Nagara-class cruiser

Japanese light cruiser Nagara
Class overview
Name	Nagara class
Builders	Sasebo Naval Arsenal Uraga Dock Company Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Kuma class
Succeeded by	Yūbari (chronologically) Sendai class (design)
Built	1920–1924
In service	1922–1944
In commission	1920–1945
Planned	6
Completed	6
Lost	6
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	5,570 long tons (5,659 t) normal (7203 t deep load)
Length	162.1 m (531 ft 10 in) o/a 158.6 m (520 ft 4 in) w/l
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	154kW 110V electrical[1]
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines 12 Kampon boilers 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun s 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (4x2) 48 naval mines
Armor	Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in) Deck: 30 mm (1.2 in)

The six Nagara-class light cruisers (長良型軽巡洋艦, Nagaragata keijun'yōkan) were a class of six light cruisers built for and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Nagara-class cruisers proved useful in combat operations ranging from the Aleutian Islands to the Indian Ocean throughout World War II. Most served as flagships for destroyer or submarine squadrons, and were deployed for transport or local defense missions. Towards the end of the war, the surviving vessels were increasingly obsolete and were retained as second-line units.^[2]

The Nagara class was followed by the very similar Sendai class.