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Japanese cruiser Yura information


Yura anchored in Tateyama Bay in early August 1923
History
Japanese cruiser YuraEmpire of Japan
NameYura
NamesakeYura River
Ordered1920 Fiscal Year
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down21 May 1921
Launched15 February 1922
Commissioned20 March 1923
Stricken20 November 1942
FateScuttled, 25 October 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeNagara-class cruiser
Displacement5,170 long tons (5,253 t) (standard)
Length162.15 m (532 ft) (o/a)
Beam14.17 m (46 ft 6 in)
Draft4.86 m (15 ft 11 in)
Installed power
  • 12 Kampon boilers
  • 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement450
Armament
  • 7 × single 14 cm (5.5 in) guns
  • 2 × single 7.6 cm (3 in) AA guns
  • 4 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 48 x naval mines
Armor
  • Belt: 63.4 mm (2.5 in)
  • Deck: 28.6 mm (1.1 in)
Aircraft carried1 × Floatplane
Aviation facilities1 × Flying-off platform

Yura (由良) was the fourth of the six ships completed in the Nagara class of light cruisers for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla. She served in the early stages of World War II.

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