Japanese cruiser Nagara

	Japanese light cruiser Nagara
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Nagara
Ordered	1919 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	9 September 1920
Launched	25 April 1921
Commissioned	21 April 1922
Stricken	10 October 1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Croaker, 7 August 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	Nagara-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,570 long tons (5,659 t)
Length	162.1 m (531 ft 10 in)
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	12 Kampon boilers; 90,000 shp (67,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built; 7 × single 14 cm (5.5 in) guns; 2 × single 7.62 cm (3 in) AA guns; 2 x twin, 4 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns; 5 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes; July 1944; 5 × single 14 cm guns; 1 × twin 12.7 cm (5 in) DP guns; 2 × single 7.62 cm AA guns; 2 × triple, 6 × twin, 14 × single 25 mm AA guns; 10 × 13.2 mm machine guns; 2 × quadruple 61 cm torpedo tubes;
Armor	62 mm (2.4 in) (belt); 30 mm (1.2 in) (deck);
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

Nagara (長良) was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan.

History
Japanese light cruiser Nagara
Empire of Japan
Name	Nagara
Ordered	1919 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	9 September 1920
Launched	25 April 1921
Commissioned	21 April 1922
Stricken	10 October 1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Croaker, 7 August 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	Nagara-class light cruiser
Displacement	5,570 long tons (5,659 t)
Length	162.1 m (531 ft 10 in)
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	12 Kampon boilers 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	450
Armament	As built 7 × single 14 cm (5.5 in) guns 2 × single 7.62 cm (3 in) AA guns 2 x twin, 4 × single 25 mm (1 in) AA guns 5 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 2 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes July 1944 5 × single 14 cm guns 1 × twin 12.7 cm (5 in) DP guns 2 × single 7.62 cm AA guns 2 × triple, 6 × twin, 14 × single 25 mm AA guns 10 × 13.2 mm machine guns 2 × quadruple 61 cm torpedo tubes
Armor	62 mm (2.4 in) (belt) 30 mm (1.2 in) (deck)
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult