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| Myoko | Nachi |
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| Haguro | Ashigara |
Haguro was the first Japanese warship model I built back as a sixth-grader (sniff, sniffle). These have always been my favorite Japanese CAs, probably more for sentimental reasons than anything else.
| Year Completed | Myoko: 1929 Nachi: 1928 Haguro: 1929 Ashigara: 1929 |
| Displacement | 14,980 tons |
| Dimensions | 661'9" x 68'0" x 20'9" |
| Speed | 34 knots |
| Armament |
10 x 8"/50 8 x 5"/40 DP up to 52 x 25mm AA 8 x 24" TT |
| Crew | 773 |
Additional Info
Nachi Tabular Record of Movement (TROM)
Haguro Tabular Record of Movement (TROM)
Myoko Tabular Record of Movement (TROM)
Ashigara Tabular Record of Movement (TROM)
Links From Related Partner Sites
Myoko-class Heavy Cruiser
* Nachi
* Haguro
* Myoko
* Ashigara
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| Japanese ships attacked by US planes | Haguro in the final stages of fitting out, off Mutusbishi's Nagasaki shipyard, Japan, 6 Apr 1929 | Haguro, probably between Dec 1931 and Nov 1932 when she was the third-ranking ship of Japanese Navy's Cruiser Squadron 4, Fourth Fleet; Japanese inscription in the lower right reads 'Large cruiser Hag | Haguro off the mouth of the Yangtse River near Shanghai, China, 1932 | Haguro underway at high speed, 1936 |
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| Haguro underway, Apr 1936 | Haguro steaming in the wake of another cruiser, 1937; note the 127mm/40 twin antiaircraft gun and gun director in the foreground | A bomb exploded off the port quarter of a Japanese cargo ship in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943; note Haguro in center distance and an USAAF 3rd Bomb Group B-25 bomber in lower left | Haguro under air attack by USAAF 3rd Bomb Group, Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943 | USAAF 3rd Bomb Group aircraft attacking Haguro and other ships in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2 |
See all 13 photos of Myoko-class Heavy Cruiser on WW2DB
