Japanese cruiser Nagara

	Japanese light cruiser Nagara
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Nagara
Ordered	1919 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	9 September 1920
Launched	25 April 1921
Commissioned	21 April 1922
Stricken	10 October 1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Croaker off Amakusa Islands, East China Sea, 32°09′N 129°53′E, 7 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Nagara-class cruiser
Displacement	5,570 long tons (5,659 t)
Length	162.1 m (532 ft)
Beam	14.2 m (47 ft)
Draft	4.8 m (16 ft)
Installed power	90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines; 12 Kampon boilers (oil-burning 10, mixed 2);
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 36 kn (67 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	(as built) 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns; 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns; 8 × 61 cm torpedo tubes (12 x Type 91 torpedoes) (2x4); (final) 5 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns; 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns; 22 Type 96 25 mm AA guns (2 triple + 6 twin + 14 single); 10 × Type 93 13.2 mm machine guns; 8 × 61 cm torpedo tubes (8 x Type 93 torpedoes) (2 quad);
Armor	62 mm (belt); 30 mm (deck);
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult

Nagara (長良) was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Nagara River in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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