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For historical information, Wikipedia has an article on Furutaka-class cruiser.

The Furutaka-class cruiser is a Japanese heavy cruiser.

Description[]

The first heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Furutaka-class, consisted of only two ships: Kako and the lead ship Furutaka. They were fast, well armed and featured an innovative weight saving design including a flush deck layout. Both have been commissioned in 1926 and were modernized in the 1930s, changing their armament and improving their anti-air capabilities. However, both ships got lost in the early stage of the war in the Pacific during the fierce naval battles around the Solomon Islands in 1942.

In BattleGroup42, the Furutaka-class has three twin 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun turrets, as well as two twin-barreled 25mm Type 96 AA guns for self defense, two turrets with a Type 10 120mm gun and a torpedo launcher on each side. For landing operations, two Daihatsu-class landing craft spawn at the rear of the ship. The cruiser also has a "hidden" 7th position in the catapult station, which can be found at the aft section behind the catapult, where a Mitsubishi F1M2 can be launched.

It can be found in 4201-Rabaul, 4203-Battle of Java, and 4307-Tokyo Express. The Furutaka-class does not have as many guns as the Pensacola-class cruiser, but it makes up the difference with the torpedo tubes.

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