Mogami and her sisters were air conditioned and had steel tube bunks in place of hammocks for the seamen, cold water drinking fountains dispersed throughout the ship, and more extensive refrigeration spaces for food, which meant better chow. She was also a popular assignment for her 850-man crew. With her bulky superstructure, she vaguely resembled a battleship and was a formidable weapon of war. The Mogami, like her sisters, displaced 13,440 tons, could crack the waves at 35 knots, and packed 10 8-inch guns and 12 Long Lance torpedoes. Mogami would go on to a lengthy but luckless career in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Four ships were built in the class, with Mogami slipping down the ways on March 14, 1934, at Kure Navy Yard. She was the lead ship of her class, built under the 1930 London Naval Treaty, which imposed limits on cruiser, destroyer, and submarine tonnage for the United States, Great Britain, and Japan.
0 kommentar(er)
