IJN Myoko

IJN Myoko was the lead ship of the four-member myoko-class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy which were active in World War II. She was named after Mount Myoko in Niigata Prefecture. The other ships of the class were Nachi, Ashigara, and Haguro.Myōkō was approved under the 1922 -1929 Fleet Modernization Program as the first heavy cruiser to be built by Japan within the design constraints imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty, and was the first of the “10,000 ton” cruisers built by