Japanese Furutake-class heavy cruiser launched 1925
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Furutaka at anchor off Shinagawa, alongside Aoba and Kinugasa in the left distance, October 1935
History
Empire of Japan
Name
Furutaka
Namesake
Mount Furutaka
Ordered
1923 Fiscal Year
Builder
Mitsubishi shipyards, Nagasaki
Laid down
5 December 1922
Launched
25 February 1925
Commissioned
31 March 1926[1]
Stricken
20 December 1944
Fate
Sunk 12 October 1942 by USS Salt Lake City and USS Buchanan at the Battle of Cape Esperance
Furutaka (古鷹, Furutaka) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Furutaka-class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Mount Furutaka, located on Etajima, Hiroshima immediately behind the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy. She was commissioned in 1926 and was sunk 12 October 1942 by USS Salt Lake City and USS Buchanan at the Battle of Cape Esperance.
^Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794
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