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IJN Kinu

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Kinu

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Nagara-class light cruiser. Kawasaki at Kobe launched her on 29 May 1922 and completed her on 10 November 1922. She led submarines in the Malaya campaign, escorted the invasions of Borneo, Java and Dutch New Guinea, and spent 1943 in the East Indies. During the Battle of Leyte Gulf she carried troops to Ormoc, and escort-carrier aircraft sank her in the Visayan Sea on 26 October 1944.

ClassNagara class
TypeLight cruiser (CL)
BuilderKawasaki, Kobe
Launched1922-05-29
Commissioned1922-11-10
FateSunk. by escort-carrier aircraft in the Visayan Sea on 26 October 1944, after landing troops at Ormoc. She went down by the stern at about 1730, 44 miles southwest of Masbate. Eighty-three men were killed and 51 wounded. Captain Kawasaki survived.
Armament (class)5,500-ton light cruiser. Four funnels, used as a destroyer-squadron flagship.
Command
  • Kato, Yoshiro Captain from 11 August 1941; Relieved on 12 December 1942
  • Uehara, Yoshio Captain from 12 December 1942; Relieved on 22 March 1943
  • Itakura, Tokushi Captain from 22 March 1943; Relieved on 4 February 1944
  • Kawasaki, Harumi Captain from 4 February 1944; In command when she was sunk, 26 October 1944; survived

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.

Japanese photograph, via the Mikasa Memorial Museum and Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (photographed in Japan before 1957).

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

YKKato, YoshiroCaptain from 11 August 1941Relieved on 12 December 1942YUUehara, YoshioCaptain from 12 December 1942Relieved on 22 March 1943TIItakura, TokushiCaptain from 22 March 1943Relieved on 4 February 1944HKKawasaki, HarumiCaptain from 4 February 1944In command when she was sunk, 26 October 1944; survived

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