Furutaka-class cruisers

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The Furutaka-class cruisers were early Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruisers of the interwar period, notable for pioneering features that shaped subsequent Japanese cruiser design.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Furutaka class 2
Furutaka-class cruisers canonical 2
Aoba-class cruisers 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship class ⓘ
heavy cruiser class ⓘ
aircraftFacilities fitted with aircraft catapult after modernization ⓘ
armourLayout side belt and deck armor typical of early treaty cruisers ⓘ
builder Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe ⓘ
Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard ⓘ
category Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
designedAs treaty heavy cruisers ⓘ
designedSpeed approximately 34.5 knots ⓘ
designedToComplyWith Washington Naval Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Five-Power Treaty
designInfluenceOn Aoba-class cruisers ⓘ
linked to: Aoba-class cruiser

Myōkō-class cruisers ⓘ
displacement approximately 7,100 tons standard (as built) ⓘ
fate both ships lost in World War II ⓘ
followedBy Aoba-class cruisers ⓘ
linked to: Aoba-class cruiser
gunTurretConfiguration single-gun turrets as built ⓘ
twin-gun turrets after modernization ⓘ
hullConstruction all-steel hull ⓘ
leadShip Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ
memberOf Japanese cruiser fleet ⓘ
modernizationFeatures enhanced anti-aircraft armament ⓘ
improved fire-control systems ⓘ
increased torpedo armament ⓘ
replacement of single turrets with twin turrets ⓘ
namingConvention named after Japanese mountains ⓘ
navy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
notableFor early adoption of heavy cruiser concept in Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
pioneering features that influenced later Japanese cruiser designs ⓘ
numberOfShips 2 ⓘ
operatedBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
precededBy Tenryū-class cruisers ⓘ
primaryArmament 200 mm naval guns ⓘ
203 mm naval guns (after reconstruction) ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
reconstruction extensively modernized in the 1930s ⓘ
serviceEntry 1926 ⓘ
servicePeriod interwar period ⓘ
shipInClass Japanese cruiser Furutaka ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Kako ⓘ
shipType heavy cruiser ⓘ
superstructureType early pagoda-style bridge (after modifications) ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
torpedoArmament Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes (after modernization) ⓘ
usedIn Pacific War ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese cruiser Yubari → designInfluenceOn → Furutaka-class cruisers ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Yubari → designInfluenceOn → Aoba-class cruisers ⓘ
linked to: Furutaka-class cruisers
Japanese cruiser Kako → class → Furutaka class ⓘ
linked to: Furutaka-class cruisers
Japanese cruiser Kako → category → Furutaka-class cruisers ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Furutaka → class → Furutaka class ⓘ
linked to: Furutaka-class cruisers