IJN · CA
Haguro
Photos and infoMyoko-class heavy cruiser. Screened Shokaku and Zuikaku at Coral Sea. Damaged at Empress Augusta Bay, and not sunk. Fought off Samar, and not sunk that day. On 16 May 1945 British destroyers sank her in the Malacca Strait. Not credited to one ship.
| Class | Myoko class |
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| Type | Heavy cruiser (CA) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Launched | 1928-03-24 |
| Commissioned | 1929-04-25 |
| Fate | Sunk. With Myoko and the carriers at Coral Sea, and not sunk there. Damaged at Empress Augusta Bay on 2 November 1943, and not sunk there. In Kurita's cruiser line off Samar, and not sunk that day. On 16 May 1945 the British 26th Destroyer Flotilla sank her in the Malacca Strait. Saumarez, Verulam, Vigilant, and Venus. Not credited to one of them. |
| Armament (class) | Five twin 8-inch turrets and two funnels. |
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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.
Haguro-1942.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of the Java Sea
1942-02-27 · with Nachi. Japanese records credit her with the hit on Exeter, the torpedo that sank Kortenaer, and the torpedo that sank De Ruyter. Not sunk
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942-05-08 · with the carriers; not sunk
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
1943-11-02 · damaged; not sunk
Battle of the Sibuyan Sea
1944-10-24 · with the force; not sunk
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · in the cruiser line; not sunk
