Yūbari (夕張) was an experimental light cruiser built during the early 1920s for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) to test new concepts for reducing the...
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Hokkaidō, Japan Yūbari River, in Hokkaidō, Japan Mount Yūbari, in Hokkaidō, Japan Yubari King, a type of melon Japanese cruiser Yūbari Yubari-class destroyer...
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warships of Japan have been named Yūbari: Japanese cruiser Yūbari, a cruiser launched in 1923 and sunk in 1944 JS Yūbari, a Yūbari-class destroyer escort launched...
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Yūbari River (夕張川, Yūbari-gawa) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the namesake of Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Yūbari. v t e v t e...
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The Yūbari-class destroyer escort (or frigate) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is the successor of the Ishikari-class destroyer escort. Yubari...
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technical elements learned with the development of the experimental light cruiser Yūbari. They had a distinctive profile with a large, raked main funnel, and...
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a list of cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy built between 1885 and 1945. Note that the four Tsukuba and Ibuki class armoured cruisers were re-classed...
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technical elements learned with the development of the experimental light cruiser Yūbari. They had a distinctive profile with a large, raked main smokestack...
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twin turrets giving each ship the same broadside as the Japanese cruiser Yūbari at around half the cost. The lead ship of the class Ning Hai also had a...
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scout cruisers. They developed the experimental design pioneered in the cruiser Yūbari. Although there were attempts to minimize weight and protection was...
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Tone-class cruisers (利根型巡洋艦, Tone-gata jun'yōkan) were the last heavy cruisers completed for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Tone-class cruisers were originally...
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(IJN), also referred to as "A class" cruisers by the IJN. Like the cruiser Yūbari, their design was the work of Constructor Captain Yuzuru Hiraga, assisted...
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technical elements learned with the development of the experimental light cruiser Yūbari. They had a distinctive profile with a large, raked main smokestack...
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The Takao-class cruiser (高雄型) was a class of four heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) launched between May 1930 and April 1931. All served...
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The six Nagara-class light cruisers (長良型軽巡洋艦, Nagaragata keijun'yōkan) were a class of six light cruisers built for and operated by the Imperial Japanese...
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for the Agano class was based on technologies developed for the light cruiser Yūbari, resulting in a graceful and uncluttered deck line and single funnel...
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The Sendai-class light cruisers (川内型軽巡洋艦, Sendai-gata keijun'yōkan) were a class of three warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessels...
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The two Tenryū-class cruisers (天龍型軽巡洋艦, Tenryū-gata keijun'yōkan) were the first light cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They participated...
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mounts 7x1 Sendai-class cruiser 7x1 Nagara-class cruiser 7x1 Kuma-class cruiser 4x1 Tenryū-class cruiser 2x1 light cruiser Yūbari (also had twin mounts)...
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Ōyodo (大淀) was a light cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II, and was the only ship of her class completed before the...
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btty.: 1 × 3-inch, 2 × 13mm Torpedo tubes: 6 × 21-inch 1 Yūbari-class light cruiser: Yūbari Top speed: 35.5 knots Main battery: 6 × 5.5-inch Anti-aircraft...
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ship class of four cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1930s. They were initially classified as light cruisers under the weight...
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The Myōkō-class cruisers (妙高型巡洋艦, Myōkō-gata jun'yōkan) were a series of four heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1920s. Three...
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The Kuma-class light cruisers (球磨型軽巡洋艦, Kuma-gata keijun'yōkan) were a class of five light cruisers built for and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy...
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The Japanese cruiser Ibuki (伊吹) was a heavy cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The lead ship of her class of two ships...
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Harima Shipyards completed the first cruiser in 1932. Ning Hai was based on the experimental Japanese cruiser Yūbari, which combined a small size with heavy...
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The Aoba-class cruisers (青葉型巡洋艦, Aoba-gata jun'yōkan) were a class of two heavy cruisers constructed for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) which saw service...
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(formerly the Arabis-class sloop HMS Pentstemon) engaged the Japanese cruiser Yūbari and the destroyers Hayate and Oite. The Japanese ships were forced to...
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cruiser duties. The main armament of each ship was four 140 mm (5.5 in) guns in two twin-gun turrets, the same type used on the light cruiser Yūbari,...
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cruiser (second class cruiser) (八十島型軽巡洋艦(二等巡洋艦)) were a pair of escort ships reconstructed from former Republic of China Navy Ning Hai class cruisers...
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