Kuma-Class Light Cruisers
First 5,500-Ton Type - Kuma-class were Japan's first 5,500-ton light cruisers. 5 ships commissioned 1920-1921. Designed as destroyer flotilla leaders. 36 knots (fastest cruisers when commissioned). 7� 140mm (5.5-inch) guns, 8� 24-inch torpedoes. Light armor (2.5-inch belt). 5,100/5,832 tons. Started series: Kuma (5), Nagara (6), Sendai (3) = 14 total 5,500-ton cruisers (interwar workhorse class). All 5 fought entire WWII. 4 lost (80% casualty rate). 1 survivor: Kitakami (converted to kaiten suicide torpedo carrier). High-speed scouts and flotilla leaders 1920s-1940s. Kuma-class: Foundation of Japanese light cruiser force.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 5500 t
- Displacement (full)
- 5832 t
- Length
- 531.8 ft
- Beam
- 46.6 ft
- Crew
- 438
- Ships built
- 5
- Commissioned
- 1920-1921
- Decommissioned
- 1944-1947
Performance
- Top speed
- 36 kn
- Range
- 5000 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 7� 140mm (5.5-inch) Type 3 - single mounts
- Torpedoes
- 8� 610mm (24-inch) Type 8 - 4 twin mounts
Armor & Systems
- Fire control
- Type 14 fire control system
In-Game
- Tier
- T3
- Game power
- 50.38
- Research cost
- 9,975
- Credit cost
- 35,266
Notable
- First of 5,500-ton light cruiser type (1920-1921)
- 36 knots (fastest cruisers when built)
- 7� 140mm guns, 8� 24-inch torpedoes
- Designed for destroyer flotilla leadership
- 5 ships built rapidly (1920-1921)
- All 5 fought entire WWII
- 4 lost in action (80% loss rate)
- 1 survivor (Kitakami - converted to kaiten carrier)
- Kuma-class started series: Kuma ? Nagara ? Sendai (14 total 5,500-ton type)