Japanese cruiser Kurama
Kurama | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kurama |
| Ordered | 1904 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 23 August 1905 |
| Launched | 21 October 1907 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 1911 |
| Stricken | 20 September 1923 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 20 September 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ibuki-class battlecruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 147.8 m (484 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 23 m (75 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | 22,500 ihp (16,780 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 21.25 kn (39.36 km/h; 24.45 mph) |
| Range | 5,000 nmi (9,000 km; 6,000 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 844 |
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Kurama (鞍馬) was the final vessel of the two-ship Ibuki class of armored cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kurama was named after Mount Kurama located north of Kyoto, Japan. On 28 August 1912, the Ibukis were re-classified as battlecruisers.