Japanese cruiser Kuma

	Kuma off Qingdao, 1930
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kuma
Namesake	Kuma River
Ordered	1917 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	29 August 1918
Launched	14 July 1919
Commissioned	31 August 1920
Out of service	11 January 1944
Stricken	10 March 1944
Fate	Torpedoed by HMS Tally-Ho; west of Penang; 05°26′N 99°52′E / 5.433°N 99.867°E;
General characteristics
Class and type	Kuma-class cruiser
Displacement	5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard
Length	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines; 12 Kampon boilers; 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)<;
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	(initial) 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns; 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns; 2 x 6.5mm light machine guns; 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4x2); (final) 6 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns; 10 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns (2x2)+(2x3); 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4x2);
Armor	Belt: 64 mm (3 in); Deck: 29 mm (1 in);
Aircraft carried	1 x floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult (from 1934)

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.

^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.
^ Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X. page 107

History
Kuma off Qingdao, 1930
Empire of Japan
Name	Kuma
Namesake	Kuma River
Ordered	1917 Fiscal Year
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	29 August 1918
Launched	14 July 1919
Commissioned	31 August 1920^[1]
Out of service	11 January 1944
Stricken	10 March 1944
Fate	Torpedoed by HMS Tally-Ho west of Penang 05°26′N 99°52′E / 5.433°N 99.867°E / 5.433; 99.867
General characteristics
Class and type	Kuma-class cruiser
Displacement	5,100 long tons (5,182 t) standard
Length	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 shaft Gihon geared turbines 12 Kampon boilers 90,000 shp (67,000 kW)<
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	9,000 nmi (17,000 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	450
Armament	(initial) 7 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 × 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval guns 2 x 6.5mm light machine guns 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4x2) (final) 6 × 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns 10 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns (2x2)+(2x3) 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4x2)
Armor	Belt: 64 mm (3 in) Deck: 29 mm (1 in)
Aircraft carried	1 x floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 aircraft catapult (from 1934)