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Japanese cruiser Katori

Katori
Katori
History
Empire of Japan
Name: Katori
Namesake: Katori Shrine
Ordered: 1938 Fiscal Year
Laid down: 24 August 1938
Launched: 17 June 1939
Commissioned: 20 April 1940
Struck: 31 March 1944
Fate:
General characteristics
Class and type: Katori-class cruiser
Displacement:
  • 5,890 tons (standard)
  • 6,180 tons (full load)
Length: 129.77 m (425 ft 9 in)
Beam: 15.95 m (52 ft 4 in)
Draught: 5.75 m (18 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2-shaft geared turbines plus diesel motors;
  • 3 Kampon boilers;
  • 8,000 shp (6,000 kW)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Range: 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 315
Armament:
  • 4 × 140 mm/50 caliber guns(2x2)
  • 2 × 127 mm/40 caliber AA guns (1x2)
  • 4 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns (later increased to 30)
  • 8 × 13 mm AA guns
  • 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (2x2)
Aircraft carried: 1 x floatplane, 1 catapult

Katori (香取?) was the lead ship of the Katori class of three light cruisers which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. The ship was named after the noted Shinto Katori Shrine in Chiba prefecture, Japan.

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.

Katori was completed at the Mitsubishi Yokohama shipyards on 20 April 1940 and was based at nearby Yokosuka.

On 28 July 1940, Katori and her sister ship, Kashima participated in the last pre-war midshipman cruise visiting Etajima, Ominato, Aomori, Dairen, Port Arthur and Shanghai.


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