Japanese cruiser Chōkai
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Chōkai (鳥海) was a Takao-class heavy cruiser, armed with ten 20 cm (8 in) guns, four 12 cm (5 in) guns, eight tubes for the Type 93 torpedo, and assorted anti-aircraft guns. Named for Mount Chōkai, Chōkai was designed with the Imperial Japanese Navy strategy of the great "Decisive Battle" in mind, and built in 1932 by Mitsubishi's shipyard in Nagasaki.
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Chōkai.
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Chōkai in 1933 | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Chōkai |
Namesake | Mount Chōkai |
Builder | Mitsubishi |
Laid down | 26 March 1928 |
Launched | 5 April 1931 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1932 |
Stricken | 20 December 1944 |
Fate | Scuttled after gunfire/bomb damage in Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Takao-class cruiser |
Displacement | 15,781 tons |
Length | 203.76 m (668.5 ft) |
Beam | 19 m (62 ft) |
Draught | 6.3 m (21 ft) |
Propulsion | 130,000 hp (97,000 kW) |
Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h) |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 773 |
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Aircraft carried | 2 |
Aviation facilities | catapult |
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Chōkai participated in numerous actions during the Pacific War including the Battle of Savo Island off Guadalcanal, in which she along with other Japanese cruisers, sunk the heavy cruisers USS Astoria, USS Vincennes and USS Quincy. She was sunk in the Battle off Samar in October 1944.