IJN · CL
Abukuma
Photos and infoNagara-class light cruiser. She was the flagship of the destroyer squadron screening the Pearl Harbor carriers, and she was not hit that day. A torpedo damaged her in Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944. Army bombers sank her the next day off Negros. That loss is not credited to one ship.
| Class | Nagara class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Fate | Sunk. Nagara-class light cruiser, flagship of Destroyer Squadron 1 with the Pearl Harbor striking force. A torpedo damaged her in Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944. Army bombers sank her the next day off Negros. Not one ship. |
| Armament (class) | 5,500-ton light cruiser. Four funnels, used as a destroyer-squadron flagship. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Abukuma cl1941.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · destroyer-squadron flagship; not hit
Battle of Surigao Strait
1944-10-25 · torpedoed on the way in and fell out
