Kuma-class cruiser

	Kuma off Tsingtao, 1930
Class overview
Name	Kuma class
Builders	Sasebo Naval Arsenal; Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki; Kawasaki Shipyard, Kobe;
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Tenryū class
Succeeded by	Nagara class
Built	1917–1921
In commission	1920–1946
Planned	5
Completed	5
Lost	4
General characteristics
Type	Light cruiser
Displacement	5,500 long tons (5,588 t) normal; 5,832 long tons (5,926 t) full load;
Length	162.1 m (531 ft 10 in) o/a; 158.6 m (520 ft 4 in) w/l;
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power	154kW 110V electrical
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines; 12 Kampon boilers; 90,000 shp (67,000 kW);
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns; 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns; 2 × 6.5mm light AA machine guns; 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4x2); 48 naval mines;
Armor	Belt: 60 mm (2.4 in); Deck: 30 mm (1.2 in);

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 (IJN). The Kuma-class cruisers proved useful in combat operations ranging from the Aleutian Islands to the Indian Ocean throughout World War II.

The Kuma-class was followed by the very similar Nagara class.

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