The three Chikuma-class cruisers (筑摩型防護巡洋艦, Chikuma-gata bōgojun'yōkan) were protected cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They participated...
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Prefecture Chikuma, Angola, a commune Chikuma-class cruiser, a class of protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy Japanese ship Chikuma, several...
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Chikuma (筑摩) was the second and last vessel in the Tone class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Chikuma River...
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Chikuma (筑摩) was the lead ship in the Chikuma class of protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Chikuma had two sister ships, Hirado and the Yahagi...
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borne the name Chikuma after the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture: Japanese cruiser Chikuma (1911), a Chikuma-class protected cruiser that was commissioned...
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by cruisers. The Tone and the Chikuma were intended to provide the long range reconnaissance needed for Japan's carrier Air Fleets. The Tone-class cruisers...
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represented an intermediate class between the light cruiser (e.g.Chikuma class of 5,000 t) and the destroyer (e.g. Kawakaze-class destroyers of 1,300 t),...
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JS Yahagi (category Mogami-class frigates)
following the former Imperial Japanese Navy's Chikuma-class cruiser Yahagi of 1911, and the Agano-class cruiser Yahagi of 1942, though the kanji characters...
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Tone (利根) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Tone class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Tone River, in...
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the second vessel in the Chikuma class of protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yahagi had two sister ships, Chikuma and Hirado. She was named...
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final vessel built of the Chikuma-class protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Hirado had two sister ships, Chikuma and Yahagi. She was named...
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The Takao-class cruiser (高雄型) was a class of four heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched between May 1930 and April 1931. All served...
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Ōyodo (大淀) was a light cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II, and was the only ship of her class completed before the end...
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the Java-class cruiser, intended to outperform all comparable cruisers, especially those of Japan. The new Japanese Chikuma-class scout cruiser–with 5,000...
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vessel in the Takao-class heavy cruisers, active in World War II with the Imperial Japanese Navy. These were the largest cruisers in the Japanese fleet...
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The Myōkō-class cruisers (妙高型巡洋艦, Myōkō-gata jun'yōkan) were a series of four heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1920s. Three...
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Suzuya (鈴谷) was the third of four vessels in the Mogami class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Suzuya [ru] River...
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The six Nagara-class light cruisers (長良型軽巡洋艦, Nagaragata keijun'yōkan) were a class of six light cruisers built for and operated by the Imperial Japanese...
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Japanese ship Yahagi (redirect from Japanese cruiser Yahagi)
Self-Defense Force, named after the Yahagi River: Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1911), a Chikuma-class cruiser; participated in World War I; demilitarized in 1940...
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Hirado: Japanese cruiser Hirado was a Chikuma-class cruiser launched in 1911 and struck in 1940 Japanese escort ship Hirado was an Etorofu-class escort ship...
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The Sendai-class light cruisers (川内型軽巡洋艦, Sendai-gata keijun'yōkan) were a class of three warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessels...
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Asama-class cruiser Chikuma-class cruiser Furutaka-class cruiser Fusō-class battleship Hashima-class cable layer Hatsutaka-class minelayer Ise-class battleship...
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The Mogami class (最上型) was a ship class of four cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1930s. They were initially classified as...
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The Ibuki-class (伊吹型, Ibuki-gata) cruisers were the last class of heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). In order to save design time...
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USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) (category John C. Butler-class destroyer escorts)
nearing the carrier formation. Through the smoke and rain, the heavy cruiser Chikuma appeared, firing broadsides at the carriers. Copeland changed course...
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Yahagi (矢矧) was an Agano-class cruiser which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Yahagi was the third of four vessels completed...
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Takao-class heavy cruisers, active in World War II with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). These were among the largest and most modern cruisers in the...
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The Katori-class training cruisers (香取型練習巡洋艦, Katori-gata renshū-jun'yōkan) were originally ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) to serve as training...
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A heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches)...
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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...
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