However, later that year, Agano was attacked by aircraft from TF38 and was hit by a torpedo that blew off a part of her stern, forcing her to return home for repairs. The ship took part in the battles of Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands in 1943. The ships’ main armament consisted of six 152 mm guns in three twin turrets as well as two quadruple 610 mm torpedo launchers.Īgano herself was laid down in June 1940, launched in October 1941 and commissioned in October 1942. However, due to Japanese shipyards being overloaded, the ships only started construction at the start of the 1940s while the design was ready by 1937. These ships were meant to replace the completely obsolete Tenryu, Kuman, and Nagara-class cruisers as flagships of destroyers squadrons. The Agano-class was a group of four ships (Agano, Noshiro, Yahagi, and Sakawa) built by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.
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