Birdseye view of the Imperial Japanese Navy Mogami class light-heavy cruiser Suzuya. This is while she had triple 155 mm (6.1-inch) turrets, up to 1939, and was thus a light cruiser. Later she was re-armed with with twin 203 mm (8-inch) guns, like her sister ships of the the Mogami class, and became a true heavy cruiser.

Imperial Japanese Navy Mogami class light-heavy cruiser Suzuya

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