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Class | Katori |
Type | Light Cruiser |
Year | 1940 |
Crew | 315 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 123.5 m (pp) 129.8 m |
Beam | 16.0 m |
Draught | 5.8 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 5,890 t |
Loaded | 6,180 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 33 km/h |
Range | 18,335 km @ 33 km/h |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 2 |
Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 4,400 hp Kampon 2 x Diesel engine 3,600 hp Kampon Mk. 22 Mod. 10 |
Boilers | 3 x Kampon |
Fuel | Oil: 380 t |
Armament | |
Main | 4 x 140-mm/50 (2 x 2) 14cm/50 Type 3 -7° / +20° |
Anti-Aircraft | 2 x 127-mm (1 x 2) 12.7cm/40 Type 89 4 x 25-mm (2 x 2) 25mm/60 Type 96 6 x 127-mm (3 x 2) 12.7cm/40 Type 89 [1944] 20 x 25-mm (4 x 3, 4 x 2) 25mm/60 Type 96 [1944] |
Torpedo tubes | 2x2 x (21-in) |
Anti-Sub | Depth Charges (2 x 150) [1944] Depth Charges (2 x 50) [1945] |
Broadside | 152 kg |
Armor | |
Deck | 51 mm |
Gun turret | 25 mm |
Sensors | |
Radar | Type 21 Type 22 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft | 1 |
Production | |
Built | 3 |
Total | 3 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
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Katori † | Mitsubishi | 17/06/1938 | 17/06/1939 | 20/04/1940 | 17/02/1944 | † | Loss by surface ship | |
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Kashima | Mitsubishi | 06/10/1938 | 25/09/1939 | 31/05/1940 | 05/10/1945 | Sold/Scrapped | ||
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Kashii † | Mitsubishi | 30/05/1940 | 14/02/1941 | 05/12/1941 | 12/01/1945 | † | Loss by aircraft | |
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Kashiwara | Mitsubishi | 23/08/1941 | - | - | - | Cancelled |