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- Kako was laid down at Kobe Kawasaki Shipyard in November 1922 and completed in July 1926.
- The delay in completion of Kako is said to be due to the damage to the hull caused by a crane accident near completion.
- For this reason, it was originally supposed to be the name ship, but it was made the second ship.
- Kako, who was commissioned in this way, will form the 2nd Fleet and 5th Squadron with Furutaka, and will focus on training mainly in the South China Sea and the mainland inland sea.
-In addition, while Kako, Furutaka, Aoba, and Kinugasa named the mountain, which means a heavy cruiser, it has the name of a river, which means a light cruiser, but this was originally a 5,500-ton class light cruiser. It is a remnant of being planned as a cruiser.
- After this, Kako forms a squadron with Furutaka, Aoba, and Kinugasa, and trains them.
- However, the Furutaka class was originally designed as a reconnaissance cruiser and was not necessarily well-balanced as it was forced to be heavily armed in a small hull of 7,100 tons.
-Furthermore, the performance was inferior to the 10,000-ton class cruisers such as the Myokyu and Takao classes, which were treaty-class cruisers after the Furutaka class, and it was necessary to refurbish them eventually.
- In addition, the refurbishment was planned in anticipation of the fact that the disarmament treaties in Washington and London would become invalid after 1937, and thus Kako began modernization refurbishment work in July 1936. increase.
- The biggest point is the replacement of the main turret. It was to replace the six problematic 20cm single turrets with three 20.3cm twin turrets, and to modernize the ammunition lifting device to improve the gunfighting capability.
-In addition, the torpedo launch tube was replaced from the 12 type broadside launch tube 6 gates to the swiveling type 92 quadruple launch tube.
- Of course, the torpedoes are also the world's strongest Type 93 61cm oxygen torpedoes, greatly enhancing the artillery strike capability.
- In addition, the catapult was also replaced with the Kure Type 2 Type 2 Kai-1, and the aircraft used was initially a 94 water reconnaissance, and later a zero type 3 seat water reconnaissance.
- In addition, along with the replacement of the main gun, the main gun compass, rangefinder, etc. have also been replaced with higher performance ones.
- This major modernization renovation took about a year and a half and was completed in December 1937.
-By the way, Kako's renovation work is being carried out at the Sasebo Arsenal, but as a remedy for private shipyards that have lost work due to the recession of shipping, and the arsenal is struggling with a lot of construction. Therefore, we have placed an order for hull construction work with the Sakurajima factory of Osaka Steel Works.
- Kako, who was refurbished in this way, formed the 1st Fleet and the 6th Squadron with Furutaka.
- At the beginning of the war, Kako belonged to the 1st Fleet, 6th Squadron, and supported the operation to capture Guam. .
- In response to the successful progress of the first stage operation, the second stage operation was planned to build a sustainable system, and the operation to capture Port Moresby was launched.
- Kako's 6th Squadron was added to the MO attack force, and during the operation, it launched seaplane reconnaissance aircraft and was successful in discovering the enemy task force, but as you know, the Battle of the Coral Sea is a battle between aircraft carriers and aircraft carriers. Kako, who did not belong to the MO Task Force, did not contribute to the battle.
- However, the aircraft carrier Shoho, which was spreading an umbrella over the assault force, could not be protected from the enemy's air attack, and furthermore, it was evacuated to the north to avoid the enemy's attack.
- In the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942, the US aircraft carrier Lexington was sunk and Yorktown was severely damaged, but we lost Shoho and Shokaku was moderately damaged. Furthermore, it is said that although it won tactically, it was defeated strategically because it lost a large number of crew and eventually abandoned Port Moresby capture.
- And after that, with the complete loss at Midway, the offense and defense were about to change places.
- This time, the US military's counteroffensive will start from Guadalcanal Island.
- The battle of Guadalcanal, an isolated island in the South Pacific, has turned into a huge black hole that sucks in ships and aircraft from both Japan and the United States.
- In order to prevent the Japanese army from constructing an airfield on Guadalcanal Island, the U.S. military exerted all possible forces to seize it. Concentration, I planned a rush operation to make a night attack on the US convoy.
- Chokai and five ships of the 6th Fleet, Kako, Furutaka, Aoba, and Kinugasa, followed by the light cruiser Tenryu, Yubari, and the destroyer Yunagi.
- This battle from 11:30 pm on August 8, 1942 to 0:20 pm on August 9, 1942, was a good opportunity for the enemy's patrol line, which had been neglected due to fatigue from the long days of fighting. The Mikawa fleet broke through without being found, and charged in a line of battle. The heavy cruiser Canberra and the American cruiser Chicago were spotted heading back. , the main gun shells are sucked into the enemy ship in an interesting way.
- Then the following ships started torpedoing, Chicago's bow was hit by a torpedo and was severely damaged and sank. In this way, a one-sided battle took place in just 6 minutes and the battlefield was withdrawn. When I'm lucky, I go skillfully no matter what I do.
- After this, the US cruisers Vincennes, Quincy, Astoria, and two destroyers will appear sandwiched between two separate fleets.
- The enemy fleet, which had let its guard down, was helplessly bombarded by a sudden pincer attack, and in no time at all, it burst into flames and sank.
- In this way, the Mikawa fleet sank 4 enemy heavy cruisers and wrecked 1 ship in just 30 minutes of battle. It was a great achievement that there was almost no damage on our side.
-At this time, Vice Admiral Mikawa planned to destroy the US convoy at Lunga Hakuchi, which was his original goal, but in consideration of the attack from the enemy aircraft carrier after dawn, he retreated to the north, which was a rare chance. I gave up my chance.
- The Mikawa fleet, which lacked the Garyu Tensei but was pleased with the complete victory, was on its way back to Kavieng. In the mood for victory, he probably neglected his watch.
- In the early morning of August 10, the US submarine S-44 suddenly launched four torpedoes, three of which hit Kako.
- And Kako sank in just 5 minutes, and it was an unfortunate loss that she was about to return home.
- It is said that there is a lot of good things going on, but it was an event that was true to the ground.

[Summary: At the start of the war]
- Standard discharge volume: 8,700 tons
- Waterline length: 183.53m
- Maximum width: 17.56m
- Main can: 10 Russian Kanmoto heavy oil cans
- Speed: 33.43 knots
- Range: 14 knots 8,223 nautical miles
- Armament: 20.3cm twin guns x 3, 12.7mm single high-angle guns x 4, 25mm twin machine guns x 4, 13mm twin machine guns x 2, quadruple launch tubes x 2

- Number of parts … 141
- Total length of model: 264mm
- Model overall width … 25mm

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Item Size/Weight : 39 x 13.1 x 4.7 cm / 239g

Product Specifications

Item series

Water Line

Country

Japan

Item code

43346

JAN code

4967834493469

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