IJN cruiser Naka

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IJN cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader in the Pacific War before being sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1944.

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Generate an image of IJN cruiser Naka (IJN cruiser Naka was a Sendai-class light cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served as a destroyer flotilla leader in the Pacific War before being sunk by U.S. carrier aircraft in 1944.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy warship ⓘ
Sendai-class light cruiser ⓘ
World War II cruiser ⓘ
armamentAA various 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMainGuns 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedoes Type 93 “Long Lance” torpedoes ⓘ
beam approximately 14.2 meters ⓘ
builder Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard ⓘ
causeOfLoss aerial torpedo and bomb hits ⓘ
class Sendai-class cruiser ⓘ
commissioned 30 November 1925 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
crewComplement approximately 450–500 officers and men ⓘ
damagedIn air attack at Rabaul in early 1942 ⓘ
dateOfSinking 18 February 1944 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 7,100 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 5,200 tons ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
fleetAssignment Japanese 4th Fleet ⓘ
Japanese 8th Fleet ⓘ
laidDown 10 June 1920 ⓘ
launched 24 March 1925 ⓘ
lengthOverall approximately 162 meters ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 35 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Naka River ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ
invasion of the Philippines (1941) ⓘ
operations around Guadalcanal ⓘ
placeOfSinking near Truk Lagoon ⓘ
powerOutput approximately 90,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
refittedAt Japan ⓘ
role destroyer flotilla leader ⓘ
scrapped not applicable (lost in action) ⓘ
shipType light cruiser ⓘ
sisterShip IJN Jintsu ⓘ
IJN Sendai ⓘ
status wreck ⓘ
sunkBy U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ
aircraft from USS Bunker Hill ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ

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Chuichi Nagumo → commandedShip → IJN cruiser Naka ⓘ
IJN Sendai → sisterShipClass → IJN Naka ⓘ
linked to: IJN cruiser Naka
IJN Jintsu → sisterShip → IJN Naka ⓘ
linked to: IJN cruiser Naka
Naka River → namedAfter → Naka River (light cruiser namesake) ⓘ
linked to: IJN cruiser Naka