Japanese cruiser Agano
Agano in October 1942, off Sasebo, Nagasaki
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| Name: | Agano |
| Ordered: | 1939 Fiscal Year |
| Builder: | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 18 June 1940 |
| Launched: | 22 October 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 31 October 1942 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Agano-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 6,652 t (6,547 long tons) (standard); 7,590 t (7,470 long tons) (loaded) |
| Length: | 174 m (571 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.6 m (18 ft) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 726 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 x floatplane |
| Aviation facilities: | 1 aircraft catapult |
Agano (阿賀野?) was the lead ship of the Agano-class cruisers which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. She was named after the Agano River in Fukushima and Niigata prefectures in Japan.
Agano was the first of the four vessels completed in the Agano class of light cruisers, which were intended to replace increasingly obsolete light cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Funding was authorized in the 4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme of 1939, although construction was delayed due to lack of capacity in Japanese shipyards. Like other vessels of her class, Agano was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla.
The design for the Agano class was based on technologies developed by the experimental cruiser Yūbari, resulting in a graceful and uncluttered deck line and single smokestack.
Agano was armed with six 152 mm Type 41 guns in three gun turrets. Secondary armament included four 8 cm/60 Type 98 naval guns designed specifically for the class, in two twin turrets amidships. Anti-aircraft weapons included two triple 25 mm AA guns in front of the bridge, and two twin 13 mm mounts near the mast.Agano also had two quadruple torpedo launchers for Type 93 torpedoes located below the flight deck, with eight reserve torpedoes. The torpedo tubes were mounted on the centerline, as was more common with destroyers, and had a rapid reload system with eight spare torpedoes. Being mounted on the centerline allowed the twin launchers to fire to either port or starboard, meaning that a full eight-torpedo broadside could be fired, whereas a ship with separate port and starboard launchers can only fire half of its torpedoes at a time. Two depth charge rails and 18 depth charges were also installed aft. Agano was also equipped with two Aichi E13A aircraft and had a flight deck with a 26-foot catapult.
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