write a short note on navel ship chikuma it is from japan
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Chikuma (筑摩 重巡洋艦, Chikuma jūjun'yōkan) was the second and last vessel in the Tone class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Chikuma River, in Nagano prefecture of Japan. Entering service in 1939, Chikuma saw battle during World War II in the Pacific. She was scuttled on 25 October 1944 after the Battle off Samar.
Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma
Name: Chikuma
Namesake: Chikuma River
Ordered: 1932 Fiscal Year
Laid down: 1 October 1935
Launched: 19 March 1938
Commissioned: 20 May 1939
Stricken: 20 April 1945
Fate: Sank 25 October 1944 after Battle off Samar 11°25′N 126°36′E
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Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma
History
Japan
Name: Chikuma
Namesake: Chikuma River
Ordered: 1932 Fiscal Year
Laid down: 1 October 1935
Launched: 19 March 1938
Commissioned: 20 May 1939[1]
Stricken: 20 April 1945
Fate: Sank 25 October 1944 after Battle off Samar[2] 11°25′N 126°36′E
General characteristics
Class and type: Tone-class cruiser
Displacement: 11,213 tons (standard); 15,443 (final)
Length: 189.1 m (620 ft 5 in)
Beam: 19.4 m (63 ft 8 in)
Draught: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:
4-shaft Gihon oil geared turbines
8 boilers
152,000 shp (113,000 kW)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 874
Armament:
8 × 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (4x2)
8 × 127 mm (5 in)/40 guns
6 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) AA guns
12 × 610 mm (24-inch) torpedo tubes
Armor:
100 mm (3.9 in) (belt)
65–30 mm (2.6–1.2 in) (deck)
Aircraft carried: 6 x floatplanes
Chikuma (筑摩 重巡洋艦, Chikuma jūjun'yōka