Tamiya 1/350 IJN Heavy Cruiser Mogami 78023The Mogami class was designed in 1931 as 8,500 ton light cruisers armed with five triple 15. 5cm gun turrets, and the lead ship of the class, the Mogami, was completed in July 1935. She was rearmed with twin 20. 3cm gun turrets in 1939 and it was in this configuration that she entered the war. She and her three sister ships formed the Japanese Second Fleets's Cruiser Division 7 and were assigned to support the landings at Malaya. During the Battle of