Japanese cruiser Kumano
Mogami-class cruiser
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Kumano was one of four Mogami class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving in World War II. She was named after the Kumano River Kii Peninsula on the island of Honshu in central Japan. The Mogami-class ships were constructed as... Wikipedia
Launched: October 15, 1936
Length: 661′
Construction started: April 4, 1934
Aircraft carried: 3 × Aichi E13A (Type 1) reconnaissance floatplanes
Aviation facilities: 2 × catapults
Fate: Sunk by aircraft, 25 November 1944
Propulsion: 4 × impulse single-geared steam turbines; 10 × Kampon boilers; 4 × shafts