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The IJN Nachi (那智) was the second of the four-member Myoko class of heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy—the other ships of the class being the Myoko (妙高), Ashigara (足柄), and the Haguro (羽黒). She was named after a mountain in Wakayama Prefecture.

The ships of this class displaced 13300 tons, were 204 metres long, and were capable of 36 knots. They carried one aircraft and their main armament was 10 8-inch guns.

The Nachi was laid down at the Kure Naval Arsenal on 26 November 1924, launched and named on 15 June 1927, and was commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 26 November 1928. Her service in the Second World War started in the Dutch East Indies, where she engaged the enemy off Makassar on 8 February 1942Events January January 1 World War II: The word " United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. January 5 Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thames estuary ass, played a key role in the sinking of HMS ExeterFive ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Exeter after the city of Exeter in Devon. The first Exeter was a 70-gun third-rate. Launched in 1680, she was involved in the battle of Beachy Head against France in 1690. However, the ship suffered damage and her escort in the Battle of the Java SeaThe Battle of the Java Sea was a major naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War Two. Allied ships suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy, in action over several days in February-March 1942. The action included the on 27 February 1942, and was engaged in another action off south BorneoBorneo (including the Kalimantan provinces of Indonesian, Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia, and Brunei) is an island, the third largest island in the world, located at the center of the Malay archipelago and of Indonesia. Borneo is considered part of the geo on 1 March 1942. She then moved to the Aleutian IslandsThe Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat " island") are a chain of small islands situated in the Northern Pacific Ocean, and extending about 1,900 km (1,200 miles) westward from the extremity of the Alaskan peninsula toward the peninsula of Kamch where she was engaged in the diversionary attack on the islands on 3 June 1942; she was back in the Aleutians when she was damaged on 26 March 1943 in the Battle of the Komandorski Islands, and was engaged in an action at Kiska in July 1943. By October 1944 she was in the Philippines where she was damaged in the Battle of Surigao Strait on 25 October 1944, and finally sunk by the USS Lexington on 5 November 1944.



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