Takao Class (Cruisers)

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Name (Latin)
Takao Class (Cruisers)
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Cruisers (Warships)
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1785303
Library of congress: sh2010004785
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Backer, S. Japanese heavy cruisers: Myoko and Takao classes, 2006.
  • Wikipedia, 19 Mar. 2010:under Takao class cruiser (the Takao class was a class of four heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched between May 1930 and April 1931; they were an evolution from the preceding Myoko class, with heavier torpedo armament; their main gun armament was ten 8-inch (203 mm) guns and they were also armed with sixteen 24 inch torpedoes, carrying more than the Myokos or Mogamis, making the Takaos the most heavily armed cruisers of the IJN; the Takaos were considered the best cruisers that the IJN ever built)
  • Combinedfleet.com website 19 Mar. 2010:Imperial Japanese Navy page; Warships; Heavy cruisers (Takao class heavy cruiser)