Product Description

- Myoko's same-type ships, Haguro and Ashigara appear!
- The specifications of each part are contents that can be selected at the time of the second refurbishment and at the time of final armament (when enhancing anti-aircraft armament).
- New details such as the torpedo launcher, and the fineness of the engraving are unique to the new mold.
the law of nature.
- Reproduce the differences between each ship such as the shape of the main gun.
- Model length … 291mm
- Model overall width … 33mm

- Haguro was laid down at Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard in March 1925 as the fourth Myo luxury cruiser.
- Haguro was originally planned to be built at the Kure Arsenal, but it is said that the order was transferred to help the Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard, which was in trouble due to the economic recession and the conclusion of the disarmament treaty.
- In addition, Mitsubishi Nagasaki received an order for a luxury cruise ship during Haguro's outfitting work, so modern interior construction was performed based on that interior, which was extremely popular.
- Completed in April 1929.
-In November, it was transferred to the 2nd Fleet and the 4th Squadron, deployed mainly in China, and participated in the Shanghai Incident.
- After that, like other Myolux, it underwent the 1st renovation work and strengthened its gun and torpedo capabilities.
- After that, it was deployed to China to support the Sino-Japanese War from time to time, and it was decided to welcome the Pacific War as a modern cruiser after further renovation work.
-During the Pacific War, Haguro often took the same actions as Myoko, and even at the start of the war, he formed the 2nd Fleet and the 5th Squadron under the command of Myoko, and attacked the Philippines, Holland India (now Indonesia), etc. I was doing support and escort of the army transport ship.
- Then, on February 27, 1942, there was a clash between the capture of Dutch Indochina and the Allied fleet that tried to stop it. The Battle of Surabaya.
- In this naval battle, Haguro paired with the same-class ship Nachi and exchanged fire with a mixed fleet of Dutch, British, Australian and American ships led by Rear Admiral Doleman.
-The two fleets that entered the same battle developed a long-range artillery battle, and one bullet from Haguro hit the British cruiser Exeter and damaged it, but there were few hits and the artillery and torpedo battle continued for seven hours. It is.
- However, during the night, torpedoes fired hit Ranjun, De Ruyter and Jawa and sank them.
- After this, on March 1, Myoko and Ashigara from the north, and Nachi and Haguro from the south tried to prevent the British cruiser Exeter, which had temporarily evacuated to Surabaya Port, from escaping to Ceylon under the protection of a destroyer. and sank the Exeter.
- After that, I participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 9th, but it ended without engaging because it was deployed in the vanguard of the aircraft carrier formation and because the US military planes targeted only the aircraft carrier.
- And in the Battle of Midway, which was the turning point of the US-Japan War, the 5th Squadron of Myoko and Haguro participated as a capture force, but this force was a transport fleet full of army soldiers to occupy Midway Island. I was escorting them, and as you know, the aircraft carrier unit was destroyed and the operation was canceled, so there was no turn.
- However, the 5th Squadron was split off to support the Aleutian Capture Operation, which was carried out at the same time, and is carrying out support missions for the landing force.
- After completing the mission, advance south again and deploy towards Solomon.
- After Midway, the battle between Japan and the United States became a battle over Guadalcanal Island, and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battles of the Solomon Islands, the Battle of the South Pacific, and the Battle of Lunga Gulf occurred one after another.
- After losing Guadalcanal, the Japanese army sent a convoy to reverse land the Kawaguchi detachment in order to recapture it. .
- The Shokaku and Zuikaku-based 3rd Fleet supported the transport fleet with the high-speed battleships and cruiser-based 2nd Fleet (Myoko and Haguro) as forward forces.
- In this battle, the Japanese side lost the small aircraft carrier Ryujo to the enemy's air attack, and on the other hand, the Enterprise was severely damaged, but the transport fleet could not be protected and the transport operation was canceled.
- Strategically it was a defeat.
- However, a submarine torpedo wrecked Saratoga and sank the Wasp, leaving the US Navy with the Hornet as the only carrier available in this direction.
- In this naval battle, Haguro was escorting the seaplane carrier Chitose, but Chitose was hit by a bomb.
- Since then, Haguro has been carrying out transport operations between Truk Island and Rabaul many times. Eventually, the offensive of the U.S. forces intensified and landed on Bougainville Island.
-At this time, the 5th Squadron, which was in this area, attacked the enemy transport convoy just once more in the dream of the Mikawa Fleet of the First Battle of the Solomons, but of course this offensive was noticed by the U.S. Navy. A fleet consisting of 4 light cruisers and 8 state-of-the-art Fletcher-class destroyers awaits, with Myoko and Haguro's 5th Squadron in the center, with the 3rd and 10th Torpedo Squadrons on the left and right, respectively, in a strange formation. The fleet approached, but the Japanese fleet was held down by the American fleet in a T-shape.
- The US fleet sends accurate radar-aided shots, while the Japanese fleet responds by dropping flares.
- However, the formation of three columns was extremely poor tactically, and Myoko and the destroyer collided during a turn to avoid bullets, and the light cruiser Sendai was hit and the formation collapsed. rice field.
- Haguro jumped in front of the enemy to protect Myoko and was hit by 6 enemy bullets, but fortunately 4 were unexploded bullets and did not lead to serious damage.
- In the end, the Japanese side lost the light cruiser Sendai and two destroyers in this naval battle, while the US side suffered a complete defeat with only one light cruiser damaged.
-After that, Haguro, who was engaged in transport operations by traveling to and from trucks, Palau, Davao, etc., participated in the Battle of Mariana in June 1944.
- Since the flagship aircraft carrier Taiho was damaged by a torpedo, it is temporarily the flagship of Vice Admiral Ozawa's task force.
- In the decisive battle of Leyte in October, I belonged to Vice Admiral Kurita's fleet and made a sortie from Lingga Hakuchi. The U.S. escort aircraft carrier group is spotted off the coast of Samar, and a heavy bombardment is added.
- Haguro rushes at the head of the fleet, sinks Gambier Bay, and wrecks Fanshaw Bay. It will be.
- After this, Haguro was in Singapore with Myoko, but Myoko was damaged and unable to move, and contact with the mainland was lost.
- Under these circumstances, Haguro departed from Singapore under the escort of the destroyer Kamikaze to deliver weapons, food, medical supplies, etc. to the soldiers in the Andaman Islands. It was captured and engaged in close combat with five British destroyers, and was hit by three torpedoes from close range, sank, and ended its life.

[Summary: At the start of the war]
- Standard discharge volume: 13,000 tons
- Waterline length: 201.70m
- Maximum width: 20.8m
- Main cans: 12 Russian Kanmoto heavy oil cans
- Speed: 33.9 knots
- Range: 14 knots 7,500 nautical miles
- Armament: 20.3cm twin gun x 5, 12.7mm twin high-angle gun x 4
- 4x 25mm twin machine guns 2x 13mm twin machine guns 4x quadruple launch tubes


Item Size/Weight : 39 x 13 x 4.5 cm / 272g

Product Specifications

Item series

Water Line

Country

Japan

Item code

43335

JAN code

4967834493353

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