Japanese cruiser Tama
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Tama (多摩) was the second of the five Kuma-class light cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy, which played an active role in World War II. Tama was named after the Tama River in Kantō region of Japan.
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Tama |
Namesake | Tama River |
Ordered | 1917 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
Cost | 6,915,078 JPY |
Laid down | 10 August 1918 |
Launched | 10 February 1920 |
Commissioned | 29 January 1921 [1] |
Stricken | 20 December 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Jallao northeast of Luzon at 21°23′N 127°19′E, 25 October 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kuma-class light cruiser |
Displacement | 5,100 long tons (5,182 t) (standard) |
Length | 152.4 m (500 ft) |
Beam | 14.2 m (47 ft) |
Draft | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
Installed power | 90,000 shp (67,000 kW) |
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Speed | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 450 |
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Armor | |
Aircraft carried | 1 × floatplane |
Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult |
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