Japanese cruiser Furutaka

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Furutaka at anchor off Shinagawa, alongside Aoba and Kinugasa in the left distance, October 1935
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Furutaka
Namesake	Mount Furutaka
Ordered	1923 Fiscal Year
Builder	Mitsubishi shipyards, Nagasaki
Laid down	5 December 1922
Launched	25 February 1925
Commissioned	31 March 1926[1]
Stricken	20 December 1944
Fate	Sunk 12 October 1942 by USS Salt Lake City and USS Buchanan at the Battle of Cape Esperance 02°28′S 152°11′E / 2.467°S 152.183°E / -2.467; 152.183
General characteristics
Class and type	Furutaka-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	7,950 long tons (8,078 t) (standard) 9,150 long tons (9,297 t) (after modification)
Length	185.1 m (607 ft 3.4 in) (o/a)
Beam	16.55 m (54 ft 3.6 in)
Draught	5.56 m (18 ft 2.9 in)
Installed power	12 Kampon boilers 102,000 shp (76,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
Speed	34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	625
Armament	(initial) 6 × single 20 cm (7.9 in) guns 4 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns 6 × twin 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes (final) 3 × twin 20.3 cm (8 in) guns 4 × single 12 cm (4.7 in) AA guns 4 × twin 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns 2 × quad 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 76 mm (3.0 in) Deck: 36 mm (1.4 in)
Aircraft carried	1–2 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult (from 1933)

Furutaka (古鷹, Furutaka) was the lead ship in the two-vessel Furutaka-class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after Mount Furutaka, located on Etajima, Hiroshima, immediately behind the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy. She was commissioned in 1926 and was sunk 12 October 1942 by USS Salt Lake City and USS Buchanan at the Battle of Cape Esperance.