Color Pics of Takao, Atago, Maya, and Chōkai. (Image heavy)

[Doomlock]

Hello all, it appears that these are popular so I shall do more. If you want a specific ship or ship class let me know. As always the pics come from: http://blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/

 

Here we see Takao herself on her sea trials in 1932. Of note is the masts which show her original configuration.

In this shot taken on May 11 1937, we see a good shot of Takao's port stern showing the rear guns, catapult and the aft bridge structure. She still hasn't been reconstructed yet.

In this excellent starboard beam shot we see the newly reconstructed Takao on sea trails in July 1939, we can tell because of the new fore mast just aft of the bridge.

Here we see a fantastic shot of Takao's starboard bridge showing the AA gun director, forward type 93 torpedo launcher, one of the 12 cm/45 10th year type naval guns pointing to the sky, the main artillery director and the forward stack.

In this pic we see Atago on sea trails at Sukumo Bay on February 12, 1932, in her original configuration. All in all an excellent port beam shot.

In this starboard bow shot of Atago at anchor we get a good look at her numbers 1 and 2 20 cm/50 3rd year type naval guns, as well as a good look at the bridge front.

Here we see Maya at Tawitawi in May 1944, showing her starboard beam. In this pic we can see just how much bigger her bridge structure is compared to her sisters, it was enlarged for more AA guns and in return she lost her number 3 gun turret.

In this interesting shot of Maya, we are just under the number 2 gun turret looking up at the bridge over the AA gun nests.

Here we see Chōkai during target practice in 1938. She is leaning to port so that may mean she's executing a turn to starboard, all guns are trained to port and have just fired.

Here we see Chōkai at anchor giving a good look at her starboard side, including her float plane.

In this excellent shot of Chōkai's starboard bridge we can see all the things mentioned on Takao earlier, though there are differences, such as the placement of her starboard gun director.

And finally we see the 4th Cruiser squadron performing maneuvers in August 1933 in their original configurations.

 

And that's it! Let me know if you want a specific ship, I've got plenty. Fair winds and following seas captains! 

[orangeandblue]

Cool. Thanks for sharing! 

[Sir_Robert_Whitney]

This is great! Thanks for sharing 

 

[Czevak]

Dem lines tho.

[Doomlock]

This is great! Thanks for sharing 

 

You're welcome! (P.S. I have Inazuma in color as well referring to your profile pic)

[Zhoyzu]

omg thanks a lot!

[Goose21891]

Still can't figure out how the sub that sank Maya thought it was a Kongo

[Doomlock]

Still can't figure out how the sub that sank Maya thought it was a Kongo

 

For comparison as to how looking through a sub periscope looks like, and of course the two Kongo class ships left at the time Maya was sunk.

The time of the attack was 05:33 so, nighttime conditions.

[paradat]

That was really cool thank you for sharing.

[ZombieFlanders]

Still can't figure out how the sub that sank Maya thought it was a Kongo

 

i could see that, since maya only had four turrets it would be easy to misidentified through a periscope. 

 

thanks for sharing OP, these are among my favorite looking ships. there are a few shots here that i have not seen, really cool. 

[Doomlock]

 

i could see that, since maya only had four turrets it would be easy to misidentified through a periscope. 

 

thanks for sharing OP, these are among my favorite looking ships. there are a few shots here that i have not seen, really cool. 

 

Also it was 05:33 in the morning. So it was pretty dark. No problem man, I got plenty of these colorized photos to share ranging from Japanese and German, to American and British ships.

[Sinboto]

Beautiful ships. 

[QJW]

Wow, these absolutely incredible. Some of these shots are so good looking, they look as if they were taken yesterday.

[ThatLungfish]

Really, nice.

 

Thank you !

[MrEndeavour]

Sweet to see these ships in color. Almost gives you an entirely new prospective.

[Guest]

I've always loved the Takao class for its towering, and bulky superstructure, Its easily one of my most favorite Heavy cruisers of WW2~! +1. 

[Fog_Battleship_Tosa]

they're so beautiful...

[Hunter_Steel]

The IJN's best Heavy Cruisers in all their glory. Sad they're all resting at the bottom, would've loved to have either Maya or Takao as a museum ship today.

 

Can you do a selection on my favorite IJN CA, the Mogami class? If you have images of Mogami and Mikuma in their 155mm configs that would be lovely.

 

~Hunter

[Doomlock]

Can you do a selection on my favorite IJN CA, the Mogami class? If you have images of Mogami and Mikuma in their 155mm configs that would be lovely.

 

~Hunter

I most certainly can, give a bit and you'll have more pics of Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya, and Kumano than you can shake a stick at. (Although I don't know how big of a stick you have so...)

[Jim_Byrnes]

Very cool! Thanks much for the great shots!

[Romeo26]

The picture of the "Maya" would be an interesting option for a another hull for Myoko...you lose a forward turret but get better AA...interesting option.