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Post subject: Re: Japan - Sendai Class Light Cruiser.

Posted: February 9th, 2013, 4:05 pm

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Naka as of 1944:
torpedoed by Uss Seawolf on april 1st 1942, Naka reached Singapore where she was docked for temporary repairs from april 10th to june 3rd 1942, then she steamed to maizuru when she was drydocked again, repaired and refitted from june 21st to april 5th 1943; her modification where quite similar to those made on Sendai, a type 21 air search radar was added to the foremast, the n°5 5.5-inch (140mm) gun mount was removed but in this case replaced by a twin 5-inch (127mm) one, two triple 25mm machine guns added above the aft torpedo tubes, two depth charge rails where also added at the stern, lower deck portholes where sealed off to improve watertight integrity, finally the aichi E11A was replaced by a Kawanishi E7K.
no other modification where done by february 17th 1944, when Naka was sunk during the US attack on Truck lagoon by planes from the Uss Cowpens and Uss Bunker Hill.

with this, the Sendai class project is completed; i've also updated the first page, all the drawings wit their respective description can be found there, also added the aichi E11A to both 1938 and 1942 Naka

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