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Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara 1925-1945

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Sister ship Myōkō.©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Myōkō preceded by Aoba-class succeeded by Takao-class. Approved under the 1922–1929 Fleet Modernization Program. Ordered in 1924. Laid down by Kobe-Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yard on 11 April 1925, launched on 22 April 1982, commissioned on 20 August 1929, sunk by the British submarine HMS Trenchant in Bangka Strait on 8 June 1945 and stricken on 20 August 1945. 

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