IJN · CL
Natori
Photos and infoNagara-class light cruiser. Rear Admiral Kenzaburo Hara flew his flag in her at Sunda Strait, and she launched four torpedoes. The sinking of Perth and Houston is not credited to her. USS Hardhead sank her on 18 August 1944, east of Samar.
| Class | Nagara class |
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| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Launched | 1922-02-16 |
| Commissioned | 1922-09-15 |
| Fate | Sunk. Not sunk at Sunda Strait. USS Hardhead sank her on 18 August 1944, east of Samar. |
| 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.
Natori at Singapore in 1943, after a near miss flooded a boiler room. She was waiting for repairs. 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 Sunda Strait
1942-03-01 · Hara's flagship. Launched four torpedoes. Not sunk that night
