Sea Weapons

Light Cruiser (1920)

Kuma class

Preceded by:

None

Succeeded by:

None

Datafile

ClassKumaKuma (CLT)Kitakami (1945)
TypeLight CruiserTorpedo CruiserTorpedo Cruiser
Year192019411945
Crew450450450
Dimensions
Length158.6 m (pp)
162.1 m
158.6 m (pp)
162.2 m
158.6 m (pp)
163 m
Beam14.2 m17.5 m17.5 m
Draught4.8 m5.6 m5.6 m
Displacement
Empty5,500 t5,780 t5,640 t
Loaded5,832 t7,800 t7,009 t
Performance
Speed67 km/h67 km/h44 km/h
Range16,668 km @ 19 km/h
16,668 km @ 19 km/h
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Machinery
Shafts442
Turbines4 x Geared steam
90,000 hp
Gihon
4 x Geared steam
90,000 hp
Gihon
2 x Geared steam
35,000 hp
Gihon
Boilers12 x Kampon12 x Kampon6 x Kampon
FuelOil: 1,260 tOil: 1,260 tOil: 1,260 t
Armament
Anti-Aircraft2 x 76-mm (2 x 1)
8cm/40 Type 3
2 x 7-mm (2 x 1)
6.5cm/115 Type 3 [<1938]
2 x 25-mm (2 x 1)
25mm/60 Type 96 [1938]
38-41 x 25-mm (2-5 x 3, 1-4 x 2, 6-18 x 1)
25mm/60 Type 96 [1944]
6-8 x 13-mm (6-8 x 1)
13mm/76 Type 93 [1944]
4 x 25-mm (2 x 2)
25mm/60 Type 96
38-41 x 25-mm (2-5 x 3, 1-4 x 2, 6-18 x 1)
25mm/60 Type 96 [1944]
6-8 x 13-mm (6-8 x 1)
13mm/76 Type 93 [1944]
4 x 127-mm (2 x 2)
12.7cm/40 Type 89
67 x 25-mm (12 x 3, 31 x 1)
25mm/60 Type 96
94 x 25-mm (12 x 3, 58 x 1)
25mm/60 Type 96 [1945]
Torpedo tubes4x2 x (21-in)
10x4 x (21-in)
10x4 x (21-in)
AA WeaponsMines (48)
Mines (48)
Depth Charges (2 x 12)
Kaiten (8)
Armor
Belt64 mm64 mm64 mm
Deck28 - 46 mm28 - 46 mm28 - 46 mm
Gun turret20 mm20 mm20 mm
Conning tower25 - 51 mm25 - 51 mm25 - 51 mm
Sensors
RadarType 21
Type 22
Type 21
Type 22
Type 13
Type 22
Production
Built521
Total5

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Kuma Sasebo K K29/08/191814/07/191931/08/192011/01/1944 Loss by submarine
Tama Mitsubishi10/08/191810/02/192029/01/192125/10/1944 Loss by submarine
Kitakami Sasebo K K01/09/191903/07/192015/04/192130/11/1945Sold/Scrapped
Oi Kawasaki24/11/191915/07/192003/10/192119/07/1944 Loss by submarine
Kiso Mitsubishi10/06/191914/12/192004/05/192113/11/1944 Loss by aircraft