Myoko

IJN
Myoko Class Heavy Cruiser

Tons
13,300

10 x 8" guns
1 x seaplane

 

Ship History
Laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on October 25, 1924, launched and named on April 16, 1927, and was commissioned into the Imperial Navy on July 31, 1929. She was named after a mountain in Niigata prefecture. She survived the war as a floating battery in Singapore Harbor.

Sinking History
After the war, Myoko was towed to the Strait of Malacca and scuttled off Port Swettenham (today Port Klang), Malaya near submarines I-501 and I-502.

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03-05 N
100-40 E

 

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