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Yahagi; the second Japanese warship of that name; was the third of the four Agano-class vessels (the other three being Agano; Noshiro and Sakawa). Construction of the Agano-class cruisers was approved by the Japanese parliament (Diet) in March 1939 under the Fourth Naval Armaments Enhancement Program (Dai-Yon-Ji Kaigun Gunbi Jūjitsu Keikaku); also known as “Four-in-Circle” Program (Maru Yon Keikaku); or simply Maru 4. Under the terms of the program; the four light cruisers (kei jun’yōkan); also referred to as type B cruisers (otsu-gata jun’yōkan; or simply otsu jun) and officially classed as second-class cruisers (ni-tō jun’yōkan); were to fulfill the role of destroyer squadron flagships. At that time destroyer squadrons (DesRon); called literarily torpedo squadrons (suirai sentai); consisted of four four-ship destroyer divisions (DesDiv; or kuchiku-tai).