IJN Haruna

An Apollyon-class Heavy Cruiser and the last of its class. The ship was constructed in Britain and transferred to the Japanese Empire as part of the military alliance between the two countries established following the destruction of Beijing. The unnamed hull was sent to Japan with the EuF expeditionary fleet, arriving at Kure naval base 29 January 2020, where it would spend the next two months undergoing a stringent sweep for European spy bugs. After every precaution had been made to nullify and remove Federal espionage, the vessel was christened Haruna and appointed as the flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. During this time, the ship underwent numerous general modifications as well to better integrate it with Japanese technology and reduce reliance on European weapon systems and sensors. 
Haruna lacks the Pandora-designed Hephaestus generators common to its sister ships (as the EuF was unwilling to part with examples of the technology, and the Japanese were uninterested in such what was in their eyes a radically dangerous power source). The ship instead utilizes gas turbine and diesel engines to power electric motors responsible for not only driving the propeller shafts, but providing power throughout the whole ship as well.
Upon delivery, Haruna retained the three RABCs distinctive to the Apollyon class. However, with the downgraded powerplant it was unlikely to be capable of utilizing all three weapons to the same affect expected of the other Apollyon class. Although there were alternative options available, Japanese naval strategists advocated instead that the weapons be replaced with a more proven and flexible system that would not require a dedicated or experimental powersource. Two of the three turrets and replace them instead with additional Mk41 VLS modules, granting Haruna an additional 96 VLS cells for a total of 144 missile cells.
The carry space reserved for EuF Dragonfly attack helicopters and Salamander gunships is instead used by Mitsubishi H-60s, trading further direct attack power and troop-transportation capabilities to fulfill anti-submarine and search and rescue roles. ies to fulfill anti-submarine and search and rescue roles.
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Category:The Second Empire of Great Japan