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Japanese cruiser Kinugasa

Aoba-class cruiser Heavy cruiser Kinugasa on commissioning at Kobe History Empire of JapanNameKinugasaNamesakeMount KinugasaOrdered1923 Fiscal YearBuilderKawasaki Heavy IndustriesLaid down24 October 1924Launched24 October 1926Commissioned30 September 1927Stricken15 December 1942FateSunk 13 November 1942 by American aircraft during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal at 08°45′S 157°00′E / 8.750°S 157.000°E / -8.750; 157.000 General characteristicsClass & typeAoba-class heavy cruiserDisplacement8,300 long tons (8,433 t) (standard); 9,000 long tons (9,144 t) (final)Length185.17 m (607 ft 6 in)Beam 15.83 m (51 ft 11 in) (initial) 17.56 m (57 ft 7 in) (final) Draft 5.71 m (18 ft 9 in) (initial) 5.66 m (18 ft 7 in) (final) Installed power102,000 shp (76,000 kW)Propulsion 4 × Brown Curtis geared turbines 12 × Kampon boilers 4 × shafts Speed36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) – 33.43 kn (61.91 km/h; 38.47 mph)Range As Built: 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) Final: 8,223 nmi (15,229 km; 9,463 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) Complement 643 (initial) 657 (final) Armament As Built: 6 × 7.9 in (200 mm)/50 cal Mark I guns (3x2) 4 × 4.7 in (120 mm)/45 cal guns (4x1) 12 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes (6x2) Final: 6 × 8 in (203 mm)/50 cal Mark II guns (3x2) 4 × 4.7 in (120 mm)/45 cal guns (4x1) 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes (2x4) 50 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) anti-aircraft guns Armor Belt: 76 mm (3.0 in) (belt) Deck: 36 mm (1.4 in) (deck) Aircraft carried 1 × floatplane (initial) 2 × floatplanes (final) Aviation facilities1 × catapult Kinugasa (Japanese: 衣笠; named after Mount Kinugasa) was the second vessel in the two-vessel Aoba class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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