Katori class cruiser

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IJN Katori
Career (Japan) Japanese Navy Ensign
Ordered: 1938 Fiscal Year
Laid down: 24 August 1938
Launched: 17 June 1939
Commissioned: 20 April 1940[1]
Struck: 31 March 1944
Fate: sunk 18 February 1944
by USS Iowa (BB-61) off Truk
07°45′N, 151°20′E
General characteristics
Class and type: Katori class cruiser
Displacement: 5,890 tons (standard)
6,180 tons (full load)
Length: 129.77 meters
Beam: 15.95 meters
Draught: 5.75 meters
Propulsion: 2-shaft geared turbines plus diesel motors;
3 Kampon boilers;
8,000 shp
Speed: 18 knot (speed)
Range: 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 315
Armament:


  • 4 x 140 mm/50 caliber guns(2x2)
  • 2 x 127 mm/40 caliber AA guns (1x2)
  • 4 x 25 mm Type 96 AA guns (later increased to 30)
  • 8 x 13 mm AA guns
  • 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes (2x2)
Aircraft carried: 1 x floatplane, 1 catapult

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[edit] Background

Katori class cruisers were originally ordered to serve as training ships in the 1937 and 1939 Supplementary Naval budget. With the Pacific War, they were used as administrative flagships for various fleets, such as submarine command and control, and to command escort squadrons. The ships were upgraded as the war progressed with additional anti-aircraft guns and depth charges.

[edit] Ships in Class

Katori (1939)

Kashima (1939)

Kashii (1940)

Kashiwara (not completed)

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lacroix, Japanese Cruisers, p. 794.

[edit] See also

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Katori-class cruiser
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Japanese naval ship classes of World War II
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Escort carriers
Taiyō • Kaiyo S • Shinyo SC • Akitsu Maru • Shimane Maru C • Yamashiro Maru C • Kumano Maru S
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Heavy cruisers
Furutaka • Aoba • Myōkō • Takao • Mogami • Tone
Light cruisers
Tenryū • Kuma • Nagara • Yūbari S • Sendai • Katori • Agano • Ōyodo S
Destroyers
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Submarines
Junsen • Kou • Otu • Hei • Tei • Kaidai • Sen Toku • Senkou
Other
Asahi S (various support roles) — Shinyo (suicide boat) — Kaiten (manned torpedo) — Tomozuru • Otori (torpedo boats)
Incompleted
Ibuki S (heavy cruiser being converted to carrier)
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