Ship Class: HIJMS Aoba

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Ship Class	HIJMS Aoba


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Ship	HIJMS Aoba HIJMS Kinugasa
Ship Type	Cruiser
Cruiser Type	Heavy
Ship Class Attribute	Flush Decked \| Longitudinal Framed

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Japan		1924 Jan 23	1945 Jul 28

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	7 100ton	185.87m	15.83m	5.7m	625	1 250

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed
	4	102 000hp	34.5kt

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	2 250ton	6 000mile	14kt	15.518day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Designed By	3) 1: Governed By Treaty Category	4) 1: Improve Ship Class	5) 4: as Class Improvement	6) 1: Armour	7) 1: Machinery
	Fujimoto Kikuo \| Hiraga Yuzuru	1922 Washington, Cruiser	HIJMS Furutaka	N	1 178ton	2 140ton

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				1in Turret \| 3in Belt \| 1.38in Deck \| 2in Magazine Box	JPN Director Type 14 Low Angle		2	HIJMS Aoba Gun 3 X JPN 7.9in 20cm 3 Nendo Shiki Twin C
	Gun 3 X JPN 7.9in 20cm 3 Nendo Shiki Twin C	JPN 7.9in 20cm 3 Nendo Shiki Twin C				JPN Target Motion Calculator Type 13		2
	Gun 4 X JPN 4.7in 12cm 45cal 10 Nendo Shiki Single	JPN 4.7in 12cm 45cal 10 Nendo Shiki Single				JPN Director Type 14 Torpedo		2
	Gun 1 X JPN 0.5in 13mm MG Type 93 Twin	JPN 0.5in 13mm MG Type 93 Twin				JPN Searchlight 90cm SU Type		3
	Torpedo 12 X JPN 61cm Type 93 Long Lance			JPN 61cm Type 93 Long Lance		JPN Searchlight 40cm Navigation		2

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
	2	Kawasaki At Kobe Mitsubishi At Nagasaki	1 420 000	196.8	2 840 000

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity
	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	Directive: 1941 Dec 07 Japanese Directive First Stage First Phase 1941 Dec 10 Japanese Landing Guam, Mariana Islands 1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest MO Operation Tulagi, Solomon Islands Port Moresby 1942 08 09 0100 Surface Action First Battle Of Savo Island, Solomon Islands 1942 Aug 10 Japanese Transport KA Operation Solomon Islands 1942 Oct 14 Japanese Attack Bombardment Lunga Point Guadalcanal 1942 Oct 17 Japanese Attack Lunga Point Guadalcanal 1942 Oct 31 Japanese Covering Transport Runs To Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

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