Nagara-Class Light Cruisers
Improved 5,500-Ton Type - Nagara-class were improved Kuma-class light cruisers. 6 ships commissioned 1922-1925 (largest 5,500-ton class). Better bridge structure, improved fire control. Same specs: 5,832 tons, 36 knots, 7× 140mm guns, 8× 24-inch Long Lance torpedoes. Destroyer flotilla leaders. All 6 fought entire WWII. All 6 lost in action (100% casualty rate - complete annihilation of class!). Famous ships: Nagara (Midway carrier force), Sendai (namesake lost at Empress Augusta Bay). Early losses (Natori August 1944) to late (Isuzu April 1945). Nagara-class: Workhorses of IJN light cruiser force, total sacrifice.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 5570 t
- Displacement (full)
- 5832 t
- Length
- 531.8 ft
- Beam
- 46.6 ft
- Crew
- 450
- Ships built
- 6
- Commissioned
- 1922-1925
- Decommissioned
- All lost 1943-1944
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 8/93 - 4 twin mounts
Armor & Systems
- Fire control
- Type 14 fire control system (improved)
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 62.86
- Research cost
- 22,127
- Credit cost
- 44,002
Notable
- Improved 5,500-ton light cruiser (1922-1925)
- Better bridge structure than Kuma
- Improved fire control
- 6 ships built (largest 5,500-ton class)
- All 6 fought entire WWII
- All 6 lost in action (100% loss rate - complete annihilation!)
- Famous ships: Natori (early loss 1944), Nagara (Midway)
- Isuzu survived longest (April 1945)