Yahagi. Japanese Light Cruiser 1942-1945

Yahagi. Japanese Light Cruiser 1942-1945
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Publisher : Top Drawings
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ISBN-10 : 8364596969
ISBN-13 : 9788364596964
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Book Synopsis Yahagi. Japanese Light Cruiser 1942-1945 by : Mariusz Motyka

Download or read book Yahagi. Japanese Light Cruiser 1942-1945 written by Mariusz Motyka and published by Top Drawings. This book was released on 2017-03-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yahagi, the second Japanese warship of that name, was the third of the four Agano-class vessels (the other three being Agano, Noshiro and Sakawa). Construction of the Agano-class cruisers was approved by the Japanese parliament (Diet) in March 1939 under the Fourth Naval Armaments Enhancement Program (Dai-Yon-Ji Kaigun Gunbi Jūjitsu Keikaku), also known as the "Four-in-Circle" Program (Maru Yon Keikaku), or simply Maru 4. Under the terms of the program, the four light cruisers (kei jun'yōkan), also referred to as type B cruisers (otsu-gata jun'yōkan, or simply otsu jun) were officially classed as second-class cruisers (ni-tō jun'yōkan), and were to fulfill the role of destroyer squadron flagships. At that time destroyer squadrons (DesRon), called literarily torpedo squadrons (suirai sentai), consisted of four four-ship destroyer divisions (DesDiv, or kuchiku-tai).


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