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Amazing work, my friend...simply amazing!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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Nagara as of 1943:
by december 1943 a type 21 air search radar was fitted above the bridge in place of the rangefinder, n°5 5.5-inch (140mm) gun mount was removed and four twin 25mm machine guns installed


Nagara as of 1944:
by the time of her sinking in august 1944 Nagara finally underwent the torpedo tube modifications she was planned to have in 1941, the fore twin type 89 tubes where removed and their platform plated overs, the two aft postions where replaced by quadruple type 92 ones, two type 22 surface search rasdars where fitted on the sides of the bridge, two depth charge racks where fitted at the stern in place of the original single projector; the catapult was landed and, n°7 5.5-inch (140mm) gun mount was replaced by a twin 5-inch (127mm) type 89 gun, anti-aircraft armament was increased to reach a maximum of two triple, six twin and fourteen single 25mm machine guns (32 barrels) and eight 13mm machine guns.

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-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
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-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

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a little change in my plans for the Kinu, but still two drawings

Kinu as of 1936:
during her second minor refit Kinu had the foremast heght reduced, the 7.7mm machine guns removed, the twin 13mm ones fitted abreast the fore funnel where replaced by twin 25mm machine guns, the seaplane was replaced with a more modern model and an RDF system fitted


Kinu as of 1943:
the revision of the boat complement and degaussing cable fitting was done before the start of the war, but in 1943 Kinu underwent her main wartime modernization: a type 21 air search radar was fitted above the bridge replacing the rangefinder, n°5 5.5-inch (140mm) gun mount was removed and replaced by two triple 25mm machine guns, the n°7 mount was also removed and replaced by a twin 5-inch (127mm) one, the catapult with it's derrick was also removed and two depth charge racks where fitted at the stern.

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-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

Great work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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Excellent thread BB1987!

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"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done." ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

Abukuma as of 1943:
by 1943 Abukuma had the type 94 director fitted on top of the foremast replaced by a type 21 air search radar, also the n°5 5.5-inch (140mm) gun mount was removed, two triple 25mm machine guns where fitted above the torpedo tubes and two 14-meter daihatsu landing craft where embarked ehile the cruiser operated in Aleutian waters


Abukuma as of 1944:
between late 1943 and mid 1944 the Abukuma was refitted once again, the catapult and it's derrick was removed, n°7 5.5-inch (140mm) gun mount was replaced by a twin 5-inch (127mm) one, the daihatsu crafts where disembarked, lower portholes closed, anti aircraf armament increased to four triple, two twin and fourteen single 25mm machine guns (30 barrels) argumented with another ten 13mm machine guns, a type 22 surface search radar was also fitted on the mainmast.

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My Worklist
Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

Great work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

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#FJB

BB1987 how many time do I have to say. "AWESOME" or something else stupid words...... ohhhhh I have a cat to the right sleeping on the floor and one on two legs to my right, dressed in something sma... oh I have to go to bed... I believe am dreaming, because I don't have a cat..........

arguably one of the most interesting looking CL classes of the 20th century.