IJN · CL
SunkKuma-class light cruiser, the last of the five. Mitsubishi at Nagasaki launched her on 14 December 1920 and completed her on 4 May 1921. She spent 1942 and 1943 in the Aleutians, carried 1,189 men out of Kiska in the evacuation of July 1943, was bombed near Rabaul in October 1943, and was sunk by carrier aircraft in Manila Bay on 13 November 1944.
| Class | Kuma class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Launched | 1920-12-14 |
| Commissioned | 1921-05-04 |
| Fate | Sunk. by carrier aircraft in Manila Bay on 13 November 1944, eight miles west of Cavite. Three bombs hit her. Eighty-nine men were killed, most of them Fifth Fleet staff aboard. The wreck was raised and broken up in 1955–56. |
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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.
Command
TOOno, TakejiCaptain from 10 November 1941Relieved on 20 September 1942IKKawai, IwaoCaptain from 20 September 1942Relieved on 4 October 1943TSSawa, TakeoCaptain from 4 October 1943Relieved on 7 February 1944RIImamura, RyonosukeCaptain from 7 February 1944In command when she was sunk, 13 November 1944; survived
Aleutian Islands
1942-06-03 · Captain Ono's Kiska invasion force; landed troops on Kiska on 7 June 1942; not sunk
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