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 Wikimedia Commons |  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 8164 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 630'3" by 54'6" by 19'6" 192.10m by 16.61m by 5.94m |
| Maximum speed | 35 knots |
| Complement |
776 |
| Aircraft | 1 Type 2 Model 1 catapult 2 seaplanes |
| Armament | 2x3 6"/50
guns (150 shells/gun) 4x2 3.9"/65 AA guns 6x3 25mm/60 AA guns 6 depth charges |
| Protection | 987 tons 2.4" (60mm) CNC belt 3" (75mm) side/2.4" (60mm) CNC front/0.6" (16mm) Dücol aft/2" (50mm) CNC overhead magazine box 1.2" (30mm) CNC middle deck over machine spaces 1.6" (40mm) CNC front/1.1" (28mm) Dücol sides/1.2" (30mm) CNC overhead conning tower 0.6" (16mm) Dücol uptakes 1.4" (35mm) CNC side/1" (25mm) CNC front/2" (50mm) aft/2" (50mm) CNC overhead bomb shed 1.6" (40mm) CNC side/0.8" (20mm) CNC forward/1" (25mm) CNC rear rudder compartment 2" (50mm) CNC bulkheads 1" (25mm) NVNC turret 0.8" (20mm) CNC barbettes |
| Machinery |
4-shaft Kanpon geared turbines
(110,000 shp) 6 Kanpon boilers |
| Bunkerage | 2360 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 10,600 nautical miles (19,600 km) at 18 knots |
| Sensors |
Type 93 Model 3 sonar |
| Modifications |
1944: Hangar converted to flag
quarters. By the end of the war, the light AA armament was 12x3, 16x1 25mm guns and radar had been installed. |
Oyodo was a
uniquely Japanese
experiment: It was a light cruiser intended to sail with a submarine squadron
and provide reconnaissance.
Its main armament was crowded into two triple turrets forward to leave
room aft for a
hangar capable of holding 4 large seaplanes, with deck stowage for two
more. However, the E15K1
program was unsuccessful and only two E13A
Jake seaplanes were ever shipped operationally. With the main
turrets crowded forward, a separate armored box was provided for the
magazines. The ship
otherwise resembled an Agano.
Oyodo was the only ship of its class, a sister (Niyodo) being canceled before being laid down. Oyodo herself was commissioned on 28 February 1943. The ship had the centerline bulkhead found in many Japanese warships, and fears that this bulkhead was counterproductive were realized on 28-29 July 1945 at Kure. Very near misses from aircraft flooded the starboard machinery spaces and capsized the ship before counterflooding could take effect. She sank the next day.
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References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2008-4-3)
Lacroix
and Wells
(1997)
Whitley
(1995)
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