Tone

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Tone is a prominent warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, best known as the lead vessel of the Tone-class heavy cruisers that saw extensive action during World War II.

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Tone canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heavy cruiser ⓘ
warship ⓘ
aircraftCarried floatplanes ⓘ
aircraftFacilities stern flight deck and catapults ⓘ
armamentAA 25 mm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMain 8 × 203 mm guns in four twin turrets ⓘ
armamentSecondary 127 mm dual-purpose guns ⓘ
beam approximately 18.5 m ⓘ
builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
category World War II cruiser of Japan ⓘ
causeOfSinking air attack by U.S. carrier aircraft ⓘ
class Tone-class heavy cruiser ⓘ
linked to: Tone-class cruiser
commissioned 1938-11-20 ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
designedRole carrier task force reconnaissance support ⓘ
scout cruiser ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 15,200 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 11,200 tons ⓘ
draft approximately 6.9 m ⓘ
fate sunk ⓘ
laidDown 1934-12-01 ⓘ
launched 1937-11-21 ⓘ
leadShipOf Tone-class heavy cruiser ⓘ
linked to: Tone-class cruiser
length approximately 201.7 m ⓘ
MidwayRole launched reconnaissance aircraft that sighted elements of the U.S. fleet ⓘ
navalEnsign Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
notableFeature all main gun turrets mounted forward ⓘ
large seaplane handling area aft ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of the Eastern Solomons ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ⓘ
Indian Ocean Raid ⓘ
linked to: Indian Ocean raid
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
range 8000 nautical miles at 18 knots ⓘ
servicePeriod World War II ⓘ
shaftCount 4 ⓘ
shipyard Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard ⓘ
sisterShip Chikuma ⓘ
sunkAt Kure, Japan ⓘ
sunkOn 1945-07-24 ⓘ
topSpeed 35 knots ⓘ

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