The last generation of light cruisers of the old Japanese Navy, the light cruiser Sakura

Mondo Military Updated on 2024-02-20

Light cruiser Nippon Sakura: Immerse yourself in the aftermath of history.

Looking back around World War II, the Japanese Navy's ambitions for external expansion led it to build a large number of ships. Of these, the Agano-class light cruisers were launched in June 1940 with a total of four, of which the Sake Saka was the last of the class. The highly anticipated light cruiser of this class features eight torpedo tubes, reloading devices, and a deck for a water engine, but its air defense capabilities are relatively weak.

The standard displacement of the Liquor is 6652 tons, the length of the ship is 1745 meters, full width 152 meters, a maximum speed of 35 knots, and a cruising range of 6,000 nautical miles and 18 knots. The armament includes three 152-mm 50-diameter twin-mounted main guns, two 76-mm 65-diameter twin-mounted secondary guns, two quadruple 610-mm torpedo tubes, ten 25-mm triple-mounted machine guns, 18 25-mm single-mounted machine guns, and two maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

This class of ships, under the hope of the Japanese Navy, experienced the fate of defeat in just a few years. The first three ships of the Agano class were completed and commissioned on December 29, 1943, but were sunk by the U.S. military as Japan suffered repeated defeats on the battlefield. Construction began in 1942 and was completed in 1944, and by the time it was in service, the Japanese Navy had been defeated and its main force had been lost.

In battles such as the Battle of the Marianas and the Battle of Reytai, the Winehold did not participate, but took refuge in the offshore sea. Due to the importance of air supremacy, the torpedo-based ** became insignificant at this moment. With the surrender of Japan, all ships such as the Sake Magazine were received by the U.S. military, and some of them were used as experimental ships and were towed to the shooting range for ** testing.

The Winepoon eventually became a part of history in the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. On July 1, 1946, the light cruiser, along with other ships, underwent a test of the atomic bomb. In **, the Winehold sank into the Pacific Ocean, ending its short and fateful life.

Looking back at the history of the light cruiser Sake Sakura, it was both a product of the ambition of the Japanese Navy and a bouthe fortune of the war. Today, the wine shoehorn has been immersed in the aftermath of history, becoming a witness to that war era, recording the glory and sorrow of an era.

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