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Kumano

Class	Mogami class
Type	Heavy cruiser (CA)
Fate	Sunk. Kurita's flagship in the Midway support force, and not sunk there. Off Samar the usual account is that one torpedo from Johnston tore her bow off. She left the fight and was not sunk that day. Aircraft sank her in Dasol Bay on 25 November 1944.
Armament (class)	Five twin turrets and two funnels, as rebuilt with 8-inch guns.
Command	Tanaka, Kikumatsu Captain from 24 May 1941 Kurita, Takeo Flag, June 1942 Fujita, Toshizo Captain from 17 February 1943 Hitomi, Soichiro Captain from 29 March 1944

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.

Kumano was a Mogami-class heavy cruiser, sister of Suzuya, Mikuma, and Mogami. At Midway she was in Kurita's support force. She was not sunk there. After Mogami rammed Mikuma, that cruiser was finished by carrier aircraft. Kumano was not the ship that sank her.

On 25 October 1944 she was off Samar in Cruiser Division 7. The usual account is that one torpedo from Johnston tore her bow off. She left the fight. She was not sunk that day.

Aircraft sank her in Dasol Bay on 25 November 1944. Not credited to one plane.

The pictures on this page are the originals.