User blog comment:Void Samukai/Worst Heavy Cruiser WW2/@comment-14850713-20151021053737/@comment-27822411-20151021054925

Yeah, the Mogamis were not Japan's greatest heavy cruisers. They tried to stay within limits and cram the max firepower, but in the end, got over weight and they had serious structural defects.

All of which makes how much of a beating the cruiser Kumano took all the more amazing.