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{{short description|Third ship in the Mogami class of Japanese heavy cruisers}}
{{other ships|Japanese cruiser Suzuya}}
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 | Ship country             = [[Empire of Japan]]
 | Ship flag                = {{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}}
 | Ship name                = ''Suzuya''
 | Ship namesake            = [[Suzuya River]] in [[Karafuto]]
 | Ship ordered             = 1931 Fiscal Year
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 | Ship builder             = [[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal]]
 | Ship original cost       = 24,833,950 Yen
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 | Ship laid down           = 11 December 1933
 | Ship launched            = 20 November 1934
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 | Ship commissioned        = 31 October 1937
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 | Ship struck              = 20 December 1944
 | Ship fate                = Sunk during the [[Battle off Samar]], 25 October 1944  {{coord|11|45.2|N|126|11.2|E|display=title}}

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 | Ship class               = {{sclass|Mogami|cruiser}}
 | Ship displacement        = *8,500 tons (official, initial)
*13,670 tons (final)
 | Ship length              = {{convert|200.6|m|ft}}
 | Ship beam                = {{convert|20.2|m|ft}}
 | Ship height              = 
 | Ship draught             = {{convert|5.9|m|ft}}
 | Ship power               = 
 | Ship propulsion          = *4-shaft geared turbines
*8 Kampon boilers
*{{convert|154,000|shp|kW|abbr=on}}
 | Ship speed               = *{{convert|37|kn|km/h|adj=on}}   (initial)
*{{convert|35.5|kn|km/h}}   (final)
 | Ship range               = {{convert|8,032|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h}}
 | Ship capacity            = 2243 tons heavy oil
 | Ship complement          = 850-950
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 | Ship armament            = *(initial)<ref name="Watts">Watts, ''Japanese Warships of World War II'', p. 99</ref>
*15 × [[15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type naval gun]] (5×3)
*8 × [[12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun]]s (4×2)
*4 × [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun]]s
*2 × [[Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun|{{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}}]] AA guns
*24 × [[Type 93 torpedo]]es
*(final)<ref name="Watts"/>
*10 × [[20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun]]s <ref name="Campbell">Campbell, ''Naval Weapons of World War Two'', pp. 185-187</ref> (5×2)
*8 × [[12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun]] (4×2)
*50 × [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun]] guns
*2 × 13mm AA guns
*24 × [[Type 93 torpedo]]es
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 | Ship armor               = *100-125&nbsp;mm (belt)
*35-60&nbsp;mm (deck)
*25&nbsp;mm turret
 | Ship aircraft            = 3 x [[floatplane]]s
 | Ship aircraft facilities = 2 aircraft [[Aircraft catapult#Interwar and World War II|catapult]]s
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{{nihongo|'''''Suzuya'''''|鈴谷}} was the third of four vessels in the {{sclass|Mogami|cruiser|4}} of [[heavy cruiser]]s in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].<ref name="Whitley">Whitley, ''Cruisers of World War Two'', pp. 181–184</ref> She was named after the {{ill|Suzuya river|lt=Suzuya|ru|Сусуя}} River on [[Karafuto]] (present day [[Sakhalin]], Russia).

==Background and design==
[[File:Suzuya trials.jpg|thumb|left|Overhead view of ''Suzuya'' during sea trials, 1935.]]
Built under the [[1st Naval Armaments Supplement Programme|Maru-1 Naval Armaments Supplement Programme]], the ''Mogami''-class cruisers were designed to the maximum limits allowed by the [[Washington Naval Treaty]], using the latest technology. This resulted in the choice of the [[dual purpose gun|dual purpose]] (DP) [[15.5 cm/60 3rd Year Type naval gun]]s as the [[main battery]] in five triple [[Gun turret|turret]]s capable of 55° elevation. These were the first Japanese cruisers with triple turrets.<ref name="Patton">Patton, ''Japanese Heavy Cruisers of World War Two'', pp. 47-52</ref> Secondary armament included eight [[12.7 cm/40 Type 89 naval gun]]s in four twin turrets, and 24 [[Type 93 torpedo|Type 93 Long Lance]] torpedoes in four rotating triple mounts.

To save weight, electric welding was used, as was aluminum in the [[superstructure]], and a single [[funnel|funnel stack]]. New impulse geared [[turbine]] engines, driving four shafts with three-bladed propellers gave a top speed of {{convert|35|kn|lk=in}}, which was better than most contemporary cruiser designs and the ''Mogami'' class had twin balanced rudders, rather than the single rudder of previous Japanese cruiser designs.<ref name="Patton"/>

The class was designed from the start to be upgraded into [[heavy cruiser]]s with the replacement of their main battery with [[20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun]]s in twin turrets.<ref name="Patton"/>

However, in initial trials in 1935, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mogami|1934|2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Mikuma||2}} were plagued with technical problems due to their untested equipment, welding defects, and also proved to be top-heavy with stability problems in heavy weather. Both vessels, and their yet-to-be-completed [[Sister ship|sisters]], {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}} and ''Suzuya'' underwent a complete and very costly rebuilding program. Once rebuilt, the design, with its very high speed, armor protection, and heavy armament was among the best in the world during [[World War II]].<ref name="Patton"/>

==Service career==

===Early career===
[[File:Suzuya1939.png|thumb|left|''Suzuya'' in Kure Naval harbor, January 5, 1939. Taken from battleship [[Japanese battleship Fuso|''Fusō'']].]]
''Suzuya'' was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 20 November 1934 at [[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal]] in a ceremony attended by [[Emperor Hirohito]]. She was completed in January 1936, but on completion was immediately placed in the reserves while waiting for [[dry dock]] space to permit reconstruction and modifications based on experience gained during trials of ''Mogami'' to strengthen her welds, and to add bulges to her hull to reduce weight. She was officially commissioned on 31 October 1937; however instead of entering active service, she immediately returned to dry dock for refit work to upgrade her main battery to the heavy cruiser format with [[20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun]]s.<ref name="Whitley"/> These upgrades were completed on 30 September 1939, at which she was assigned to [[Kure Naval District]] as Cruiser Division 7 of the [[IJN 2nd Fleet]] with her sister ships ''Mogami'', ''Mikuma'' and ''Kumano''.

''Suzuya'', under the command of Captain [[Masatomi Kimura]], was dispatched on 23 January 1941 as part of a [[show of force]] following the [[Battle of Ko Chang]] in the [[Franco-Thai War]].<ref name="Patton"/> She returned to Kure for maintenance, and then took part in training exercises and drills in Japanese home waters though June. From July 1941, she participated in the occupation of [[Cochinchina]], [[French Indochina]] from her forward operating base on [[Hainan]], after Japan and [[Vichy French]] authorities reached an understanding on use of air facilities and harbors.

At the time of the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], ''Suzuya'' was assigned to cover the invasion of [[British Malaya|Malaya]] as part of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Jisaburo Ozawa]]'s First Southern Expeditionary Fleet, providing close support for landings of Japanese troops at [[Singora]], [[Pattani, Thailand|Pattani]] and [[Kota Bharu]].<ref name="Whitley"/>

On 9 December 1941, the {{Jsub|I-65}} reported sighting of [[Royal Navy]] [[Force Z]] (the Royal Navy [[battleship]] {{HMS|Prince of Wales|53|6}}, [[battlecruiser]] {{HMS|Repulse|1916|6}} and supporting [[destroyer]]s). The report was received by [[light cruiser]] {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Sendai||2}}, which relayed the message to Admiral Ozawa aboard his flagship, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chōkai||2}}. However, the reception was poor and the message took another 90 minutes to decode. Moreover, ''I-65''{{'}}s report was incorrect about the heading of Force Z. Two [[Aichi E13A]]1 "Jake" floatplanes from ''Suzuya'' and ''Kumano'' attempted to shadow Force Z, but both were forced to ditch due to lack of fuel. Only ''Suzuya''{{'}}s crew was recovered. The following day, Force Z was overwhelmed by [[torpedo bomber]]s of the 22nd Air Flotilla from Indochina.

In December 1941, ''Suzuya'' was tasked with the invasion of [[Sarawak]], together with ''Kumano'', covering landings of Japanese troops at [[Miri, Malaysia|Miri]]. From her base at [[Cam Rahn Bay]], she sortied with ''Kumano'' to cover landings of troops at [[Anambas]], [[Endau]], [[Palembang]] and [[Banka Island]], [[Sabang, Indonesia|Sabang]] on [[Sumatra]] and [[Java]] in the [[Netherlands East Indies]] from the end of December 1941 to the middle of March. ''Suzuya'' also participated in the seizure of the [[Andaman Islands]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] on 20 March 1942.

===Indian Ocean Raids===
From 1 April 1942 CruDiv 7 based from [[Mergui]], [[Burma]] joined with CruDiv 4 to participate in the [[Indian Ocean raids]].<ref name="Whitley"/> ''Mikuma'', ''Mogami'' and destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Amagiri|1930|2}} detached and formed the "Southern Group", which hunted for merchant shipping in the [[Bay of Bengal]], while ''Suzuya'', ''Kumano'', and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shiokaze||2}} covered the northern areas. ''Chōkai'', light cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Yura||2}}, [[aircraft carrier]] {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}} and destroyers {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Ayanami|1929|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgiri|1930|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asagiri|1929|2}} formed a center group to reinforce northern or southern wings as necessary. Over the next few weeks, the northern groups claimed kills on a 4,986-ton American merchant vessel ''Exmoor'', British 7,621-ton freighter ''Autoclycus'', British 9,066-ton freighter ''Malda'' and the 2,440-ton British freighter ''Shinkuang''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Klemen |last=L |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/allied_losses.html |title=Allied Merchant Ship Losses in the Pacific and Southeast Asia |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942 |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412131541/https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/allied_losses.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In total the commerce raiding expedition sank over twenty ships during their brief stay in the [[Bay of Bengal]]. Afterwards, ''Suzuya'' was withdrawn back to Kure for repairs, and was then sent to [[Guam]] to join the Midway Invasion Task Force.<ref name="Whitley"/>

===Battle of Midway===
On 5 June, Admiral [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], [[CINC]] of the [[Combined Fleet]] ordered CruDiv 7 to shell [[Midway Atoll|Midway Island]] in preparation for a Japanese landing. CruDiv 7 and DesDiv 8 were {{convert|410|mi|km}} away from the island, so they made a high-speed dash at {{convert|35|kn|km/h}}. The sea was choppy and the destroyers lagged behind. At 2120, the order was canceled. However, this dash placed CruDiv 7 within torpedo range of the submarine {{USS|Tambor|SS-198|6}}, which was spotted by ''Kumano''. ''Kumano'' signaled a 45° simultaneous turn to starboard to avoid possible torpedoes. The emergency turn was correctly executed by the flagship and ''Suzuya'', but the third ship in the line, ''Mikuma'', erroneously made a 90° turn. Behind her, ''Mogami''{{'}}s navigator, watching ''Suzuya'', did not see ''Mikuma''{{'}}s movement and turned 45° as commanded. This resulted in a collision in which ''Mogami'' rammed ''Mikuma''{{'}}s portside, below the [[Bridge (nautical)|bridge]]. Both vessels were severely damaged. ''Suzuya'' returned to Kure on 23 June and CruDiv 7 was transferred to the [[IJN 3rd Fleet]].

After returning to Singapore, CruDiv 7 (''Suzuya'' and ''Kumano'') were tasked with covering the Invasion of Burma from 28 July 1942. While in the [[Straits of Malacca]], ''Suzuya'' was attacked by [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] submarine {{HNLMS|O 23||2}}, which fired four torpedoes, but missed. However, with the American invasion of [[Guadalcanal]] on 7 August, ''Suzuya'' was quickly recalled to the Pacific front.

===Operations in the Solomon Islands===
[[File:Suzuya-1.jpg|thumb|''Suzuya'']]
On 24 August 1942, CruDiv 7 joined Vice Admiral [[Chuichi Nagumo]]'s Carrier Strike Force ({{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuihō||2}} and {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Ryūjō||2}}) with cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chikuma|1938|2}} northeast of Guadalcanal. During the resultant [[Battle of the Eastern Solomons]], aircraft from the carrier {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|6}} sank the aircraft carrier ''Ryūjō''; but ''Suzuya'' was too far away to be in the combat. ''Suzuya'' subsequently patrolled between [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]] and the [[Solomon Islands]] through the middle of October.

On 26 October 1942, Nagumo's Carrier Strike force engaged the aircraft carriers {{USS|Enterprise|CV-6|6}}, {{USS|Hornet|CV-8|6}}, battleship {{USS|South Dakota|BB-57|6}} and cruiser {{USS|San Juan|CL-54|6}} in the [[Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands|Battle of Santa Cruz]], sinking  ''Hornet'' and damaging other ships. The battle was a long-range air battle, and again ''Suzuya'' was far enough away to avoid direct combat.<ref name="Whitley"/>

In early November, CruDiv 7 was ordered to reinforce Vice Admiral [[Gunichi Mikawa]]'s [[IJN 8th Fleet|Eighth Fleet]] at [[Shortland Islands|Shortland]], and participated on the [[Guadalcanal campaign|bombardment of Henderson Field]] on Guadalcanal on 14 November. ''Suzuya'', cruisers {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tenryū||2}}, ''Chōkai'', ''Kinugasa'' and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Isuzu||2}} and destroyers {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Kazagumo||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Makigumo|1941|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Michishio||2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Yūgumo|1941|2}}, {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Asashio|1936|2}} and {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Arashio||2}} bombarded the air strip with 989 203&nbsp;mm (8&nbsp;in) shells. On withdrawing, the task force was attacked by the submarine {{USS|Flying Fish|SS-229|6}} (which missed) and aircraft from ''Enterprise'' and Guadalcanal. ''Kinugasa'' was sunk, ''Chōkai'' and ''Maya'' were damaged; ''Suzuya'' escaped unscathed, and through early January 1943 continued her patrols and coverage of transport convoys between Truk, [[Kavieng]] and Rabaul.
 
''Suzuya'' returned to Kure on 12 January 1943 for repairs, at which time additional AA guns and a Type 21 air search radar were installed. She returned to Kure again on 6 April, at which time her dual [[Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun|{{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}}]] machine guns were replaced by two triple-mount [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun]]s.

''Suzuya'' departed Yokosuka on 16 June 1943, with another major resupply convoy to the Solomon Islands, and shuttled back and forth from Truk to Rabaul through the end of the year. On 18 July, ''Suzuya'' was attacked by Guadalcanal-based [[United States Marine Corps]] [[TBM Avenger]]s off [[Kolombangara]], but escaped without damage. On 3 November, ''Suzuya'' with ''Mogami'' and ''Chikuma'' were dispatched from Rabaul to bombard American forces that just landed at [[Empress Augusta Bay]], [[Bougainville Island]], but the raid was prevented to reach gun range thanks to US Admiral Merill's victory, sinking the cruiser ''Sendai''. ''Suzuya'' was back in Rabaul harbor on 5 November, when the United States launched an attack with 97 planes from the carriers ''Saratoga'' and {{USS|Princeton|CVL-23|2}}. ''Suzuya'' was one of the few ships not hit in the raid.
[[File:Suzuya1944.png|thumb|Line drawing of ''Suzuya'' as she appeared in 1944]]
On 1 February, ''Suzuya'' assisted with the evacuation of Truk. ''Suzuya'' went into refit at Singapore on 24 March, at which time an additional eight single-mount Type 96 25&nbsp;mm AA guns were installed.

===Battle of the Philippine Sea===
On 13 June 1944, Admiral [[Soemu Toyoda]], CINC, Combined Fleet, activated the "A-Go" plan for the defense of the [[Mariana Islands]]. Suzuya was assigned to [[Admiral Kurita]]'s "Force C" with the battleships {{ship|Japanese battleship|Yamato||2}},  {{ship|Japanese battleship|Musashi||2}} and aircraft carriers ''Zuihō'', {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chiyoda||2}}, {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chitose||2}}, and cruisers {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Atago||2}}, {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Takao|1930|2}}, ''Maya'', ''Chōkai'', ''Kumano'', ''Chikuma'', {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Tone|1937|2}}, and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Noshiro||2}}.

Later in the day, the Mobile Fleet's aircraft attacked [[Task Force 58]] off [[Saipan]], but suffered overwhelming losses in the "[[Great Marianas Turkey Shoot]]". At 2030 on 20 June, two hours after she was hit by torpedoes by [[Grumman]] TBM Avengers from the aircraft carrier {{USS|Belleau Wood|CVL-24|6}}, the {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hiyō||2|up=yes}} exploded and sank. That night, ''Suzuya'' retired with the remnants of the Japanese fleet to [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]].

Back in Kure on 25 June 1944, ''Suzuya'' was refit once again. Four triple-mount and 10 single-mount Type 96 25&nbsp;mm AA guns were installed, bringing the total to 50 barrels (14×3 and 18×1) and a Type 22 surface search radar and Type 13 air-search radar were fitted. On 8 July, ''Suzuya'' departed Kure back for Singapore and [[Brunei]], and was involved in fleet training and patrols in the Singapore-Brunei area through October. By this time, her Type 22 Kai 4M radar was upgraded to Kai 4S for fire control.

===Battle of Leyte Gulf===
In late October, the Japanese fleet assembled in Brunei in response to the threatened American invasion of the [[Philippine Islands|Philippines]]. On 25 October 1944, in the [[Battle off Samar]], ''Suzuya'' engaged the three [[Escort aircraft carrier|"Jeep carriers"]] in American Task Group 77.4, but was attacked by ten TBM Avenger torpedo-bombers. A near-miss destroyed her port propeller. At 1050, ''Suzuya'' was attacked by 30 other carrier aircraft. Another near-miss caused the [[Long Lance]] torpedoes in ''Suzuya''{{'}}s No. 1 torpedo tubes to explode, which in turn started other fires and damaged the starboard engine rooms and the No. 7 boiler room. ''Suzuya'' was abandoned at 1150, and at 1322 sank at {{coord|11|45.2|N|126|11.2|E}}.<ref name="Whitley"/> Destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Okinami||2}} took off Captain Teraoka and 401 crewmen. US warships later rescued more sailors.

''Suzuya'' was removed from the [[navy list]] on 20 December 1944. Though it has yet to be located, the wreck of the ''Suzuya'' is believed to lie in some {{convert|27,600|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} of water, making her one of the deepest shipwrecks on record.

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book |title=Naval Weapons of World War Two |last=Campbell |first=John |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |year=1985 |isbn=0-87021-459-4}}
* {{cite web |first= Klemen |last= L |date= 2000 |title= Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942 |url= https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/index.html |access-date= 30 March 2021 |archive-date= 26 July 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110726053035/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/index.html |url-status= dead }}
*{{cite book|last1=Lacroix|first1=Eric|last2=Wells II|first2=Linton |title=Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|date=1997|isbn=0-87021-311-3 |name-list-style=amp |author-link2=Linton Wells II}}
*{{cite book | last = Patton | first = Wayne | year = 2006 | title = Japanese Heavy Cruisers in World War II | publisher = Squadron Signal Publications | isbn = 0-89747-498-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2 |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}
*{{cite book | last = Watts | first = Anthony J. | year = 1967 | title = Japanese Warships of World War II | publisher = Doubleday & Company | isbn =  978-0-3850-9189-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Cruisers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia |publisher=Cassell |location=London|year=1995|isbn=1-86019-874-0|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book | last = Brown | first = David | year = 1990 | title = Warship Losses of World War Two | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 1-55750-914-X}}
*{{cite book | last = Dull | first = Paul S. | year = 1978 | title = A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945 | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-097-1 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/battlehistoryofi0000dull }}
*{{cite book|last= Jentschura|first= Hansgeorg|first2= Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year= 1977|title= Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945|publisher= United States Naval Institute| location= Annapolis, Maryland|isbn = 0-87021-893-X|name-list-style=amp}}

==External links==
*{{cite web | last = Parshall | first = Jon |author2=Bob Hackett |author3=Sander Kingsepp |author4=Allyn Nevitt  | url = http://www.combinedfleet.com/mogami_c.htm  |publisher=CombinedFleet.com| title = Mogami-class Heavy Cruiser
 | access-date = 2006-06-14}} 
*{{cite web | last = Chen | first = Peter | year = 2007 | url = http://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=40 | title = WW2DB: Suzuya | access-date = 2007-11-04}} 
*Tabular record:  [http://www.combinedfleet.com/suzuya_t.htm CombinedFleet.com: ''Suzuya'' history] (Retrieved 26 January 2007.)

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