IJN · CL
Nagara
Photos and infoNagara-class light cruiser. Rear Admiral Kimura's flagship with Abe's battleships. One shell hit her, and she was not sunk that night. USS Croaker sank her on 7 August 1944, west of the Amakusa Islands.
| Class | Nagara class |
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| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Fate | Sunk. Kimura's flagship on the battleship night of 13 November 1942. One shell hit her, and she was not sunk that night. USS Croaker sank her on 7 August 1944, west of the Amakusa Islands. |
| Armament (class) | 5,500-ton light cruiser. Four funnels, used as a destroyer-squadron flagship. |
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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.
File:Nagara.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · destroyer-squadron flagship
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · flagship of Destroyer Squadron 10 in the vanguard force. Not sunk
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night action
1942-11-13 · one 5-inch hit
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night
1942-11-15 · in the screen; not sunk
