Water Line Series

Myoko was the name-ship of the four-member Myoko class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy — the other ships of the class being the Nachi, Ashigara, and Haguro. The ships of this class displaced 13,300 tons, were 204 metres long, and were capable of 36 knots (67 km/h). They carried one aircraft and their main armament was ten 8-inch (203mm) guns. Myoko was laid down at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on October 25, 1924, launched and named on April 16, 1927, and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on July 31, 1929.

She was named after a mountain in Niigata Prefecture. After participating in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, on her way to Camranh Bay, the Myoko was hit by one torpedo from a spread of six, fired by USS Bergall (SS-320) at 9:35 PM on December 13, 1944. She was towed by the Ushio and several other ships to Singapore Harbor for repairs, but there were insufficient materials in Singapore to complete the repairs to both Myoko and Takao, which was also in harbor for repairs. In February 1945, the harbor commander reported that the Myoko was irreparable at Singapore without more materials, and impossible to tow to Japan. He recommended t hat Myoko be kept in Singapore as a floating AA battery.

This suggestion was approved and, although both Myoko and Takao were targeted by British midget submarine attacks on July 26, Myoko survived the war. Myoko formally surrendered to British units on September 21, and was subsequently towed to the Strait of Malacca and scuttled off Port Swettenham, Malaya near submarines I-501 and I-502.

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