![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The one pic I have of Aoba's sister, Kinugasa, seen in her original configuration, 1929.Īnd that is all for these two amazing classes of heavy cruisers. She was sunk in shallow water at Kure on July 28, 1945. She was one of the last of Japan's heavy cruisers to be operational in the final days of WWII. Looking out over the port beam of the ship, over one of the 12 cm DP guns we see an Aichi E13A Type 0 Recon seaplane Model 11 being either set into the water, or recovered, during her accommodation work in October, 1942.Īnd finally Aoba's fate. Most notable is the aircraft deck, which has been redesigned. Behind her is Kaga after her final reconstruction.Īoba seen after her modernization in 1941. She is seen here on sea trials in July, 1927, steaming along at high speed.Īoba underway at Terashima Channel near the Gulf of Sasebo, April 8, 1936. She was the first of the four to be sunk on Augafter the Battle off Savo Island by USS S-44 (SS-155).Īh the Aoba, my favorite Japanese heavy cruiser (Takao is second guys don't worry). The second of the Furutaka-class, Kako at anchor at Kure Naval Port, July 31, 1926. She is on sea trials at Sukumo Bay in June, 1939 by this point there is only superficial differences between the Furutaka and Aoba-classes.įurutaka, with her half sister Kinugasa at Bungo-Channel in October 1941. They were built with 6 20 cm guns in single turrets, but were later modernized into the C-hull we see in game.įurutaka post modernization. We start with the Furious Taco herself, Furutaka, the IJN's first heavy cruisers and very ambitious ones at that. So I will do two posts, this one will be Furutaka and Aoba-classes, and the next, Myōkō and Tone-classes. Hi guys! So you all managed to tie the poll again between Japan's aircraft carriers, and their heavy cruisers. ![]()
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