Japanese cruiser Katori
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 Katori |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Commissioned: | 20 April 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 18 February 1944 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1944 |
| 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) |
| Complement: | |
| Aircraft: | |
| 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 |
Katori was the lead ship of her class of light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, named after a shrine on the Katori River founded by Jimmu Tenno, the legendary first emperor of Japan.
On 18 February 1944, Katori was engaged by USS Iowa (BB-61) during the American attack on Truk. She sank at , about 40 miles (75 km) northwest of Truk.
[edit] See also
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| Katori-class cruiser |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
