Statistics for World War II Light Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy

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Class	Fate	Answer	% Correct
Nagara	Sunk by submarine USS Croaker; August 7, 1944	Nagara	95%
Sendai	Sunk in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay; November 2, 1943	Sendai	95%
Katori	Sunk by battleship USS Iowa; February 19, 1944	Katori	91%
Oyodo	Sunk at Kure Naval Base; July 28, 1945. Later raised and scrapped	Oyodo	91%
Kuma	Sunk by submarine HMS Tally-Ho; March 10, 1944	Kuma	89%
Tenryu	Sunk by submarine USS Albacore; December 19, 1942	Tenryu	89%
Agano	Sunk by submarine USS Skate; February 16, 1944	Agano	86%
Yubari	Sunk by submarine USS Bluegill; April 28, 1944	Yubari	84%
Sendai	Sunk in the Battle of Kolombangara; July 13, 1943	Jintsu	55%
Kuma	Sunk by submarine USS Flasher; July 19, 1944	Oi	52%
Kuma	Scrapped	Kitakami	50%
Agano	Sunk by US Navy aircraft; October 26, 1944	Noshiro	43%
Katori	Scrapped	Kashima	41%
Sendai	Sunk during Operation Hailstone; February 17, 1944	Naka	41%
Kuma	Sunk by submarine USS Jallo; October 25, 1944	Tama	41%
Tenryu	Sunk by submarine USS Sand Lance; March 13, 1944	Tatsuta	41%
Nagara	Sunk by United States Navy and Army Air Force planes; October 25, 1942	Yura	41%
Agano	Sunk during Operation Ten-Go; April 7, 1945	Yahagi	39%
Nagara	Sunk by American submarine wolfpack; April 7, 1945	Isuzu	36%
Nagara	Sunk by US Navy aircraft; October 26, 1944	Kinu	36%
Nagara	Sunk by submarine USS Hardhead; August 19, 1944	Natori	36%
Agano	Sunk during Operation Crossroads; July 2, 1946	Sakawa	36%
Kuma	Sunk by US Navy aircraft; November 13, 1944	Kiso	32%
Nagara	Sunk by American B-24 bombers; October 26, 1944	Abukuma	30%
Katori	Sunk by US Navy aircraft; January 12, 1945	Kashii	25%