Furutaka-class cruiser

	Furutaka in 1939 during speed trials
Class overview
Name	Furutaka class
Builders	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki; Kawasaki, Kobe;
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Aoba class
In commission	1925–1942
Completed	2
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Heavy cruiser
Displacement	7,100 tons (standard); 9,540 tons (full load);
Length	185.1 m (607 ft 3.4 in) (o/a)
Beam	16.55 m (54 ft 3.6 in)
Draught	5.56 m (18 ft 2.9 in)
Installed power	12 Kampon boilers; 102,000 shp (76,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	625
Armament	(initial); 6 × single 20 cm (7.9 in) guns; 4 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns; 6 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes; (final); 3 × twin 20.3 cm (8 in) guns; 4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) AA guns; 4 × twin 25 mm (1.0 in) AA guns; 2 × quad 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 76 mm (3 in); Magazine: 51 mm (2 in); Turrets: 25.4 mm (1 in); Conning tower: none; Decks: 35 mm (1.4 in); Upper Decks: 48 mm (1.9 in);
Aircraft carried	1 or 2 seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 catapult

The Furutaka-class cruisers (古鷹型巡洋艦, Furutaka-gata jun'yōkan) were a class of two heavy cruisers which saw service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Both vessels of this class were sunk in 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign.

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