Agano-class cruiser

Agano in October 1942, off of Sasebo, Nagasaki
Class overview
Name	Agano class
Builders	Sasebo Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Sendai class
Succeeded by	Ōyodo class
Completed	4
Lost	3
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded)
Length	174 m (571 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught	5.6 m (18 ft)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines 6 Kampon boilers 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	730[1]
Armament	Agano and Noshiro as built: 6 × 152 mm Type 41 guns (3 × 2) 4 × 80 mm Type 98 DP guns (2 × 2) 6 × 25 mm AA guns (2 × 3) 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Type 93 AA machine guns (2 × 2) 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 4) 16 Type 95 or Type 2 depth charges 3 Type 88 mines
Armour	Machinery belt: 60 mm (2.4 in) Magazine belt: 55 mm (2.2 in) Armoured deck: 20 mm (0.8 in) Forward armoured bulkheads: 25 mm (1.0 in) to 20 mm (0.8 in) Rear armoured bulkheads: 20 mm (0.8 in)
Aircraft carried	2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

The four Agano-class cruisers (阿賀野型軽巡洋艦, Agano-gata keijun'yōkan) were light cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy.^[2] All were named after Japanese rivers. Larger than previous Japanese light cruisers, the Agano-class vessels were fast, but with little protection, and were under-gunned for their size (albeit with a powerful offensive torpedo armament, able to launch up to eight Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes in a salvo). They participated in numerous actions throughout World War II.

The Agano class was followed by the larger Ōyodo-class cruiser, of which only a single vessel was completed.