![]() Being mounted on the centerline allowed the twin launchers to fire to either port or starboard, meaning that a full eight-torpedo broadside could be fired, whereas a ship with separate port and starboard launchers can only fire half of its torpedoes at a time. The torpedo tubes were mounted on the centerline, as was more common with destroyers, and had a rapid reload system with eight spare torpedoes. ![]() Noshiro also had two quadruple torpedo launchers for Type 93 torpedoes located below the flight deck, with eight reserve torpedoes. Anti-aircraft weapons included two triple 25 mm AA guns in front of the bridge, and two twin 13 mm mounts near the mast. Secondary armament included four 76 mm Type 98 DP guns designed specifically for the class, in two twin turrets amidships. Noshiro was armed with six 152 mm Type 41 guns in three gun turrets. The design for the Agano class was based on technologies developed by the experimental cruiser Yūbari, resulting in a graceful and uncluttered deck line and single smokestack. Like other vessels of her class, Noshiro was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla. Funding was authorized in the 4th Naval Armaments Supplement Programme of 1939, although construction was delayed due to lack of capacity in Japanese shipyards. Noshiro was the second of the four vessels completed in the Agano class of light cruisers, which were intended to replace increasingly obsolete light cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the Noshiro River in Akita Prefecture in northern Japan. Noshiro ( 能代) was an Agano-class cruiser which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Sunk 26 October 1944 by USN aircraft south of Mindoro Sulu Sea.
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