Japanese cruiser Chōkai
Chōkai
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 Empire of Japan
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| Name: | Chōkai |
| Namesake: | Mount Chōkai |
| Laid down: | 26 March 1928 |
| Launched: | 5 April 1931 |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1932 |
| Struck: | 20 December 1944 |
| Fate: | Scuttled after gunfire/bomb damage in Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 |
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| 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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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. 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. She was sunk in the Battle off Samar in October 1944. Chōkai was named for Mount Chōkai.
At the start of the Pacific War, Chōkai supported the invasion of Malaya and participated in the pursuit of the Royal Navy's battleship Force Z. During January and February 1942, Chōkai was involved in operations to seize the oil-rich Dutch East Indies and the island of Borneo. Steaming near Cape St. Jacques, Chōkai struck a reef, sustaining hull damage on 22 February 1942. On 27 February, she reached Singapore for repairs.
After repairs, Chōkai was once again assigned to a support role in an invasion, this time the landings at Iri, Sumatra, and the invasion of the Andaman Islands and the seizure of Port Blair a few days later. Afterwards, Chōkai sailed to Mergui, Burma.
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