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The name is Mount Haguro, in Yamagata. Haguro was a Myoko-class heavy cruiser. Mitsubishi at Nagasaki laid her down on 16 March 1925, launched her on 24 March 1928, and commissioned her on 25 April 1929.

Haguro was with Myoko at the Coral Sea, screening Shokaku and Zuikaku. She was not sunk there.

On the night of 1–2 November 1943 she was with Myoko again, off Empress Augusta Bay. Rear Admiral Sentaro Omori's flag was in Myoko. Captain Jisaku Uozumi had Haguro. Myoko collided with Hatsukaze and cut the destroyer's bow off. American destroyers finished Hatsukaze. That sinking is not credited to one of them. Haguro was damaged and was not sunk. The American ships hit that night are not credited to her alone.

On 25 October 1944 she was in Kurita's cruiser line off Samar, with Chokai. She fired in that fight and came out. The American ships lost that morning are not credited to her alone.

On 16 May 1945, in the Malacca Strait, British destroyers of the 26th Destroyer Flotilla caught her. Saumarez, Verulam, Vigilant, and Venus sank her. The loss is not credited to one of them.