Chikuma
Cruiser · 8×1 152 mm
General characteristics
Mobility
Base concealment
Base API profile values before commander skills, upgrades and other modifiers.
Main battery
HE shell
Secondary battery
Anti-aircraft defense
Theoretical values
Before accuracy, penetration, saturation, angles and other mechanics.
About the ship
After the war against Russia, Japan started developing light cruisers. Cruiser Tone (laid down in 1905) was used as the basis for the new design. The project was influenced by Russian auxiliary cruisers' hull designs and the British Town-class ships. For the first time, turbines were used on a Japanese cruiser. During World War I, Chikuma was part of the squadron that pursued Admiral von Spee's division and later—cruiser Emden.
Technical data imported from the public Wargaming API. For tech-tree ships, the displayed statistics use the fully researched configuration, before commander skills, upgrades, signals and other modifiers. Values may change with game updates.