Japanese cruiser Myōkō

Ship caption=Myōkō in Singapore at the end of World War II:: Submarines ''I-501'' and ''I-502'' are tied up alongside. }} Myōkō (妙高) was the lead ship of the four-member of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. She was named after Mount Myōkō in Niigata Prefecture. The other ships of the class were , , and . Background Myōkō was approved under the 1922–1929 Fleet Modernization Program, as the first heavy cruiser to be built by Japan within the de…