Japanese Cruiser Chōkai
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Construction started | March 26, 1928 |
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Launched | April 5, 1931 |
Length | 204 m |
Aircraft carried | 2 |
Fate | Scuttled |
Battle off Samar | |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
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ID | 1063534 |
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.