Japanese cruiser Chitose
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 The Japanese cruiser Chitose |
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | Union Iron Works, United States |
| Ordered: | 1896 Fiscal Year |
| Laid down | May 16 1897 |
| Launched: | January 23 1898 |
| Completed: | March 1 1898 |
| Fate: | Scuttled July 19 1931 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,760 tons |
| Length: | 114.9 meters at waterline |
| Beam: | 15.00 meters |
| Draught: | 5.37 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft, 12 boilers, 15000 HP |
| Speed: | 22.5 knots |
| Fuel: | 1000 tons coal |
| Complement: | 434 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 112 mm deck armor (slope), 62 mm deck armor (flat); 203 mm gun shields (front), 62 mm gun shields (side), 115 mm conning tower |
The Chitose (千歳) was an protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built in San Francisco, in the United States by the Union Iron Works. It was the sister ship to the Kasagi. It should not be confused with the later Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose.
The Chitose was commissioned too late to see service during the Sino-Japanese War. However, it was active in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, and saw combat in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the final decisive Battle of Tsushima.
Downgraded to a “Second Class Coastal Defense Vessel” on 01 September 1921, the Chitose was deemed obsolete on 01 April 1928 and removed from the active list. It was scuttled on 19 July 1931.
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