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The keel of the Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser Aoba was laid on February 4, 1924, and the ship was completed at the Mitsubishi Nagasaki Naval Yard on September 20, 1927. The Aoba was originally intended to be a Furutaka-class heavy cruiser, but due to its new coaxial gun arrangement and aircraft catapult, it was decided that the Aoba would be designated as the first of a new cruiser class. After war between japan and the Allied Powers broke out, the Aoba took part in operations in the Squadron of the First Surface Fleet. Although its sister ships Kako, Frutaka and Kinugasa were lost one after another in battles as the war dragged on, the Aoba, while heavily damaged, was able to make it back to its home port of Kure in HIrosima Prefecture. However, the Aoba eventually succumbed to America air raids on July 24 and 28, 1945, sinking at anchorage in Kure. She was broken up for scrap after the war.

[Data (after modernization refitting)] Standard displacement: 9,000t; waterline: 183.58m; beam: 17.56m; draught: 5.66m; boilers: Kampon Ro (oil-burning) x 12; engine output: 104,200hp; main armament: Twin 20.3cm guns x 3; speed: 33.4kts; modernization refitting comleted October 1940.

[Control]

1:Main cannon(AP and HE that can be switched)
2:AA gun
3:Searchlight
4:Torpedos
5:Catapult
6:Injection
7:Crane and winch
8:Main engine and hook

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[Smoker MOD]

[WA RE AOBA]

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