Ibuki-Class Heavy Cruisers
Never Completed - Ibuki-class were Japan's final heavy cruiser design. 4 ships planned as improved Mogami-class. Ten 8-inch guns, 35 knots, 12,200 tons. Construction begun 1942-1943 but war priorities intervened. Ibuki converted to light carrier (incomplete at surrender). Other three (Ikoma, Kurama, planned 4th) cancelled 1943-1944 (steel shortages). None completed. Showed Japan's late-war inability to finish major warships - resources/shipyards overwhelmed by losses. Design improvements over Mogami but never tested.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 14636 t
- Displacement (full)
- 14650 t
- Length
- 450.1 ft
- Beam
- 75.5 ft
- Crew
- 900 (estimated)
- Ships built
- 0 (cancelled/converted)
- Commissioned
- Never completed as heavy cruisers
- Decommissioned
- N/A
Performance
- Top speed
- 21.25 kn
- Range
- 6300 nm at 18 knots (estimated)
Armament
- Main guns
- 10× 203mm/50 Type 3 (8-inch) - five twin turrets
- Secondary guns
- 8× 100mm/65 Type 98 DP
- Torpedoes
- 8× 610mm (24-inch) Type 93 Long Lance - two quad launchers
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 4 inches (102mm)
- Deck
- 2.5 inches (64mm)
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 178.23
- Research cost
- 141,158
- Credit cost
- 124,761
Notable
- Final Japanese heavy cruiser design
- Improved Mogami-class with lessons learned
- 4 ships planned, none completed as cruisers
- Ibuki converted to carrier (incomplete at surrender)
- Other 3 cancelled early (steel shortages)
- Showed Japanese inability to complete major warships late war