Nachi (那智) was the second vessel completed of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. The other ships of the class were Myōkō, Ashigara, and Haguro. She was named after a mountain in Wakayama Prefecture.
Nachi at speed
Nachi photographed soon after her full-power trials in November 1928
Nachi, Haguro, Myōkō, and Ashigara anchored in Beppu, 1930
Nachi under attack by USN aircraft, 5 November 1944
The Myōkō-class cruisers were a series of four heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1920s. Three were lost during World War II.
Myōkō-class cruiser
United States Navy recognition drawings of the Myōkō-class cruiser Nachi
Myōkō at anchor, 1931.