The Kagero was completed in November 1939, the lead ship of
the Kagero class of destroyers that was the first constructed by the Japanese
after their exit from the London Naval Treaty in 1937. The Kagero class packed a
heavy punch with three twin 12.7cm gun placements and two 61cm quadruple torpedo
tubes, and combined that with a top speed of 35 knots, plus a range of 5,000nmi
at 18 knots. The Kagero took part in some of the most renowned actions on the
seas in WWII, including the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Battle
of Midway in 1942, and major assasults on Rabaul and Colombo. Although largely
starved of opportunities to show what it could do, in the November 1942 Battle
of Tassafaronga the Kagero used its Type 93 long lance" torpedoes to great
Code EAN
4950344780327
Hersteller-Nummer
10.78032
Marke
Tamiya
Maßstab
1:350
