 knots |
Modifications |
1943-2: Replaced one 8" turret and 13mm guns with 2x3 25mm guns and 4 depth charge racks (12 depth charges). 1943-11: Restored the 8" turret. Added 1x3 and 2x2 25mm guns and Type 21 radar. 1944-7: Added 4x3, 15x1 25mm guns and Type 22 radar. 1945-3: Added 4x2 25mm guns and increased depth charge loadout. |
The Aobas were
completed in 1927 and incorporated a number of lessons learned from the
preceding Furutakas,
such as the desirability of twin main gun turrets. However, these
proved too heavy for the hull, which had to be reconstructed to take
the weight. The Furutakas
were later modernized to very closely resemble the Aobas, which were themselves
modernized in 1938-1940.
Sunk by aircraft 1945-7-24 in Kure harbor | ||
Sunk by aircraft 1942-11-14 in the Solomons |
References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2013-2-18)
Lacroix
and Wells
(1997)
Whitley
(1995)
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