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| Country:
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Type: Light cruiser |
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1920 - 1944 |
| Ordered: 1917 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down: 29 August 1918 |
| Launched: 14 July 1919 |
| Commissioned: 31 August 1920 |
| Struck: 10 March 1944 |
| Fate: Sunk 10 January 1944 |
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The five Kuma class cruisers were light cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They participated in numerous actions during priot to World War II and during the Second World War.
Kuma was the fisrt of class of the Kuma class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was intended for use both as a long-range, high speed scout ship, and also as a command vessel for destroyer or submarine flotillas. Kuma participated in the Japanese Siberian Intervention against the Bolshevik Red Army. It was subsequently based at Port Arthur, and patrolled the China coast. During World War II, the light cruiser was engaged in the Invasion of the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies and New Guinea campaigns. On 11 January 1944, Kuma was sunk by the British Royal Navy.
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