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{{Other ships|Japanese ship Takao}}
{{Short description|One of the Takao class heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy}}
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* 4 × [[Type 10 120 mm AA Gun|Type 10 12 cm]] high angle guns (4x1)
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* 2 × [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|{{convert|40|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}]] AA guns (2x1)
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* 10 × [[20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun|20 cm/50 3rd Year Type No.2 naval gun]]s (5x2)
* 8 × [[12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun|Type 89 {{convert|12.7|cm|abbr=on|0}}]] [[dual purpose gun]]s (4x2)
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{{nihongo|'''''Takao'''''|高雄}} was the [[lead vessel]] in the {{sclass|Takao|cruiser|0}} [[heavy cruiser]]s, active in [[World War II]] with the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. These were the largest cruisers in the Japanese fleet, and were intended to form the backbone of a multipurpose long-range strike force. Her [[sister ship]]s were {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Atago||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chōkai||2}}.<ref>{{cite book | last = Jentsura  | first = Hansgeorg  | year = 1976 | title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945  | publisher = Naval Institute Press  | isbn = 0-87021-893-X }} page 84</ref> ''Takao'' was the only ship of her class to survive the war. She was surrendered to British forces at Singapore in September 1945, then sunk as a target ship in 1946.

==Background==
The ''Takao''-class ships were approved under the 1927 to 1931 supplementary fiscal year budget, and like her sister ships, was named after a mountain. [[Jingo-ji|Mount Takao]] (高雄山) is located outside [[Kyoto]] and is not to be confused with the similarly named [[Mount Takao]] (高尾山) located outside Tokyo, or the city of [[Kaohsiung|Takao]] (高雄), in [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Taiwan]].

==Design==
[[File:Takao 1932.jpg|thumb|left|The bridge of ''Takao'' the year she was commissioned, 1932]]
The ''Takao''-class cruisers were an improved version of the previous {{sclass|Myōkō|cruiser|0}} design, incorporating technical elements learned with the development of the experimental light cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yūbari||2}}. They had a distinctive profile with a large, raked main funnel, and a smaller, straight, second funnel. Intended to address issues with the ''Myōkō'' class, the ''Takao'' class had thicker armor, dual-purpose main guns which could be used against aircraft, and torpedo launchers moved to the upper deck for greater safety. However, as with its predecessors, the ''Takao'' class was also top-heavy.<ref name="Patton">Patton, ''Japanese Heavy Cruisers of World War Two'', pp. 36-48</ref>

The ''Takao'' class displaced {{convert|16875|t|LT|abbr=on}}. ''Takao'' was {{convert|203.8|m|ft}} long, with a beam of {{convert|20.4|m|ft}}, draft of {{convert|6.32|m|ft}} and were capable of 35.25&nbsp;knots.<ref name= Patton/>

Propulsion was by 12 [[Kampon]] boilers driving four sets of single-impulse geared turbine engines, with four shafts turning three-bladed propellers. The ship was armored with a {{convert|127|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} side [[Belt armor|belt]], and {{convert|35|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} armored [[Deck (ship)|deck]]; the bridge was armored with {{convert|10|to|16|mm|in|abbr=on}} armored plates.<ref name= Patton/>

''Takao''’s main battery was ten [[20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun]]s, the heaviest armament of any heavy cruiser in the world at the time, mounted in five twin turrets.<ref name= Patton/> Her secondary armament included eight [[12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval gun|Type 10 12cm dual purpose gun]]s in four twin mounts on each side, and 16 [[61 cm Type 90 torpedo|Type 90 torpedo]]es in four quadruple launchers. She was very deficient in anti-aircraft capability, with only two {{convert|40|mm|in|2|abbr=on}} [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft gun]]s. ''Takao'' was repeatedly modernized and upgraded throughout her career in order to counter the growing threat of air strikes, and in her final configuration was armed with ten 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (5x2), eight [[12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun|Type 89 {{convert|12.7|cm|abbr=on|0}}]] [[dual purpose gun]]s, (4x2), and 16 [[Type 93 torpedo|Type 93 Long Lance torpedo]]es in four quadruple launchers (plus 8 reloads). Anti-aircraft protection included 24 triple-mount and 12 twin-mount and 26 single-mount [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun]]s and four [[Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun|{{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}}]] AA [[machine gun]]s.

==Operational history==

===Early operations===
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''Takao'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at the [[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal]] on 28 April 1927, [[Ship launching|launched]] and named on 12 May 1930, and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 31 May 1932.<ref name= Nishida>Nishida, ''Takao class heavy cruisers''</ref> Although the first ship in her class to be laid down, ''Atago'' was actually completed two months earlier.

All of the ''Takao'' class were assigned to the [[Yokosuka Naval District]], forming [[Sentai#Imperial Japanese Navy Fleets|''Sentai'']]-4 of the [[IJN 2nd Fleet]], and trained as a unit during the 1930s. She was captained by Captain [[Chūichi Nagumo]] from November 1933 – 1934, Captain [[Eiji Gotō]] from November 1934 – 1935, Captain [[Takeo Takagi]] from December 1936 – 1937 and Captain [[Tadashige Daigo]] from December 1937 – 1938. During this time, issues with their stability and seaworthiness due to the top-heavy design became evident. ''Takao'' and ''Atago'' were rebuilt at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal between 1938 and 1939, resulting in an improved design: the size of the bridge was reduced, the main mast was relocated aft, and hull bulges were added to improve stability. ''Maya'' and ''Chōkai'' were not modified as extensively, and can be considered mistakenly as a separate class.<ref name= Patton/> After rebuilding was completed, ''Takao'' and ''Atago'' patrolled off the coast of China in 1940 and early 1941.<ref name= Patton/>

===Pacific War===
[[File:Ships of the 4th Sentai underway, during a training exercise in August 1933. Takao, Atago and Chokai.jpg|thumb|''Takao''-class cruisers of ''Sentai''-4 underway, during a training exercise in August 1933. From left to right: ''Takao'', ''Atago'' and ''Chōkai''.]]
At the time of the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], ''Takao'' was commanded by Captain Asakura Bunji and assigned to Vice Admiral [[Nobutake Kondō]]'s ''Sentai''-4 together with her three sister ships and provided gunfire support for the landings at [[Lingayen Gulf]] on [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]]. In February 1942, operating out of [[Palau]], ''Takao'' was assigned to intercept shipping escaping from the [[Netherlands East Indies]], sinking the Dutch freighter  ''Toradja'', British minesweeper {{HMS|Scott Harley}} and capturing the Dutch freighter ''Bintoehan'' on 1 March. On the same day, one of ''Takao''{{'s}} floatplanes bombed the Dutch freighter ''Enggano''. The next night, ''Takao'' and ''Atago'' overtook the old [[United States Navy]] [[destroyer]] {{USS|Pillsbury|DD-227|2}} and sank her with no survivors. Early on 4&nbsp;March, ''Takao'', ''Atago'', ''Maya'' and the destroyers  {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashi||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nowaki|1940|2}}, attacked a [[convoy]] near [[Cilacap Regency|Tjilatjap]]. The [[Royal Australian Navy]] [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] {{HMAS|Yarra|U77|6}} defended the convoy for an hour and half, but was sunk.  The Japanese cruisers then sank three ships from the convoy: the tanker ''Francol'', the depot ship ''Anking'', and Royal Navy [[Minesweeper (ship)|Minesweeper-51]]. Two Dutch freighters, the 1030 ton Dutch freighter ''Duymaer van Twist'' and the 7089 ton freighter ''Tjisaroea'' were also captured. ''Takao'', ''Maya'' and ''Atago'' then returned to Yokosuka for a refit with additional anti-aircraft guns, arriving 18 March.<ref name= "Hackett">Hackett and Kingsepp, ''IJN TAKAO: Tabular Record of Movement''</ref>

In April, she participated in the unsuccessful pursuit of the [[Doolittle raid]] task force.

On 2 May, ''Takao'' assisted in rescue efforts for the [[seaplane carrier]] {{ship|Japanese seaplane carrier|Mizuho||2}}, which had been torpedoed by the US submarine {{USS|Drum|SS-228|6}} off of Omaezaki. ''Takao'' rescued 471 crew from the sinking ship .<ref name="Hackett"/>

In June 1942, ''Takao'' and ''Maya'' supported the [[Battle of the Aleutian Islands|invasion of the Aleutian Islands]], protecting the convoy for [[Kiska]] and providing fire support for landings on [[Attu Island|Attu]].<ref name="Hackett"/> On 3&nbsp;June 1942, their reconnaissance floatplanes were attacked by [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] [[Curtiss P-40]] fighters from [[Umnak]] and two were shot down; on 5&nbsp;June, ''Takao'' shot down a [[B-17 Flying Fortress]]. ''Takao'' returned to [[Ōminato Guard District|Ōminato]] on 24 June.<ref name="Hackett"/>

In August 1942, ''Takao'' was assigned to "Operation Ka", the Japanese reinforcement during the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]], departing [[Hashirajima]] with ''Atago'' and ''Maya'' on 11 August for [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]]. The cruisers were in the [[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]] on 24 August from a distance, and did not see combat. However, during the [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands]] on 26&nbsp;October, all three cruisers (together with {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Myōkō||2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Haguro||2}}) participated in night combat operations resulting in the sinking of the crippled and abandoned American [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Hornet|CV-8|6}}.<ref name= Patton/>

[[File:KondoKirishimaNov14.jpg|thumb|right|''Takao'' (center) heads towards Guadalcanal on 14 November 1942 followed by the battleship {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kirishima||2}} (far background) to bombard [[Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)|Henderson Field]]. Photo taken from ''Takao'''s sister ship ''Atago''.]]
[[File:IJN cruiser Takao at Solomon Islands in 1942.jpg|thumb|''Takao'' underway at the Solomon Islands in 1942, as seen from ''Atago'']]

This was followed by a determined attempt to shell the US base at [[Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)|Henderson Field]] leading to the [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal]].  Early in the morning of 15 November 1942, the battleship {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kirishima||2}}, supported by ''Takao'' and ''Atago'', engaged the American battleships {{USS|Washington|BB-56|2}} and {{USS|South Dakota|BB-57|2}}. All three Japanese ships hit ''South Dakota'' multiple times with shells, knocking out her radar and fire controls. ''Takao'' and ''Atago'' fired Long Lance torpedoes at ''Washington'' but missed. However, ''Kirishima'' was quickly disabled by ''Washington'' and sank a few hours later. ''Atago'' was damaged. ''Takao'' escaped unharmed, but was forced to retreat to Truk, and from there went back to Kure Naval Arsenal for repairs at the end of November, returning to Truk by the end of December.<ref name="Hackett"/>

In early 1943, ''Takao'' supported the [[Operation Ke|evacuation of Guadalcanal]]. The force consisted of the carriers {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuihō||2}} and {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Jun'yō||2}}, the battleships {{ship|Japanese battleship|Kongō||2}} and {{ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||2}}, heavy cruisers ''Atago'', ''Takao'', ''Myōkō'' and ''Haguro'', the light cruisers ''Nagara'' and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Agano||2}}, and 11&nbsp;destroyers. The Japanese transports were successful in evacuating 11,700&nbsp;troops from the island.

Under the command of [[Inoguchi Toshihira]], ''Takao'' operated in the central Pacific from her base at Truk. She returned to Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 26 July for the installation of additional anti-aircraft guns. After returning to Truk on 23 August, she continued on to [[Rabaul]] on 27 August, disembarking army troops and supplies.

In response to American carrier aircraft raiding in the [[Gilbert Islands]], ''Takao'' sortied with Vice Admiral [[Jisaburō Ozawa]]'s fleet to engage the American carriers. The fleet consisted of the aircraft carriers {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}}, ''Zuikaku'' and ''Zuihō'', the battleships {{ship|Japanese battleship|Yamato||2}} and {{ship|Japanese battleship|Nagato||2}}, heavy cruisers ''Myōkō'', ''Haguro'', {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tone|1937|2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chikuma|1938|2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}}, ''Atago'', ''Takao'', ''Chōkai'' and ''Maya'', the light cruiser ''Agano'' and fifteen destroyers. Despite extensive searches, this force failed to make contact with the American striking force and returned to Truk.<ref name="Hackett"/>

''Takao'' was refueling at Rabaul when the base was [[Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943)|attacked on 5 November 1943]] by American carrier aircraft.  She was targeted by [[SBD Dauntless]] [[dive bomber]]s from {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}} and hit by two bombs, killing 23 crewmen and damaging her steering.  ''Takao'' was forced to return to Yokosuka for [[dry dock]] repairs. During the repair work, additional anti-aircraft guns were fitted, along with a Type 21 radar. Repairs were not complete until 18 January 1944.<ref name= Patton/>

''Takao'' was assigned to Vice Admiral Ozawa’s First Mobile Fleet based at Palau from 1 March 1944, and was stationed at [[Davao Region|Davao]] in the southern Philippines from 1 April. She was attacked by the submarine {{USS|Dace|SS-247|6}} on 6 April, but all of her torpedoes missed. On 13 June, during the [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]], ''Takao'' was part of Vice Admiral [[Takeo Kurita]]’s Mobile Force Vanguard, deployed from [[Tawi Tawi]] in an attempt to force the American [[United States Fifth Fleet|5th Fleet]] into a "decisive battle" off of [[Saipan]]. In what came to be called the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot", Japanese aircraft attacking US [[Task Force 58]] off Saipan suffered severe losses.<ref name="Hackett"/> On 26 June ''Takao'' was again at [[Kure Naval Arsenal]], where yet more anti-aircraft guns were installed, as well as a Type 13 air-search radar.<ref name="Hackett"/>

''Takao'' returned to Singapore in mid-July and conducted operations in the vicinity of Singapore and [[Brunei]] until mid-October. On 22 October, ''Takao'' sortied from Brunei as part of Admiral Kurita's Center Force for the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]. In the predawn hours of 23 October, the Japanese force was [[Battle of Leyte Gulf#Submarine action in Palawan Passage (23 October 1944)|intercepted]] by two American submarines in the [[Palawan Passage]].  ''Takao'' was hit by two torpedoes from {{USS|Darter|SS-227|6}}, which shattered two shafts, broke her [[Poop deck|fantail]] and flooded three boiler rooms. ''Atago'' and ''Maya'' were both sunk in the same engagement. ''Chōkai'' was lost a few days later at the [[Battle off Samar]], leaving ''Takao'' as the sole survivor of her class.

''Takao'' limped back to Brunei, escorted by the destroyers {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Naganami||2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asashimo||2}}, the [[torpedo boat]] ''Hiyodori'' and the transport ''Mitsu Maru'', and on to Singapore by 12 November.<ref name="Hackett"/> ''Takao'' was assessed as being unrepairable at Singapore and impossible to tow to Japan. She was therefore moored as a floating anti-aircraft battery defending [[Seletar|Seletar Naval Base]] along with ''Myōkō'', the latter crippled at the [[Battle of Leyte Gulf#Battle of the Sibuyan Sea (24 October 1944)|Battle of the Sibuyan Sea]] and then further damaged by a submarine-launched torpedo.<ref name="Hackett"/>

[[File:Takao, surrendered to British forces at Singapore.jpg|thumb|''Takao'', surrendered to British forces at Singapore, September 1945]]

Concerned that both cruisers could interfere with Allied forces approaching Singapore, the [[Royal Navy]] launched [[XE-class submarine#Operation Struggle|Operation Struggle]] on 31 July 1945 with the [[midget submarine]]s {{HMS|XE3}} (Lieutenant [[Ian Edward Fraser]]) assigned to attack ''Takao'', and {{HMS|XE1}} (Lieutenant J. E. Smart) to attack ''Myōkō''.  After penetrating the harbor defenses, ''XE3'' maneuvered under ''Takao'', where diver Acting [[Leading Seaman]] [[James Joseph Magennis]] exited the submarine and attached six [[limpet mine]]s to ''Takao''{{'}}s hull using an improvised piece of rope (the hull was covered with a thick layer of seaweed, and the magnets of the limpet mines would not hold them on the hull);<ref name="Gores">Gores, ''Marine Salvage''</ref> when the mines exploded, they blew a hole {{convert|20|by|10|m}}. Several compartments below the lower deck were flooded, including two ammunition magazines, the main gun plotting room and the lower communications room.<ref name="Hackett"/> Fraser and Magennis were awarded the [[Victoria Cross]].

It was discovered after the end of the war that ''Takao'' was manned by a skeleton crew and had no ammunition aboard for her 8-inch main armament.<ref name="Hackett"/> Japanese forces surrendered Seletar Naval Base to the British on 21 September 1945. On 27 October 1946, ''Takao'' was towed to the [[Strait of Malacca]] and was sunk as a [[target ship]] by the [[light cruiser]] {{HMS|Newfoundland|59|6}} on 29 October 1946 at {{coord|03|05|05|N|100|41|00|E |type:event_dim:300000 |display=inline,title}}.<ref name="Hackett"/> She was removed from the [[navy list]] on 3 May 1947.

==In popular culture==
''Takao'' has an important role in the 2023 film ''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'', where the United States authorizes the ship to be returned to Japan so that it can defend the country against [[Godzilla]]. ''Takao'' arrives in time to rescue the main cast and battles Godzilla at point-blank range, forcing back the [[kaiju]], only to be destroyed by the monster's atomic breath and its resulting nuclear explosion.

The ship also makes an appearance in the anime ''[[Arpeggio of Blue Steel]]'' where she defects from the Fog to help the protagonists.

The ship is also a playable character in the smartphone gacha games ''[[Azur Lane]], [[Kantai Collection]]'' and other similar themed titles''.''

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Books===
*{{cite book | last = D'Albas | first = Andrieu | year = 1965 | title = Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II | publisher = Devin-Adair Pub | isbn = 0-8159-5302-X}}
*{{cite book | last = Dull | first = Paul S. | year = 1978 | title = A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-097-1 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/battlehistoryofi0000dull }}
*{{cite book | last = Gores | first = Joseph  | year = 1972 | title = Marine Salvage | publisher = David & Charles | isbn = 071535454X}}
*{{cite book | last = Howarth  | first = Stephen  | year = 1983 | title = The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945 | publisher = Atheneum  | isbn = 0-689-11402-8}}
*{{cite book | last = Jentsura | first = Hansgeorg  | year = 1976 | title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-893-X}}
*{{cite book | last = Lacroix | first = Eric |author2=Linton Wells  | year = 1997 | title = Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-311-3}}
*{{cite book | last = Patton | first = Wayne | year = 2006 | title = Japanese Heavy Cruisers in World War II | publisher = Squadron Signal Publications | isbn = 0-89747-498-8}}
*{{cite book | last = Skulski | first = Janusz | year = 2004 | title = The Heavy Cruiser Takao | publisher = Conway Maritime Press | isbn = 0-85177-974-3}}
*{{cite book | last = Watts | first = Anthony J. | year = 1967 | title = Japanese Warships of World War II | publisher = Doubleday & Company | isbn =  978-0-3850-9189-3}}
*{{cite book | last = Whitley  | first = M.J.  | year = 1995 | title = Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia  | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 1-55750-141-6}}

==External links==
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* {{cite web | last = Nishida | first = Hiroshi | url=http://admiral31.world.coocan.jp/e/stc0332.htm | title = Takao class heavy cruisers | work = Imperial Japanese Navy | date = 2002 | access-date = 2019-08-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161123201838/http://admiral31.world.coocan.jp/e/stc0332.htm | archive-date = 23 November 2016 | url-status = live}}
*{{cite web | last1 = Hackett | first1 = Bob | last2 = Kingsepp | first2 = Sander | url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/takao_t.htm | title = IJN TAKAO: Tabular Record of Movement| work = combinedfleet.com | date = 2019 | access-date = 2019-08-07 }}

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