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| Tonnage | 9180 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions |
400' by 68'7" by 24'3" 121.9m by 20.9m by 7.4m |
| Maximum
speed |
16 knots |
| Complement |
672 |
| Armament | 2x2 8"/45
guns 14x1 6"/40 guns 12x1 12pdr guns 8x1 47mm guns 4 45cm torpedo tubes |
| Protection | 7" (178mm) belt 2.5" (67mm) deck 6" (152mm) bulkheads 6" (152mm) turret 6" (152mm) casemate 6" (152mm) barbette 14" (356mm) conning tower |
| Machinery |
2-shaft reciprocating (14,500
shp) 24 boilers |
| Bunkerage | 324 tons fuel oil 1412 tons coal |
| Modifications | By 1945 the ships had 9 to 14 25mm/60 guns and their speed was down to 12 knots |
The Idzumos were
obsolete armored cruisers, veterans
of the Russo-Japanese
War of 1905, and very heavily protected for 8" gun cruisers. They were serving
as coastal defense ships with China Area
Fleet at the time of the Pearl
Harbor attack, and may possibly have had their armament reduced to a few 6"guns by then.
| Idzumo | Shanghai | Used as training ship from 1943. Sunk by aircraft 28 July 1945 at Kure |
| Iwate | Sanya Bay | Used as training ship from 1943. Sunk by aircraft 24 July 1945 at Harima |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2011-12-26)
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-12-24)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
Materials of the IJN (accessed 2 February 2007)
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