Takao Photographs | World War II Database


Japanese heavy cruiser Takao, early 1930s	View of forward turrets and bridge of heavy cruiser Takao, 20 Mar 1932	Japanese heavy cruiser Takao on a trial run at full speed off Tateyama, Tokyo Bay, 1 Jul 1932	Japanese heavy cruiser Takao underway, summer 1937

Recognition drawing for cruisers Takao and Atago (post-1938 configuration) published by US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence	Japanese heavy cruiser Takao on a trial run off Tateyama, Tokyo Bay, 14 Jul 1939	Cruiser Takao underway, en route to the Guadalcanal area in the Solomon Islands, 14 Nov 1942; photo taken from cruiser Atago, part of which could be seen in foreground	Kirishima and Takao underway, en route to the Guadalcanal area in the Solomon Islands, 14 Nov 1942; photograph taken from cruiser Atago part of which could be seen in foreground

Japanese cruiser Takao with her forward torpedo tubes swung out, circa 1943. These tubes were meant to launch the 3-ton Type 93 torpedo.	Japanese Center Force departing Brunei Bay, Borneo for Philippine Islands, 22 Oct 1944