6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded)
Length
162 m (531 ft)
Beam
15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught
5.6 m (18 ft)
Propulsion
4 shaft Gihon geared turbines
6 Kampon boilers
100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed
35 knots (65 km/h)
Range
6,300 nautical miles (11,670 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement
726
Armament
6 × 152 mm Type 41 guns (3×2)
4 × 76 mm Type 98 DP guns (2x2),
2 × triple Type 96 25 mm AA guns,
2 × twin 13 mm machine guns
8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (2x4)
48 naval mines
Armor
Belt 60 mm (2.4 in)
Deck 20 mm (0.79 in)
Aircraft carried
2 x floatplanes
Aviation facilities
1 aircraft catapult
Noshiro (能代) was an Agano-class cruiser which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.[2] She was named after the Noshiro River in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan.
^Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.
^Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 111-112
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