Ship Class: HIJMS Kuma

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Ship Class	HIJMS Kuma


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Ship	HIJMS Kiso HIJMS Kitakami HIJMS Kuma HIJMS Oi HIJMS Tama
Ship Type	Cruiser
Cruiser Type	Light

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Japan		1918 Aug 10	1946 Aug 10

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	5 019ton	162.15m	12.34m	4.8m	439	2 195

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type
	4	90 000hp	36kt	Steam Turbine

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	1 050ton	9 000mile	10kt	32.587day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Designed By	3) 1: Improve Ship Class	4) 3: as Class Improvement	5) 1: Improved In Ship Class	6) 5: as Class Improvement	7) 1: Armour	8) 1: Machinery
	Teiji Kawase	HIJMS Tenryu	N	HIJMS Nagara	N	205ton	1 563ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Torpedo Model	6) 1: As Built Armour	7) 1: Installed With Sensor	8) 7:	9) 8: Number Fitted	10) 8: Control Armament
	Aircraft 1 x				1.25in Deck \| 2.5in Belt	JPN Director Type 13 Low Angle		1	HIJMS Kuma Gun 7 X JPN 5.5in 14cm 50cal 3 Nendo Shiki Single
	Gun 7 X JPN 5.5in 14cm 50cal 3 Nendo Shiki Single	JPN 5.5in 14cm 50cal 3 Nendo Shiki Single				JPN Searchlight 90cm SU Type		3
	Gun 2 X JPN 3in 8cm 40cal Type 3 Single	JPN 3in 8cm 40cal Type 3 Single
	Gun 1 X JPN 0.5in 13mm MG Type 93 Twin	JPN 0.5in 13mm MG Type 93 Twin
	Torpedo 8 X JPN 21in 6 Nendo Shiki 1917			JPN 21in 6 Nendo Shiki 1917

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder	Building Cost Per Ship Pound Sterling	Building Cost Per Ship Pounds Sterling Per Ton	Class Building Cost Pound Sterling
	5	Kawasaki At Kobe Mitsubishi At Nagasaki Sasebo Dockyard	670 000	131.4	3 350 000

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1868 1945 Japan Russia 1905 1929 Germany Japan 1905 1945 United States Japan 1906 1929 Japan France 1916 1945 Japan China 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan 1935 1945 Japan Netherlands	1930 10 20 0000 Collision HIJMS Kitakami HIJMS Abukuma Directive: 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Directive First Stage First Phase 1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest Aleutian Islands 1942 May 01 Japanese Attack Kiska, Aleutian Islands 1943 03 26 0100 Surface Action Komandorski Islands 1943 Jul 01 Japanese Evacuation Aleutian Islands 1944 01 11 0100 Torpedoing Of The Kuma Penang, Malay Peninsula 1944 02 05 0100 Torpedoing Of Kitakami South West Pacific