#61 Kako - Done

17 November 1922

Launched

10 April 1925

Commissioned

20 July 1926[1]

Stricken

15 September 1942

Sunk 10 August 1942 by USS S-44

Displacement 7,100 t (7,000 long tons) (standard)

Length 185.1 m (607 ft 3.4 in) (o/a)

Beam 16.55 m (54 ft 3.6 in)

Draught 5.56 m (18 ft 2.9 in)

12 Kampon boilers/102,000 shp (76,000 kW) on 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines

Speed 34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)

Range 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

Armament

3 × twin 20.3 cm (8 in) guns

4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) AA guns

4 × twin 25 mm (1 in) AA guns

2 × quad 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes

Armor

Belt 76 mm (3.0 in)

Deck 36 mm (1.4 in)

Aircraft carried

1–2 × floatplanes


Cruiser - 1941
Cost 16
Speed 2
MG 8 8 7 5
AA 6
TT 2 2 1 1

A4 V9 H3

Long Lance Torpedoes

NIGHT FIGHTER: Once per game, if it's turn 4 or later, this unit may reroll one Gunnery attack.

SEAPLANE RESERVES: Once per game, at the beginning of the Air Return phase, choose a friendly Aircraft with Sea Basing or Loiter that has been destroyed and roll a die. On a 4 or higher, return the chosen Aircraft to play.

At 7,000 ton displacement, the 2 Fukatara class cruisers were exensively rebuilt during the 1930s, consolidating 6 single mounted 7.9" guns into three, twin turrets. On 10th August 1942 Kako was returning to port part of the Japanese victory at the battle of Savo Island. When sunk by the US Submarine S-44.  Foundering in just 5 minutes with 68 of her crew. Kako's demise was a unusual success for US navy Torpedoes in the early stages of the war