Mogami was a Japanese heavy cruiser whose keel was laid in 1931, launched in March 1934, and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy in July 1935. The ship's length was 201 m, the beam was 18 m, and the actual displacement, after modifications, was 13,400 tons. The maximum speed of the cruiser Mogami was approximately 34–35 knots. At the outbreak of World War II, the main armament consisted of ten 203 mm guns in five twin turrets, and the additional armament included eight 127 mm guns and twelve 610 mm torpedo tubes. Mogami was the first cruiser of the type to bear the same name, namely Mogami. Cruisers of this type were originally built lightly to meet the requirements of the Washington Disarmament Treaty of 1922. In addition, at the time of launch, they displaced only 9,500 tons, instead of the 10,000 tons stipulated by this treaty for cruisers. At the same time, they had powerful artillery in the form of as many as 15 155 mm guns in five three-gun turrets! However, Japanese designers assumed a later retrofit of this type of vessel with 203 mm guns already at the design stage, which in fact happened later. As one of the first Japanese ships, welding techniques were used in their construction, but due to the lack of experience of shipyards in this field, it led to operational problems, as well as the wrong center of gravity. In the course of modernization, these defects were removed on all vessels of this type. The battle course of the cruiser Mogami in World War II began in December 1941 with the support of Japanese actions in the area of French Indochina. At the turn of 1941/1942, Mogami continued to support and cover the Japanese landings, but already in today's Indonesia. In February 1942, the cruiser fought in the Sunda Strait. She also took part in the Battle of Midway (June 1942), where she hit the side of the cruiser "Mikuma" while making a turn. Due to severe damage, she was directed to Japan, where the aft artillery towers were removed and the number of carried seaplanes was increased. The cruiser Mogami sank on October 25, 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Bay. We do not ship to the Canary Islands
