heavy cruiser Haguro

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Heavy cruiser Haguro was an Imperial Japanese Navy Myōkō-class warship that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II before being sunk by British destroyers in 1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Myōkō-class cruiser ⓘ
heavy cruiser ⓘ
warship ⓘ
armamentAA various anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMain 10 × 203 mm guns ⓘ
armamentTorpedo 610 mm torpedo tubes ⓘ
battle Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Malacca Strait ⓘ
Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Sunda Strait ⓘ
Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
beam 20.4 metres ⓘ
builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
causeOfLoss gunfire ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
commissioned 1929-04-25 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
crewComplement about 770 ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1945-05-16 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 15,900 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 13,300 tons ⓘ
draft 6.32 metres ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
laidDown 1925-03-16 ⓘ
launched 1928-03-24 ⓘ
length 203.8 metres ⓘ
maximumSpeed 35.5 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Haguro ⓘ
linked to: Mt. Haguro
navalFleet Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
placeOfSinking Strait of Malacca ⓘ
powerOutput about 130,000 shaft horsepower ⓘ
propulsion oil-fired boilers ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
range about 8,000 nautical miles at 14 knots ⓘ
role escort for troop convoys ⓘ
surface combatant ⓘ
shipClass Myōkō-class cruiser ⓘ
linked to: Myoko-class cruiser
shipyard Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard ⓘ
sisterShip Japanese cruiser Ashigara ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Myōkō ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Nachi ⓘ
status shipwreck ⓘ
sunkBy British destroyers ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
theatre Pacific War ⓘ

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Japanese Center Force → component → heavy cruiser Haguro ⓘ