IJN · CL
Yahagi
Photos and infoAgano-class light cruiser. In Kurita's screen off Samar. Not sunk that day. On 7 April 1945 she sortied with Yamato. Bombs and torpedoes sank her. Rear Admiral Keizo Komura and Captain Tameichi Hara survived. Not credited to one carrier.
| Class | Agano class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Fate | Sunk. Led destroyers in Kurita's screen off Samar. Not sunk that day. Sunk with Yamato on 7 April 1945. |
| Armament (class) | Three twin 6-inch mounts and one funnel. |
| Command |
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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.
Yahagi off Sasebo, December 1943. 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 the Sibuyan Sea
1944-10-24 · with the force; not sunk
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · in the screen; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · sunk on 7 April on the way
Operation Ten-Go
1945-04-07 · sunk; Komura and Hara survived