Japanese cruiser Chōkai photograph

Japanese Cruiser Chōkai

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Construction startedMarch 26, 1928
LaunchedApril 5, 1931
Length204 m
Aircraft carried 2
FateScuttled
Battle off Samar
Builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1063534
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About Japanese Cruiser Chōkai


Chōkai was a Takao-class heavy cruiser, armed with ten 20 cm guns, four 12 cm 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.

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