Japanese cruiser Nachi
Nachi at speed | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Nachi |
| Namesake | Mount Nachi, Wakayama, Japan |
| Ordered | 1923 |
| Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
| Cost | 21.9 million yen |
| Laid down | 26 November 1924 |
| Launched | 15 June 1927 |
| Commissioned | 28 November 1928 |
| Stricken | 20 January 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft in Manila Bay, 5 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Myōkō-class cruiser |
| Displacement | 13,300 long tons (13,500 t) |
| Length | 201.7 m (661 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 20.73 m (68 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 6.32 m (20 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 130,000 shp (97,000 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 773 |
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| Armor | |
| Aircraft carried | 2 × floatplanes |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
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Nachi (那智) was the second vessel completed of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. The other ships of the class were Myōkō, Ashigara, and Haguro. She was named after a mountain in Wakayama Prefecture.