Talk:List of heavy cruisers by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-24337209-20141121055420/@comment-24332640-20141123082453

Takao-class is considered by many to be Japan's best CAs. Mogami-class actually came later but was heavily restricted by treaty obligations (even though they really violated the treaties anyway, but they had to at least make an effort to appear to be complying with them...) and so there were a lot of design compromises.

Though their most advanced CAs were probably Tone-class. They were certainly the newest, at any rate. But their emphasis on seaplane facilities for reconnaissance resulted in a pretty odd all-forward gun arrangement (four turrents, some of which had pretty limited firing arcs) and it's debatable how effective that actually was in practice. Aside from that issue they were pretty solid ships, though. They were built after Japan had withdrawn from the treaties restricting their naval vessels so they didn't have any limitations in that regard.