The ships of this type are clearly based on the design of the Myoko-class cruisers. Cruisers of this type were built respecting the limitations of the Washington Disarmament Treaty signed by the government in Tokyo in 1922. At the outbreak of World War II, the main armament was 10 203 mm guns in five turrets, two guns each, and the additional armament included: 8 127 mm guns and as many as 16 610 mm torpedo tubes!Ītago was the second Takao-class cruiser. The cruiser Atago had a maximum speed of 35.5 knots. The length of the ship at the time of launching was 203.8 m, width 20.4 m, and the actual full displacement, after modernization - 15,200 tons. Atago was a Japanese heavy cruiser the keel of which was laid in 1927, launched in June 1930, and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy in March 1932.
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