Japanese cruiser Kuma

Kuma off Qingdao, 1930
History
Empire of Japan
NameKuma
NamesakeKuma River
Ordered1917 Fiscal Year
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down29 August 1918
Launched14 July 1919
Commissioned31 August 1920
Out of service11 January 1944
Stricken10 March 1944
Fate
General characteristics
Class & typeKuma-class cruiser
Displacement5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard
Length152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 shaft Gihon geared turbines
  • 12 Kampon boilers
  • 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)<
Speed36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement450
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 64 mm (3 in)
  • Deck: 29 mm (1 in)
Aircraft carried1 x floatplane
Aviation facilities1 aircraft catapult (from 1934)

Kuma (球磨) was a Kuma-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The lead vessel of the five ship class, she was named after the Kuma River in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.

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