TAM78023 1:350 Tamiya WW2 Japanese Heavy Cruiser Mogami #78023

The First Fleet Replenish Program of 1931 gave Japan aspecial allowance to build 50,955 tons worth of new light cruisers armed with6-in guns. Construction of the new fleet began at Kure Naval Arsenal with theMogami. The original Mogami was equipped with 5 triple 15.5cm gun turrets, 4triple 61cm torpedo launchers, 4 twin 12.7cm gun mounts, protection against8-in. shells, 4 twin 25mm guns, and 2 twin 13mm machine guns. The cruiser heldall of this equipment within the 8,500-ton displacement limit. When navaltreaties were removed, the ship was outfitted with 20.3cm gun turret, whichcaused the ships to be top-heavy and unstable. The Mogami underwent numerousreinforcement modifications such as hull strengthening, resizing of the bridge,and repairing cracks and hull plate. The Mogami was involved in the WWIIinvasion of Java at Bantam Bay, the Indian Ocean raids in the Bay of Bengals,Midway Invasion, and was defeated by a torpedo from Akebono off the coast of thePanaon Islands.