Japanese cruiser Kashii
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Commissioned: | 15 July 1941 |
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Fate: | Sunk in action, 12 January 1945 |
Struck: | 20 March 1945 |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 6,280 tons |
Length: | 425 ft 9 in (130 m) |
Beam: | 52 ft 4 in (16.0 m) |
Draft: | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
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Armament: | 4 × 5.5 in (140 mm) guns, 2 × 5 in (127 mm) guns, up to 30 × 25 mm AA guns, 8 × 13 mm AA guns, 4 × 24" torpedo tubes |
Kashii was a Katori-class light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after a shrine on Hakuta Bay.