Mogami-class cruiser

Description

The Mogami-class were four cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s. All were named after Japanese rivers.

They were initially built and classified as light cruisers to comply with the London Naval Treaty. After Japan refused to comply any longer with that agreement, all four ships were rearmed with larger guns and were reclassified as heavy cruisers.

Vehicles

Rank IV

• Mikuma ₍₁₉₃₉₎ (三隈)

Rank V

• Suzuya ₍₁₉₃₇₎ (鈴谷)
• Mogami ₍₁₉₄₀₎ (最上)

Vehicles are listed in order of refit year, not build year

History

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Mogami (最上)	Kure Naval Arsenal	27 October 1931	14 Mar 1934	28 July 1935	Scuttled after massive battle damage during the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 Oct 1944
Mikuma (三隈)	Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki	24 December 1931	31 May 1934	29 August 1935	Sunk during the Battle of Midway, 5 Jun 1942
Suzuya (鈴谷)	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	11 December 1933	20 November 1934	31 October 1937	Sunk during the Battle off Samar, 25 Oct 1944
Kumano (熊野)	Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe	5 April 1934	15 October 1936	31 October 1937	Sunk by American aircraft during the Philippine campaign, 25 Nov 1944

Japan light cruisers
Kuma-class	IJN Tama
	IJN Yubari*
Nagara-class	IJN Isuzu
Sendai-class	IJN Sendai
Agano-class	IJN Agano
Mogami-class	IJN Mikuma · IJN Suzuya
	* Unique ship

Japan heavy cruisers
Furutaka-class	IJN Furutaka · IJN Kako
Aoba-class	IJN Aoba
Myōkō-class	IJN Myoko · IJN Haguro
Mogami-class	IJN Mogami
Tone-class	IJN Tone