Japanese cruiser Kiso
Japanese cruiser Kiso showing Arctic camouflage during the Aleutians Campaign, 1942 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Kiso |
| Namesake | Kiso River |
| Ordered | 1917 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
| Cost | 6,915,078 JPY |
| Laid down | 10 August 1918 |
| Launched | 14 December 1920 |
| Commissioned | 4 May 1921 |
| Stricken | 20 December 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk 13 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kuma-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard |
| Length | 152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a |
| Beam | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 450 |
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| Armor | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 x floatplane, 1 catapult |
Kiso (木曾) was the fifth and last of the five Kuma-class light cruisers, which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was named after the Kiso River in central Honshū, Japan.