Kuma-Class
First Post-WWI Cruisers - Kuma-class were first post-WWI Japanese light cruisers. 5 ships built 1920-1921. Seven 5.5-inch guns + eight 24-inch torpedoes. High speed (36 knots). All five lost 1943-1946. Kitakami and Oi converted to torpedo cruisers (40 torpedoes each), then kaiten suicide submarine carriers - most unusual conversions in naval history.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 5500 t
- Displacement (full)
- 5832 t
- Length
- 531.8 ft
- Beam
- 46.6 ft
- Crew
- 450
- Ships built
- 5
- Commissioned
- 1920-1921
- Decommissioned
- None (all sunk or scuttled)
Performance
- Top speed
- 36 kn
- Range
- 5000 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 7× 140mm/50 Type 3 (5.5-inch) - seven single mounts
- Secondary guns
- 2× 76mm/40 Type 3 AA
- Torpedoes
- 8× 610mm (24-inch) - two quad launchers
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 2.5 inches (63mm)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 62.58
- Research cost
- 22,028
- Credit cost
- 43,806
Notable
- First post-WWI Japanese light cruisers
- Kitakami and Oi converted to torpedo cruisers (40 torpedoes each)
- High speed (36 knots) for 1920s cruisers
- Last mixed coal/oil firing cruisers