Japanese cruiser Kako
Heavy Cruiser Kako 1926
Testing: 10,035 t maximum: 11,295 t
630 (insert)
1926:
- 6 × 1 20-cm-L/50 No. 1
- 4 × 1 8-cm-L/40 type 3
- 2 × 1 7.7 mm L / 94 MG
- 6 × 2 Ø 610 mm torpedoes
1942:
- 3 × 2 20.32 cm L / 50 No. 2
- 4 × 1 12-cm-L/45 type 10
- 2 × 2 13.2 mm L / 76 Type 93
- 4 × 2 25-mm-L/60 type 96
- 2 × 4 Ø 610 mm torpedoes
The Kako (Japanese加 古) was the second ship of Furutaka class, a group of two heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the river Kakogawa in Hyogo Prefecture. It was built at the Kawasaki shipyard in Kobe.
Inserts
At the beginning of the Pacific War in late 1941, the cruiser Kako the 6th Division was assigned and participates among others in the occupation of Guam and the second attack on Wake Island on 23 December 1941. Later, the Kako operations in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea, including the capture of Rabaul, Salamaua and the Admiralty Islands supported. She was involved in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942.
Downfall
During the Battle of Savo Iceland on August 9, 1942 the Kako damaged the American cruiser USS Astoria and USS Vincennes and helped with the sinking of the USS Quincy and the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra. The Kako wore during the first battle day no damages. However, the cruiser on the way back to Kavieng, New Ireland, was spotted a day later by the American submarine S -44. From four torpedoes fired three met the Kako in the front turrets, the front chamber and ammunition near the boiler room.
The Kako began to capsize and only 35 minutes after the first hit, it was completely submerged. Your last position was 2 ° 28 ' S, 152 ° 11' O 2.4666666666667152.18333333333 near the island Simbari. 34 crew members were killed and Taisa [A 2] Takahashi and the rest of the crew were rescued.