Japanese cruiser Myōkō

History
Myōkō in Singapore at the end of World War II:: Submarines I-501 and I-502 are tied up alongside.
Empire of Japan
Name	Myōkō
Namesake	Mount Myōkō
Ordered	1924
Builder	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Laid down	25 October 1924
Launched	16 April 1927
Commissioned	31 July 1929
Stricken	10 August 1946
Fate	Scuttled in the Strait of Malacca, 8 July 1946; 3°5′N 100°40′E / 3.083°N 100.667°E / 3.083; 100.667
General characteristics
Class & type	Myōkō-class cruiser
Displacement	13,500 t (13,300 long tons)
Length	201.7 m (661 ft 9 in)
Beam	20.73 m (68 ft 0 in)
Draft	6.32 m (20 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4-shaft geared turbines 12 Kampon boilers 130,000 shp
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	773
Armament	10 × 203 mm (8.0 in) guns (5×2) 6 × 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun guns (to 1934) or 8 × 12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval guns (from 1935) 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns 12 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Main belt: 100 mm (3.9 in) Main deck: 37 mm (1.5 in) Turrets: 25 mm (0.98 in) Barbettes: 75 mm (3.0 in)
Aircraft carried	3
Aviation facilities	2 aircraft catapults
Service record
Part of:	Imperial Japanese Navy
Operations:	First Shanghai Incident Second Sino-Japanese War Pacific War Battle of the Philippines (1941–42) Battle of the Java Sea (1942) Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) Battle of Midway (1942) Operation Ke (1942) Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (1943) Battle of the Philippine Sea (1944) Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)

Myōkō (妙高) was the lead ship of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. She was named after Mount Myōkō in Niigata Prefecture. The other ships of the class were Nachi, Ashigara, and Haguro.