Photos and the story
| Class | Mogami class |
|---|---|
| Type | Heavy cruiser (CA) |
| Fate | Sunk. In Kurita's cruiser division at Midway, and not sunk there. Off Samar on 25 October 1944 a near miss set off her torpedoes and she sank. American carrier aircraft. Not pinned to one plane. |
| Armament (class) | Five twin turrets and two funnels, as rebuilt with 8-inch guns. |
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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.
Suzuya was a Mogami-class heavy cruiser. At Midway she was in Kurita's division with Mikuma and Mogami. She was not sunk there. Mikuma was, by carrier aircraft, after the collision. That is not Suzuya's kill.
On 25 October 1944 she was off Samar. A near miss from American carrier aircraft set off the torpedoes in her tubes. The fire could not be stopped. She sank. Not pinned to one plane. Vice Admiral Kazutaka Shiraishi, who had the cruiser division, died aboard her.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.