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.

Kuma (球磨) was a Kuma-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. [2] The lead vessel of the five ship class, she was named after the Kuma River in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan.

Oct 9, 2020 · The Kuma class cruisers in the interwar. IJN Kuma in Qindao – colorized by irootoko Jr.-Kuma (球磨), was launched 14 July 1919, completed 31 August 1920, Tama (多摩) launched 10 February 1920, and completed 29 January 1921 in Mitsubishi in Nagasaki.

This is a list of cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy built between 1885 and 1945.

Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) land on the beach one kilometer W of Zamboanga. During the night, counter-attacks are made by small units. The IJN escort vessels open fire to neutralize the opposition. The city is cleared before sunset. An SNLF unit from KUMA rescues about 80 Japanese nationals who had been interned.

Five ships of Kuma class were built under the FY1917 Programme within the limits of the "8-4" Programme. According to it it was provided to supplement IJN with six 3500t ships of " improved Tenryu " class and three 7200t "scouts", but when in Japan plans of Americans about building of 10 Omaha class cruisers became known (originally: 7100t ...

Kuma was attached to Admiral Kondo's southern force in the Dutch East Indies in December 1941, as part of the 16th Cruiser Squadron. She operated in the south-west Pacific and was finally torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine Tallyho a …

Officially designated HIJMS Kuma, named for the Kuma River in Japan. On December 8, 1941 departed Mako, Pescadores to support "Operation M" the invasion of the Northern Philippines. Between December 10, 1941 to December 11, 1941 covered the …

IJN Kuma was a Kuma-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after the Kuma River in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. On 11 January 1944, after departing from Penang with the Uranami on anti-submarine warfare exercises, Kuma was sighted by Royal Navy submarine HMS Tally-Ho (P317) based at Trincomalee, Ceylon.

Nov 7, 2011 · The Kuma class light cruisers were the end product of a compromise between an ocean going scout ship and an improved version of the Tenryu class. The goal was the production of an...